Talent Partner in City of London

Location: London

Salary: Up to £55,000 plus benefits DOE

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time, Hybrid (3 days in office/some site visits)

Our client, a dynamic and innovative organisation within the engineering sector, is seeking a talented Talent Acquisition Partner to join their team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the recruitment lifecycle for mid-to senior-level, specialist and white-collar positions, playing a crucial role in supporting strategic business objectives and project delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for senior, specialist, and white-collar positions across the business.
• Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to understand recruitment requirements, workforce plans, and succession needs.
• Develop and implement targeted sourcing strategies and measurable recruitment plans for hard-to-fill, business-critical and priority vacancies, including agreed sourcing channels, target companies, candidate pipelines, timescales and escalation points.
• Raise and manage vacancies through Rec+ system, ensuring recruitment activity, candidate records, compliance information and reporting data are accurate and up to date.
• Promote the Rec+ system throughout the business ensuring usage, compliance and understanding.
• Support line manager upskilling activities in regards recruitment training and development.
• Manage and deliver recruitment roadshow, with a focus on SEE activities and emerging talent.
• Create job advertisements and recruitment campaigns across job boards, social media platforms, professional networks, and industry-specific channels.
• Screen and shortlist candidates against role requirements, technical competencies, and organisational fit.
• Conduct competency-based interviews and candidate assessments to evaluate suitability and capability.
• Manage candidate offers and negotiations.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience through professional communication and engagement at all stages of the recruitment lifecycle.
• Take ownership of direct recruitment activity by proactively sourcing, headhunting and engaging candidates through professional networks, talent mapping, LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, industry contacts and targeted market engagement to reduce external agency dependency and associated recruitment costs.
• Challenge, advise and support hiring managers on role requirements, attraction strategies, selection criteria, recruitment routes and interview processes, ensuring vacancies are properly qualified before going to market.
• Work closely with the Recruitment Coordinator to ensure that recruitment performance, including direct hire rates, agency usage, time to hire, quality of shortlist, offer acceptance, vacancy status, recruitment risks, market intelligence and salary benchmarking are all monitored and reporting is accurate.
• Manage relationships with external recruitment agencies only where required, ensuring clear justification, cost control, agreed terms and consistent governance over agency engagement.
• Support employer branding initiatives to enhance the company's reputation as an employer of choice.
• Ensure all recruitment activities comply with company policies, employment legislation, and recruitment best practice.

Person Specification:

Essential:

• Proven experience recruiting mid to senior-level white-collar professionals within engineering, infrastructure, utilities, rail, or related sectors.
• Proven experience recruiting roles across engineering, project management, commercial, planning, design, health and safety, operations, finance, HR, procurement, and leadership functions.
• Strong track record of successfully sourcing and placing specialist, technical, commercial, and management-level candidates.
• Demonstrable experience in direct sourcing, executive search and headhunting methodologies, with a clear track record of reducing reliance on external recruitment agencies and delivering direct hires for specialist and hard-to-fill roles.
• Strong understanding of talent acquisition best practices and candidate attraction strategies.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems, LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, and candidate databases.
• Excellent interviewing, assessment, and candidate evaluation skills.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience partnering with senior managers and business leaders.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple vacancies and recruitment projects simultaneously.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Professional, credible, and commercially minded.
• Highly proactive with a strong focus on delivery and results.
• Strong relationship builder with excellent networking skills.
• Resilient and adaptable in a fast-paced environment.
• Analytical and solutions-focused approach to recruitment challenges.
• Committed to delivering a high-quality candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Collaborative team player with the ability to work independently and take ownership of recruitment outcomes.

Desirable:

• Experience producing recruitment metrics, market intelligence and salary benchmarking reports.
• Professional recruitment qualifications or relevant industry experience.