Talent Partner / Recruiter

Key Responsibilities Recruitment Delivery

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for permanent, fixed-term, and contract positions across engineering, commissioning, and project delivery teams.
• Take detailed role briefs from hiring managers and support the creation of accurate job descriptions and role scopes.
• Source candidates using a mix of job boards, LinkedIn, talent pools, referrals, and proactive headhunting.
• Screen candidates for technical skills, project experience, cultural fit, and right-to work compliance.
• Coordinate interviews, assessments, and feedback with hiring managers.
• Support salary benchmarking and offer preparation to ensure competitive and consistent packages.

Talent Pipeline & Workforce Support

• Build and maintain active talent pipelines for key roles such as commissioning engineers, MEP engineers, QA/QC personnel, PMs, and site-based technicians.
• Maintain visibility of upcoming project staffing needs and ensure candidate pipelines align with resourcing forecasts provided by the Head of Talent.
• Support mobilisation activities for deployed personnel, ensuring documentation, compliance, and onboarding steps are met.

Process, Systems & Compliance

• Use the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to manage candidates, hiring workflows, and reporting accurately.
• Ensure all recruitment processes follow internal policies, including compliance checks, right-to-work verification, contractor documentation, and GDPR standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of recruitment processes, tools, and candidate experience.

Stakeholder & Supplier Management

• Build strong relationships with hiring managers across Operations, Engineering, and Project Delivery functions.
• Provide regular updates on vacancies, pipeline status, and risks to delivery.
• Liaise with recruitment agencies when required, ensuring competitive rates and high-quality candidate submissions.

Employer Brand & Market Engagement

• Help promote the company's employer brand by ensuring consistent messaging and high-quality candidate interactions.
• Support social media hiring campaigns, job advert optimisation, and participation in industry events or networking activity.
• Stay updated on market trends, salary insights, and competitor hiring activity within the technical and data centre sectors.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications Essential

• Experience recruiting in engineering, technical, construction, or data centre environments.
• Strong track record managing multiple vacancies in a fast-paced or scaling organisation.
• Ability to source and engage passive talent through proactive methods.
• Understanding of international hiring or experience recruiting across multiple European countries.
• Knowledge of right-to-work compliance, contractor documentation, and mobilisation requirements.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills.

Desirable

• Experience supporting data centre commissioning or critical infrastructure recruitment.
• Experience with ATS systems in a growing organisation.
• Familiarity with European labour markets and basic employment regulations.

Personal Attributes

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Proactive, solution-oriented, and comfortable working with ambiguity.
• Collaborative team player with a commitment to delivering a positive candidate and manager experience.
• Confident communicator who can influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Able to balance speed of delivery with quality and compliance.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the UK's fastest growing Commissioning Agency.