Director of HR

About the role

Schill Landscape Collective is a values-driven, multi-state commercial landscape operation ranked #25 among landscape companies. With over 30 locations across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Ontario, Canada, we partner with strong local businesses to deliver extraordinary experiences to our teams, clients, and communities.

The Director of Human Resources leads the HR function across our multi-state and cross-border operation, providing direction and oversight for HR programs, policies, and practices. This role partners closely with regional leadership to align HR strategy with business goals while managing a team of Regional HR Generalists. The Director is responsible for building and optimizing consistent, scalable HR practices across all regions while accommodating local labor law requirements in the U.S. and Canada. This role requires balancing strategic, company-wide initiatives with hands-on coaching of a distributed HR team in an industry characterized by seasonal staffing fluctuations, a largely field-based workforce, and a strong safety culture.

Reports to: Chief People Officer

Responsibilities

• Partner with regional and executive leadership to ensure HR strategies and initiatives support business goals.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior management on organization design, workforce planning, and culture.
• Directly manage, coach, and develop the regional HR generalists, setting clear performance expectations and metrics.
• Conduct regular one-on-ones and performance reviews.
• Build a cohesive HR team that operates consistently and equitably while remaining responsive to regional needs.
• Identify training and development opportunities to strengthen HR Generalist capabilities in employee relations, retention, and compliance.
• Ensure HR policies, employment practices, and documentation comply with applicable federal, state, and provincial employment laws, including U.S. federal laws (FLSA, FMLA, ADA, OSHA, etc.) and Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, Human Rights Code, and Occupational Health and Safety Act.
• Stay current on regulatory changes across all geographies.
• Provide guidance to HR generalists on complex investigations, disciplinary actions, terminations, and lawsuits.
• Reinforce consistent employee relations practices.
• Champion initiatives that strengthen employee engagement, retention, career progression, and company culture.
• Collaborate with operations leadership to reinforce a strong safety culture, including coordination of return-to-work programs, reporting, and policy adherence.
• Provide leadership on KPIs like turnover, retention, staffing models, headcount, and other key workforce indicators.
• Advance a culture of data integrity and continuous improvement.
• Leverage technology and automation to reduce redundancy and improve accuracy.
• Follow all company policies and procedures.
• Perform any other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or related field required; Master’s degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• 8–10 years of progressive HR experience, including at least 3 years in an HR leadership role managing a multi-site/multi-state HR team.
• Prior experience managing HR compliance in the U.S. and Canada preferred.
• Experience in commercial landscaping, construction, facilities services, or another field-based, seasonal industry strongly preferred.
• Position can be based in any of our regional locations with the ability to travel to other locations as needed (up to 25% travel).

Skills

• Excellent skills in employee relations, conflict resolution, and complex investigations.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to translate HR strategy into measurable outcomes.
• Strong analytical skills with keen attention to detail.
• Process improvement mindset.
• Proficiency with HCM platforms and HR analytics/reporting.
• Interpersonal and leadership skills to deliver extraordinary experiences to employees and lead through influence.
• Current knowledge of HR, payroll, benefits, and compensation regulations, best practices, and forward-looking trends.
• Ability to succeed in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
• High degree of comfort with ambiguity.

Work Conditions

• Primarily an office environment with regular travel to field locations.
• Ability and willingness to travel to branch locations as needed (up to 25% travel).
• Some exposure to seasonal weather conditions and physical work environments common to the landscape industry during site visits.