Strategic Talent Acquisition Lead for Large-Scale Projects

WSP USA; Sharjah; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Lead to drive talent acquisition across multiple business areas, focusing on large-scale project recruitment and nationalisation priorities. You will partner with business and project leaders to forecast workforce needs, source senior and specialist talent, and ensure a high-quality, inclusive candidate experience.

You will manage end-to-end recruitment, lead a team, and deliver across multiple roles while maintaining governance and data

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• Strong Talent Acquisition experience within a complex, fast-paced and multicultural organisation.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment, with the ability to personally source and deliver across multiple roles and disciplines.
• Experience supporting large-scale project recruitment and mobilisation, including high-volume and specialist hiring.
• Exposure to multidisciplinary consultancy environments, including areas such as Design Management, Project Management, Advisory and Transportation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience partnering with senior leaders and hiring managers.
• The ability to manage multiple vacancies and priorities while maintaining pace, quality and attention to detail.
• Strong knowledge of regional talent markets and the ability to translate market insight into practical recruitment solutions.
• Experience within engineering, professional services, consulting or another project-led environment would be advantageous.
• A collaborative, inclusive and people-focused approach, with a strong commitment to candidate and hiring manager experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment across assigned business areas, from initial role briefing and sourcing through assessment, offer and mobilisation handover.
• Lead recruitment delivery for large-scale projects, managing high-volume and complex hiring requirements against project mobilisation priorities.
• Partner with business and project leaders to understand workforce plans, capability requirements and critical hiring needs.
• Proactively source and engage senior, specialist and hard-to-find talent through targeted search, market mapping, referrals and relevant recruitment channels.
• Lead and support Talent Acquisition team members, helping to prioritise workloads, strengthen capability and maintain high standards of recruitment delivery.
• Manage candidate screening, interviews, assessment, selection and feedback, ensuring a consistent and positive candidate experience.
• Support nationalisation priorities by proactively identifying, engaging and progressing local talent.
• Build strong talent pipelines for current vacancies, project mobilisation, proposals and future growth requirements.
• Provide hiring managers with practical market insight on talent availability, salary expectations and recruitment challenges.
• Champion internal mobility, diverse shortlists and fair and inclusive hiring practices.
• Maintain accurate recruitment data and ensure hiring activity is delivered in line with recruitment governance and standards.
• Use recruitment technology, systems and data to improve efficiency, quality and the overall recruitment experience.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

High-volume recruitment

Stakeholder management

Market insight

Talent sourcing

Team leadership

Multicultural experience

Project mobilisation

Engineering/consulting domain

Diversity & inclusion

Candidate experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related

Job description

WSP USA is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Lead to drive talent acquisition across multiple business areas, focusing on large-scale project recruitment and nationalisation priorities. You will partner with business and project leaders to forecast workforce needs, source senior and specialist talent, and ensure a high-quality, inclusive candidate experience.

You will manage end-to-end recruitment, lead a team, and deliver across multiple roles while maintaining governance and data