Overview

As a HR Immigration Specialist at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

The Opportunity

Role

In this role you will:

Manage the administration of the immigration program across the U.S., Canada, and South America.
Serve as the primary point of contact for employees, managers, HRBPs, and TA teams regarding sponsorship and immigration-related matters.
Partner closely with external immigration counsel to coordinate strategy, documentation, and case progression.
Prepare and coordinate U.S. employment sponsorship petitions/applications (e.g., H-1B, TN, L-1, O-1), including extensions, amendments, and status changes.
Support the PERM/Green Card recruitment and filing process (Prevailing Wage, recruitment steps, audits, filings).
Maintain compliance with federal regulations (e.g., USCIS, DOL) including public access files and I‑9 documentation requirements.
Coordinate Canadian work permit applications (e.g., LMIA, LMIA-exempt categories, intra-company transfers, business visitor entries).
Manage immigration needs for employees in South American countries (e.g., work permits, residency applications, renewals), partnering with local counsel as needed.
Ensure compliance with country‑specific labor and immigration laws and corporate governance standards.
Maintain accurate and organized immigration files; conduct periodic audits to ensure regulatory compliance across all regions.
Monitor expiration dates for visas, permits, and passports and proactively initiate renewal processes.
Maintain immigration trackers and dashboards; provide periodic reporting and data insights to HR leadership.
Advise HRBPs, TA partners, and hiring managers on sponsorship eligibility, timelines, risks, and best practices.
Provide guidance to employees and candidates on immigration processes, timelines, and documentation.

We would love to hear from you if you have:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
Minimum 3+ years of immigration administration experience supporting U.S. and/or international cases.
Human Resources generalist experience within the AEC industry preferred.
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and present insights to guide decision‑making.
Demonstrated problem‑solving skills with a continuous improvement mindset.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and balance competing deadlines from the business.
Strong attention to detail, confidentiality, and ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

The salary range for this role is between $84,000 and $105,000 but actual salary offered is dependent on experience, skill set and education.

About Us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!

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