Durabuilt Windows & Doors is one of Western Canada’s leading manufacturers of residential and commercial windows and doors. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Edmonton, Durabuilt has grown from an entrepreneurial operation into a diversified organization employing more than 800 people across multiple facilities and provinces. Recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, our success has been built on quality, innovation, customer service, and an entrepreneurial spirit.
As we enter our next phase of growth, we are looking for an accomplished and commercially minded Vice President, Human Resources to join our Executive Leadership Team and shape the future of our people strategy.
This is not simply a role focused on managing HR operations. It is an opportunity to influence the organization at an enterprise level, strengthening leadership capability, shaping organizational design, building scalable people practices, advancing culture, and ensuring our workforce strategy supports sustainable business growth.
Reporting directly to the CEO, the VP, Human Resources will serve as a trusted executive advisor and provide an independent, informed perspective on our people, culture, organizational health, workforce risks, and emerging opportunities.
The VP, Human Resources will lead the evolution of Durabuilt’s people strategy while preserving the entrepreneurial culture and agility that have contributed to our success.
You will partner closely with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team to ensure organizational structure, leadership capability, talent, culture, and workforce investments remain aligned with business priorities. You will provide strategic direction to the HR function while building the systems, governance, leadership capability, and organizational infrastructure required to support a growing, multi-location business.
We are looking for a leader who is equally comfortable in the executive boardroom and on the manufacturing floor! Someone who understands the business, builds credibility through relationships and results, and can translate people strategy into practical business outcomes.
Develop and execute a multi-year people strategy aligned with Durabuilt’s growth, operational scalability, and long-term objectives. Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team on organizational effectiveness, executive talent, workforce risk, culture, leadership capability, and significant people decisions.
Lead organizational design and workforce planning initiatives that ensure our structure, capabilities, talent pipelines, and workforce models are positioned for future business requirements. Guide people-related transformation through periods of growth, restructuring, operational change, and increasing organizational maturity.
Strengthen leadership capability across the organization and establish robust succession planning for executive, senior leadership, and business-critical positions. Oversee enterprise approaches to talent acquisition, development, performance management, workforce planning, and leadership effectiveness.
Champion a culture that reflects Durabuilt’s values while strengthening employee engagement, accountability, inclusion, and the overall employee experience. Advance our employee value proposition and employer reputation to support attraction and retention.
Build a high-performing HR function equipped to support a complex, multi-location organization. Champion scalable processes, HR technology, reporting, and people analytics that improve efficiency and provide leaders with meaningful workforce insights for decision-making.
Establish appropriate HR governance and leadership accountability frameworks. Ensure compliance with applicable employment legislation and provide executive-level reporting and insights on workforce strategy, succession readiness, organizational health, culture, and emerging people risks.
You are an experienced HR executive who understands that effective people strategy must ultimately enable business performance.
You have successfully helped organizations navigate growth, transformation, and increasing organizational complexity.
You are approachable, commercially astute, curious, and credible. You build trust across all levels of an organization and are comfortable respectfully challenging senior leaders when necessary. You influence through sound judgment, evidence, relationships, and a deep understanding of the business.
Most importantly, you are a builder. You are energized by the opportunity to strengthen teams, develop leaders, solve complex organizational problems, and leave behind stronger organizational capability than you inherited. This reflects the executive-search profile's emphasis on someone who thrives in entrepreneurial environments and enjoys building rather than simply maintaining established systems.
Why Durabuilt?
At Durabuilt, our values Individual, Innovative, Driver, Caring, and Ownership shape how we work, lead, and build relationships. We believe diversity strengthens our business and are committed to an environment where individuals feel respected, valued, and empowered to succeed.
For the right executive, this is an opportunity to do more than lead an HR function. It is an opportunity to shape the people architecture of a successful Canadian organization as it prepares for its next stage of growth.
A competitive executive compensation package, bonus, and comprehensive benefits will be offered.
Thank you for your interest in joining Durabuilt Windows & Doors!
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Durabuilt Windows & Doors’ story started over 35 years ago with a family of entrepreneurs and their dedicated team. Together they turned a small window and door shop into one of the largest privately held manufacturing companies in Western Canada. Hard work, dedication and above all else a customer-focused attitude, has shaped Durabuilt into the company it is today. Durabuilt celebrates hard work, innovation and business growth, all while maintaining a spot on Canada’s Best Managed Companies list since 2012.
It’s not just Durabuilt’s innovative mindset and design that places us on this list, it is also our people!
Our Core Values
30 Years Built On Values - Durabuilt values the importance of a positive employee experience and company brand. This is reflective in how we provide an exceptional experience to all our consumers, dealers, builders, and commercial clientele.
INNOVATIVE.
Think ahead to stay ahead. Constant improvement. Small things matter.
DRIVER.
Stay hungry and act with urgency. Think and move quickly.
OWNERSHIP.
No excuses. 100% accountability. Act responsibly. Stay committed. Stay lean.
CARING.
For employees, partners and community. Show respect and remain humble.
INDIVIDUAL.
We work with great people and expect a lot from them. We challenge each others ideas openly. We value diversity in people and ideas.
Durabuilt understands that our employees are the key to our 30 year success and know it is our talent that will support future growth!
We are confident that as part of the Durabuilt family, you will discover an organization that believes in teamwork, accountability, and growth. In return, we are committed to providing you with an opportunity to share your skills and strengthen your core competencies.
