The Manager, Human Resources for Redpath Mexicana (RMX) is responsible for leading and supporting the Human Resources function for Redpath’s Mexico operations and project workforce. This role provides practical HR leadership across recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, workforce planning, compensation and benefits coordination, training support, HR systems, and policy implementation. The Manager ensures HR programs and employment practices align with Company standards, project requirements, and applicable Mexican employment, payroll, social security, workplace safety, and labour compliance obligations, including coordination with local legal, payroll, tax, safety, and operational advisors as required. The Manager supports business leaders in building a safe, compliant, engaged, and productive workforce while resolving employee and management issues in a timely, fair, and professional manner.
General Responsibilities:
- Lead the implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and development of HR strategies, procedures, and employment practices for Mexico operations
- Promote continuous corporate improvement, including personal and organizational goals to develop leadership capacity
- Prepare departmental yearly budget
- Advise senior management, project leaders, supervisors, and employees on HR matters, including policy interpretation, employee relations, recruitment, compensation and benefits coordination, payroll and HR administration, change management, HR strategy, and HR systems
- Oversee workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, mobilization, training coordination, immigration and development activities for local Mexico office staff and project personnel
- Assist in transitioning immigration support for expatriate employees and managing related immigration and work permit processes and expiration and renewal timelines
- Develop and/or institute effective coaching techniques
- Support the organization in labour claims, inspections, audits, investigations, and complaints by coordinating documentation and working with local counsel, payroll providers, safety representatives, and management as required
- Facilitate workgroups, teams and meetings with a positive environment
- Monitor existing and forthcoming Mexican labour, employment, social security, payroll, subcontracting, and workplace safety legislation to determine HR impact and recommend practical actions
- Coordinate with payroll, finance, and external providers to support compliant administration of employment contracts, payroll, IMSS, INFONAVIT, tax withholdings, statutory benefits, PTU, vacation premium, aguinaldo, and related employee records
- Coordinate expatriate payroll reporting (taxable benefits, monthly shadow payroll and annual reconciliation and reporting)
- Support due diligence and compliance monitoring for specialized service providers, contractors, and employer-of-record or third-party workforce arrangements, including REPSE-related documentation where applicable
- Deliver training presentations, curriculum and course material using acceptable methods and techniques
Provide support to Local Partner, where applicable, without directly managing Local Parter employees, and support:
Monitor and assist site management team on site specific employees’ misconducts i.e. safety, HR, operations
Assist as HR representative in union related issues
Ensure RMX supervisory and expatriate roles are trained on and in compliance with local partner policies and protocols
conduct monitoring and compliance checks in collaboration with Project Manager
- Maintain confidentiality with respect to employee and candidate related information
- The duties and responsibilities listed above are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive
Education and Work Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college/university in Human Resources, Industrial Relations/Labour Relations, Business Administration, Psychology, Law, or a related discipline; Mexican HR, labour relations, payroll, or employment law training/certification is an asset
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive HR experience, including experience supporting employees in Mexico; mining, construction, industrial, or project-based operations experience is preferred
- Minimum 3 years in a supervisory, HR generalist lead, or HR management role
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge Required
- Fluency in Spanish and English
- Ability to represent Human Resources professionally and positively with employees, leaders, external providers, government or regulatory contacts, and within the mining industry
- Confidence advising leaders and managers on HR matters, connecting day-to-day people issues with broader HR and business priorities
- Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, instruct, direct, and delegate to staff or project teams as required
- Strong working knowledge of Mexican employment practices and related legislation, including the Federal Labour Law, employment contracts, working time, statutory benefits, payroll documentation, termination practices, and employee relations procedures
- Knowledge of HR policies and procedures, payroll coordination, HRIS administration, employee records, privacy expectations, and documentation standards
- Ability to apply laws, regulations, Company standards, and principles of fair, respectful, and confidential employment practices to personnel situations
- Working knowledge of IMSS, INFONAVIT, SAT payroll documentation, statutory benefits, PTU, aguinaldo, vacation premium, and coordination with payroll or external employment providers
- Awareness of Mexican workplace safety and training obligations relevant to mining and industrial operations, including STPS/NOM requirements and DC-3 training documentation where applicable
- Ability to analyze problems, compile and interpret information, determine practical approaches, and prepare sound recommendations
- Ability to interact effectively with team members at all levels and work independently or collaboratively as required
- Ability to use diplomacy, discretion, maturity, integrity, and resilience when dealing with sensitive personnel issues
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage priorities, seek out resources, and structure own workflow
