Talent Acquisition Specialist

Talent Acquisition Specialist (6 Months FTC)

London Glasgow Derby York or Bristol

Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want towork within an inhouse recruitment team Can you find key candidate to grow our organisation Are you an experienced recruiter Then read on. This could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

Toassist in an increase in recruitment activity we are looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialistto join us. Working on roles with the infrastructure transmission M&E sectorsyoullidentify candidates to meet project requirements while advising stakeholders on resourcing needs.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle across positions within infrastructure M&E water and transmission engineering sectors.
• Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to understand workforce planning requirements project demands and hiring priorities.
• Develop targeted recruitment strategies for hard-to-fill engineering and project delivery roles.
• Source and attract high-quality candidates through direct search LinkedIn job boards networking referrals and industry engagement.
• Conduct candidate screening interviews to assess technical capability sector experience and motivation.
• Coordinate interviews feedback offer approvals and onboarding activities to ensure a smooth candidate experience.
• Support employer branding initiatives to improve the organisations reputation within the engineering and infrastructure sectors.
• Ensure recruitment activities comply with internal governance equality and inclusion standards and relevant employment legislation.
• Work collaboratively with HR project directors and operational teams to support strategic growth plans.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you whether they are colleagues partners or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of thatyoullhave:

• Previous experience working in an internal recruitment or talent acquisition role preferably within an engineering consultancy infrastructure or technical environment.
• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes for technical and professional services roles.
• Good understanding of engineering disciplines and the ability to recruit for specialist technical positions.
• Demostrated experience sourcing passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter and direct search methodologies.
• Effective stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to work with hiring managers at all levels.
• Experience managing multiple vacancies and priorities within a busy environment.
• Knowledge of recruitment systems and applicant tracking systems.
• Have well developed English communication skills both verbal and written
• Have good time management skills be able to prioritise tasks whilst managing your own workload

A place to work and so much more
At COWI we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity and sometimes even our courage to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you at work and at home.

With offices primarilylocatedin the Nordic region the UK NorthAmericaand India we are currently more than 7500 people who bring theirexpertisein engineering architectureenergyand environment into play.

What we also offer:
To us a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.

Some of our benefits include:

• 28days holidayplus all UKbank and public holidays
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
• Private health care for you anda contribution from you foryour immediate dependents
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
• Group personal pension scheme salary exchange
• Life assurance
• Maternity Leave: 1-20weeks full pay 21-26 weeks half pay 27-39Statutory (SMP) 40-52 weeks unpaid (eligibility criteria will apply)
• Paternity Leave: 12 weeks full pay (eligibility criteria will apply)

Optional benefits include:

• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Electric vehicle lease
• Corporate gym membership
• Annual Rail card (available for under 30s)
  

Got more questions

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer please reach out to Ciaran Gilfedderat.

Get to know us even better at our websitewhere you can learn more about our projects our strategy what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer.
COWIprovidesequal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity colour religion gender national originageor disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiringplacement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

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Required Experience:

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Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1