Mott MacDonald Hiring for Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor Job at Sydney Full Time

Mott MacDonald Asia Pacific, New Zealand and Australia (APNA) continues to grow as a result of winning great projects and our expansion into new markets.

And with this growth, comes opportunities.

Our Talent Acquisition team partners with our business leaders across both countries supporting growth through building great teams. The team is having great success, having recently won the Best Recruitment Team globally for 2021 in the LinkedIn Talent Awards.

As our Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor for our NSW region, you’ll find yourself working closely with our senior leadership team. Building trusted relationships, you’ll be using your creativity and skill to attract and onboard active and passive job seekers using various methods of sourcing. You will be involved in both day to day and strategic recruitment, with a particular focus on large scale project recruitment for key projects in the region. You would be managing circa 30 -40 roles at any time, and be the key contact for all things Talent Acquisition in NSW while working as part of our wider ANZ TA and HR team.

As part of our team you will be responsible for end to end recruitment including:

• Gaining a deep understanding of job profiles, attributes of successful performance and operational needs to create requisitions and postings that attract the best talent.
• Providing advice on recruitment best practices and recruiting solutions
• Writing and posting job ads, and managing social media postings
• Sourcing candidates across a range of mediums
• Shortlisting
• Arranging interviews
• Attending interviews as needed
• Contract creation, coordination of approvals and offers

Planning for future needs by pipelining is also an important part of the role.

We work as a highly efficient, close team, that likes to laugh – a lot. Our whole team has a voice in choosing the right fit, which will be someone who brings the technical goods as well as adding value to our culture. Some of these attributes will include:

• Previous Engineering and Rail recruitment or search experience. Experience in an internal role will be highly regarded.
• Project recruitment and PMO recruitment experience would be highly regarded.
• We are looking for an individual who has a passion for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace. The successful candidate will embrace our approach across all Talent Acquisition tasks.
• Ability to work collaboratively yet autonomously and be a self-starter – we’re here to support and guide, but you need to be able to work effectively with remote support.
• Able to effectively manage high volume recruitment from junior to Executive positions
• Comfortable working in a fast paced and constantly evolving environment
• Be engaging and know how to influence a range of personalities and styles
• Experience using a range of sourcing channels to identify relevant candidates for current and future vacancies
• Develop and maintain talent pools for client group
• Think creatively in leveraging various channels to source candidates
• Network and connect with new people/relevant candidates either virtually or face to face.
• Experience with IBM Kenexa/BrassRing, SAP Success Factors, and LinkedIn Recruiter will be a plus

This role has the benefit of being able to be based in either our Sydney offices, or the brand new offices in Brisbane. This role will see you working with a range of stakeholders, and a tight knit team. You will recruit across some of the most interesting engineering projects underway in NSW and QLD.

If you are from the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community and don’t feel you have all the skills listed but you think you can do the job, then we encourage you to apply.

There’s no time like the present to make a change.