Talent Acquisition Advisor

Whittens is an Australian family owned and operated multidisciplined civil construction company, proudly offering over 23 years’ experience throughout Australia.

With a growing reputation, we continue to partner with some of Australia’s major Infrastructure and mining clients, specialising in the delivery of large scale and technically complex concrete construction, roadworks, earthworks, NPI and piping works projects.

Our mission, as an agile and people centric business, is to be the market leader in civil contracting, achieving sustainable growth through high performing people who safely deliver successful project outcomes for their clients.

Our Opportunity
Reporting to the Head of People and Culture, we now have a newly created opportunity for a Talent Acquisition Advisor, with a primary focus on Blue Collar Recruitment, to work alongside our emerging leaders who are based in Sydney, NSW. This role will be accountable for driving best practice end-to-end recruitment for Blue-collar roles such as Concreters, Steel Fixers and Formworkers to support upcoming FIFO infrastructure projects on the East Coast of Australia.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

• Responsible for the coordination and management of the full cycle of recruitment including advertising, sourcing, screening CVs, phone screens, interviews, and pre-employment checks
• Work effectively and in collaboration with all Whittens’ Hiring Managers to provide end to end recruitment support
• Candidate management utilising the ATS (JobAdder) and other system platforms such as Monday for selection process to onboarding
• Undertake talent acquisition through a variety of methods including Advert sourcing, Social Media platforms, Networking and Employee Referrals
• Responsible for preparing and posting role advertisements on numerous platforms
• Act as a conduit between the project team and mobilisation teams to ensure timely manning is achieved in line with the program and compliance requirements
• Support Employee Value Proposition and HR strategic deliverables including promoting diversity and inclusion

ABOUT YOU:

• Proficient Blue-Collar Recruiter with a minimum of 5 years industry experience
• Experience using applicant tracking systems such as JobAdder - Preferred
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Self-starter and proactive
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a national HR team

What we offer

Whittens are committed to investing in our people, offering learning and development opportunities to build on the skills and experience you bring. Additional benefits include:

• Competitive salary paid weekly
• Flexible work conditions including WFH
• Recruitment support such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Seek, JobAdder, JobBuzz newsletter, paid campaigns to support you with being successful in your role
• Work amongst engaged leaders and high performing teams on iconic projects
• Safety being at the forefront of everything we do
• Discounted Health insurance
• Novated Lease Options
• Parental Paid Leave

Whittens is committed to workplace diversity. We support women in civil construction, champion Indigenous partnerships and encourage people of all cultural backgrounds to apply.