Talent Acquisition Manager

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With over 25 years of experience across Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland, Whittens is a family-owned national Australian civil construction contractor. We deliver both large-scale and technically complex FRP, concrete, earthworks and civil infrastructure projects for major mining and infrastructure clients.

Built on strong relationships and a team-focused culture, we are committed to creating a safe, supportive and respectful workplace where our people can develop their skills and contribute to successful project outcomes.

Your opportunity
Due to our continued growth and success, we are currently recruiting a Talent Acquisition Manager to join our office in Maroochydore, QLD. This is a fantastic role for an experienced individual to be part of a high performing and proactive national HR team.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute talent acquisition strategies to attract high-quality white-collar candidates for civil construction and infrastructure projects across both FIFO and Metro operations projects on the East Coast
• Provide strategic workforce advice to senior leaders, supporting business growth and project delivery.
• Partner with Operations and key stakeholders to forecast workforce requirements based on current and upcoming project pipelines.
• Build and maintain workforce plans that align recruitment activity with project mobilisation schedules, ramp-ups, and demobilisations.
• Develop talent pipelines for key engineering, supervision, and project management roles to support future growth.
• Source candidates through multiple channels, including direct sourcing, LinkedIn Recruiter, Referrals, Advertising, Industry networks, Recruitment agencies, and networks
• Input knowledge into labour market trends, competitor activity, remuneration benchmarks, and candidate availability to inform recruitment strategies.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives to streamline recruitment processes, improve candidate experience, and increase hiring efficiency.

ABOUT YOU

• Proven experience in a Senior/Lead Talent acquisition role within the Civil construction, Mining, Infrastructure, Engineering, or Resource related industry.
• Strong workforce planning and forecasting capability, with experience aligning recruitment strategies to project pipelines
• Ability to build trusted relationships with operational leaders and influence workforce decisions at all levels of the business.
• Strong sourcing skills and the ability to build proactive talent pipelines for critical and difficult-to-fill roles.
• Highly organised, adaptable, and able to prioritise competing deadlines while maintaining a high standard of candidate experience.

WHAT WHITTENS OFFER:
Whittens are committed to investing in our people, offering learning and development opportunities to build on the skills and experience you bring. With a strong pipeline of future works upcoming, you can be assured that there are opportunities beyond the current project to build your career with us.

• Generous and competitive salary package paid weekly
• High-Performing and collaborative HR team
• Work amongst engaged leaders
• Safety being at the forefront of everything we do
• Paid Parental Leave
• Novated Lease options
• Employment Assistance Programme
• Long term permanent role and the opportunity to work on a range of projects across Australia

Please note that this role is being sourced through Whittens directly and we will not accept applications via external recruitment agencies.