Junior Ecommerce Recruitment Consultant

Revererecruitment; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

Career development opportunities

Volunteer leave

Job summary

Senior Strategic Talent Acquisition Specialist at AECOM based in Australia, Melbourne or Sydney offices, with 8+ years in recruitment. Drive strategic hiring, workforce planning, and talent analytics across Buildings & Places.

Lead end-to-end recruitment for critical technical roles, including international hires and visa guidance, while leveraging AI and analytics to inform leadership decisions. The role offers flexible, hybrid working arrangements across Australia and New Zealand, with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in recruitment or talent acquisition, ideally in engineering, consulting, construction or infrastructure environments.
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders on workforce planning and strategic hiring initiatives.
• Strong understanding of the Australian talent market and current attraction challenges.
• Experience recruiting internationally and working with skilled migration and visa pathways.
• Demonstrated capability using modern recruitment technology, sourcing platforms, AI tools and talent analytics.
• Strong influencing, stakeholder management and communication skills.
• A commercial mindset with the ability to translate workforce data into actionable business recommendations.
• Experience recruiting within the Water sector or broader infrastructure market will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to develop strategic hiring and workforce plans.
• Provide talent market insights, competitor intelligence and workforce recommendations.
• Lead end-to-end recruitment for critical and specialist Water industry positions.
• Build proactive talent pipelines across technical and leadership disciplines.
• Support international recruitment initiatives and provide guidance on visa pathways and talent mobility.
• Use data, analytics and market intelligence to influence hiring decisions and workforce strategy.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes, leveraging AI, automation and emerging technologies.
• Collaborate with employer branding and attraction teams to strengthen AECOM's position in the talent market.
• Deliver exceptional candidate and stakeholder experiences while driving quality hiring outcomes.
• Present talent insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders with confidence and credibility.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Strategic hiring

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

AI recruitment tools

Sourcing platforms

Workforce planning

Tools

Recruitment technology

Sourcing platforms

AI tools

Job description

Senior Strategic Talent Acquisition Specialist

Company Description
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

Job Description
What will a day in this role look like?
As a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, you'll work closely with leaders across our Buildings & Places business to develop and deliver talent strategies aligned to business growth, capability needs and long‑term workforce planning.

You will:

• Partner with senior leaders to develop strategic hiring and workforce plans.
• Provide talent market insights, competitor intelligence and workforce recommendations.
• Lead end‑to‑end recruitment for critical and specialist Water industry positions.
• Build proactive talent pipelines across technical and leadership disciplines.
• Support international recruitment initiatives and provide guidance on visa pathways and talent mobility.
• Use data, analytics and market intelligence to influence hiring decisions and workforce strategy.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes, leveraging AI, automation and emerging technologies.
• Collaborate with employer branding and attraction teams to strengthen AECOM's position in the talent market.
• Deliver exceptional candidate and stakeholder experiences while driving quality hiring outcomes.
• Present talent insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders with confidence and credibility.

Qualifications
What you'll bring:
We're looking for an experienced talent acquisition professional who enjoys building relationships, influencing hiring decisions and partnering with leaders to solve complex workforce challenges. While not every candidate will tick every box, we'd love to hear from you if you bring a combination of the following skills, experience and capabilities:

• 8+ years' experience in recruitment or talent acquisition, ideally within engineering, consulting, construction or infrastructure environments.
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders on workforce planning and strategic hiring initiatives.
• Strong understanding of the Australian talent market and current attraction challenges.
• Experience recruiting internationally and working with skilled migration and visa pathways.
• Demonstrated capability using modern recruitment technology, sourcing platforms, AI tools and talent analytics.
• Strong influencing, stakeholder management and communication skills.
• A commercial mindset with the ability to translate workforce data into actionable business recommendations.
• Experience recruiting within the Water sector or broader infrastructure market will be highly regarded.

As mentioned, this is a 12‑month fixed‑term contract opportunity based in either our Melbourne or Sydney office. With continued growth across our business, there may be potential for extension beyond the initial term, as well as future career opportunities within AECOM.

Additional Information
Why You'll Enjoy Working With Us
At AECOM, you'll be part of a global organisation where your ideas, expertise and ambition are valued. We empower our people to grow their careers while maintaining the flexibility to thrive both professionally and personally. You'll have the opportunity to partner with influential leaders, shape workforce strategies for one of our key growth sectors and contribute to projects that make a meaningful difference to communities across Australia and New Zealand.

What we offer:

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements to support work‑life balance.
• The opportunity to influence strategic workforce decisions across a growing business.
• Access to industry‑leading technology, AI tools and innovative recruitment practices.
• Career development opportunities across Australia, New Zealand and our global network.
• The ability to purchase up to six weeks of additional annual leave each year.
• Paid volunteer leave and opportunities to support community initiatives.
• Flexible public holiday options that allow you to recognise the days that matter most to you.
• A diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work.
• Industry‑leading learning and development programs to support your long‑term career growth.

Join us and help shape the future workforce delivering some of the most important water infrastructure projects across the region.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in‑person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders - past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: AECOM.

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public‑ and private‑sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

We will help you foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.