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.
Our Global Talent Acquisition team based in Bangalore is recruiting for a Senior Recruitment Lead to support the UK&E business deliver its growth plan. In this role you will have the opportunity to offer a best-in-class candidate experience and find the top talent to grow and transform the business.
As a Senior Recruitment Lead, you’ll combine hands-on recruiting with helping to shape and drive a team of Recruitment Leads to deliver an excellent customer-focused recruitment service. The scale and variety within our business means there is scope for you to identify continuous improvements and enable a market leading candidate experience that continues to differentiate Atkins as an employer of choice.
How will you contribute to the team?
To perform this role successfully, the individual will be responsible for but not limited to the following:
- Responsible for mentoring, supporting and developing one of the Atkins divisional recruitment teams to deliver a high-quality, customer-oriented recruitment service.
- Accountable for trouble shooting and driving continuous improvements across the team and the wider HR function.
- You will take a lead on Business aligned attraction activities to support the delivery of business headcount.
- Monitor and ensure compliance in meeting talent acquisition metric targets including time to offer, interview-to-offer and other agreed KPI’s.
- Collaborate with divisional Recruitment Partner (RP), Sourcing Team and GRASS team to apply best practice, drive continuous improvement and mobilize (internal & external) resourcing strategies to reduce overall time-to-hire and drive applicant quality.
- Develop strong relationships with business stakeholders to become the recognised first point of contact for all operational recruitment related issues (with RP as the escalation point).
- Deliver end-to-end recruitment delivery of vacancies, including senior hires, within your division.
- Supporting the team to develop advertising programs (internal and external) in order to ensure high visibility with potential candidates.
- Develop successful working relationships with the wider recruitment community, HR teams and key business managers / directors, demonstrating a deep understanding of the requirements of the business area.
- Overall Line Management for your teams, ensuring that you offer support and development, managing workload, monitoring sickness and annual leave, and completing annual review processes.
What will you contribute?
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, human resources or related discipline.
- Proven track record/experience recruiting/staffing experience in a corporate, professional services, consulting, or high-tech industry.
- Prior experience of working in a Recruitment Managed Service environment (preferably international support), RPO (recruitment process outsourcing) or an in-house recruitment team is essential.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills can build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Confident, diplomatic, and tactful – demonstrating high levels of confidentiality.
- Resilient and able to work under pressure.
- Driven, highly organized with the ability to identify and focus on priorities and deliver to deadlines.
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite.
- Previous experience of working with recruitment, ATS (applicant tracking system) or vacancy management systems e.g. Workday.
- Candidate should be flexible to work UK shifts.
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
