As one of the world’s leading consultancies operating in the built and natural environment, we offer unparalleled opportunities for talented individuals in search of a rewarding career both in India and around the world. Atkins India is committed to design excellence in the delivery of first-class solutions which combine innovation, imagination and best practice.
Atkins is a member of SNC Lavalin Organization. Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is a global, fully integrated professional services and project management company and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure. The combined entity of Atkins and SNC-Lavalin has created one of the largest global engineering and project management consultancies with approximately 50,000 employees and operating across 50 countries.
The Recruitment Centre of Expertise supports the Atkins UK business in all aspects of talent acquisition and candidate selection. Right now we have an opportunity for a Sourcing Specialist to join our Bangalore-based HR Centre; working in partnership with the UK Recruitment Teams to create talent pools (talent communities) and identify candidates for engineering and related technical positions mainly in the UK.
Atkins specialist sourcing teams work closely with UK and Indian recruitment colleagues to develop and execute tactical sourcing strategies with the aim of generating candidates, creating talent pools and delivering against recruitment and growth targets. As a Sourcing Specialist within this team you will use your knowledge of talent acquisition and sourcing strategies to play a pivotal part in delivering against Atkins UK recruitment targets.
How will you contribute to the team?
To perform this role successfully, the individual will be responsible for but not limited to the following:
- Create and maintain contact with talent communities for both active and passive candidates within Atkins UK core engineering skill sets.
- Utilise market-mapping techniques to understand where talent exists, keep up-to-date on market trends and provide strategic advice on how best to access talent.
- Use a variety of direct candidate attraction techniques, including utilisation of job boards, Boolean searches, CV databases, referrals, social networking sites, search engine optimisation activity, etc., in order to drive candidates to Atkins website.
- Understand the recruitment priorities of the Atkins business to spot transferable skills and share candidates with the wider Recruitment Team.
- Maintain and develop Atkins recruitment database Workday which includes utilising this to maintain an active internal talent community.
- Engage with candidates to produce short-lists and long-lists as part of recruitment campaigns where required.
- Actively improve ‘time-to-source’ metrics by spotting opportunities to enable more efficient access to talent.
- Provide specialist resourcing advice to the recruitment community, HR contacts and line managers.
What will you contribute?
- Capability to advise on and deliver best practice in candidate attraction methodologies.
- Experience of building, owning & maintaining talent pools, including our own internal talent pool.
- Extensive experience in sourcing candidates using social media network.
- Expertise in market research, talent mapping and research, utilising deep searching techniques.
- A thorough knowledge of relevant employment legislation.
- Expertise in market mapping and research, utilising deep searching techniques.
- Expertise in sourcing assignments in related consulting markets or a technical discipline.
- Ability to manage multiple campaigns across geographically dispersed locations.
- Proficient in the use of spreadsheet, database and word processing packages – Word and Excel, and knowledge of using recruitment databases.
What we offer at Atkins?
At Atkins, you will enjoy a robust rewards package which includes:
- Opportunity to work on various projects of various sizes.
- Competitive salary.
- Group Insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Learning and development programs, training, career opportunities.
The masculine gender is used only to simplify the wording.
Atkins is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability.
In today’s global market, diverse groups make better decisions and that better decisions lead to better business results, as such Atkins proactively recruiting and onboarding candidates from a diverse and talented applicant pool.
Please review Atkins Equal Opportunity Statement here:
https://careers.snclavalin.com/equal-opportunities-statement
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Note to staffing and direct hire agencies:
In the event a recruiter or agency who are not on our preferred supplier list submits a resume/candidate to anyone in the company, SNC-Lavalin family of companies, we explicitly reserve the right to recruit and hire the candidate(s) at our discretion and without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. https://careers.snclavalin.com/recruitment-agencies
