About our Company

Applied Systems Technologies is an Ontario-based company providing specialized HVAC and building systems solutions, supporting customers through installation, service, maintenance and project work. With a practical, customer-focused approach, our team combines technical expertise with strong project management and responsive service to deliver reliable solutions tailored to each customer’s needs. We are committed to quality workmanship, long-term customer relationships and maintaining a professional, team-oriented workplace as we continue to grow and strengthen our organization.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced, approachable, and hands‑on Manager, People & Culture to lead our Human Resources function and support our employees, management and executive team.

This is a varied role that combines traditional HR responsibilities with employee engagement, recruitment, labour relations, benefits administration, and payroll administration for our salaried employees. As our hourly workforce is unionized, experience working in a unionized environment is strongly preferred.

The successful candidate will be comfortable working directly with employees, managers, and the executive team, handling day‑to‑day HR matters while also helping us strengthen our people practices, workplace culture, and HR processes.

Key Responsibilities

People & Culture

- Serve as a trusted resource for employees and managers on HR policies, workplace matters, employee relations, and company practices.
- Promote a positive, respectful, professional, and productive workplace culture.
- Support employee engagement, recognition, retention, and communication initiatives.




- Work with management to identify opportunities to improve employee experience, communication, and workplace practices.
- Coordinate training, development, and other employee initiatives, including internal career progression paths and opportunities.
- Develop succession plans, talent pipelines, and leadership development programs.

Employee Lifecycle – Recruitment, Onboarding & Offboarding

- Manage the full recruitment cycle, including job postings, screening, interviewing, reference checks, employment offers, and onboarding.
- Work with managers to identify staffing requirements and develop appropriate job descriptions.
- Coordinate new employee orientation and ensure a welcoming and organized onboarding experience.
- Support workforce and succession planning as required.
- Manage the employee offboarding process for resignations, retirements, layoffs and terminations, ensuring each departure is handled professionally, respectfully and consistently.
- Prepare and coordinate resignation acknowledgements, termination documentation, Records of Employment (ROEs), final payroll information and other required employment documentation.
- Coordinate final pay, outstanding vacation entitlements, benefit termination and other payroll-related adjustments with the appropriate internal and external parties.




- Conduct or coordinate exit interviews and maintain appropriate documentation.
- Ensure the return of company property, including laptops, mobile devices, keys, access cards, vehicles, tools, credit cards and other company-owned equipment.
- Coordinate with IT and management to ensure company systems, email, applications and physical access are appropriately discontinued.
- Ensure employee files and HR/payroll records are updated and retained appropriately.
- Communicate employee departures internally in a professional and confidential manner, as appropriate.
- Support managers through employee separations and help ensure documentation and processes are consistent with company policies, employment agreements and applicable Ontario employment legislation.
- Assist with termination letters, severance documentation and related administration, working with external employment counsel when required.
- Maintain confidentiality and sensitivity throughout all employee departures, particularly involuntary terminations.
- Identify trends or recurring themes from exit interviews and employee turnover that may help improve retention and the overall employee experience.

Employee & Labour Relations

- Provide practical HR guidance to managers and executive team regarding attendance, performance, employee concerns, disciplinary matters, and workplace issues.
- Support performance management, progressive discipline, performance improvement plans, and termination processes.
- Build positive and professional relationships with both salaried and unionized employees.
- Assist management with the interpretation and administration of the collective agreement.
- Support labour relations

📌 Manager, People (Vaughan)
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