Project HR Business Partner - Talent Acquisition focus

SSI Schaefer; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SSI SCHAEFER is delivering a major automated distribution centre for ALDI in Bradfield, Western Sydney. The role focuses on attracting specialist talent and building recruitment pipelines as the project progresses, with practical HR support across the ANZ HR team from our Norwest base.

Hybrid role with occasional project-site attendance, offering a meaningful contribution to a large, multi-year Australian automation project and collaboration with project leaders and Global Mobility.

Qualifications

• Strong recruitment experience for specialist roles.
• Experience in workforce planning and developing recruitment strategies.
• Practical HR experience with Australian employment legislation and employee relations.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment for engineering, technical, trades, logistics, project management and support roles.
• Develop recruitment pipelines aligned with project milestones and international mobility.
• Provide practical HR advice and day-to-day support to project managers and staff.
• Support international workforce mobilisation with Global Mobility.
• Contribute to apprenticeship and early-career programs.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Workforce planning

Employment law AU

Stakeholder engagement

Autonomy & collaboration

Tools

HR systems

Job description

Project HR Business Partner - Talent Acquisition focus

A major warehouse automation project. A workforce to build. An opportunity to make your mark.

SSI SCHAEFER is delivering a major automated distribution centre for ALDI at Bradfield in Western Sydney. It's a substantial, multi-year project bringing together engineering, technology, installation and operational expertise from Australia and around the world.

We're looking for an experienced recruitment and HR professional to help build and support the workforce behind it.

Talent Acquisition is at the heart of this role. You'll work closely with project leaders to understand workforce requirements, attract specialist talent and build recruitment pipelines as the project progresses. Beyond Talen Acquisition, you'll provide practical HR support to project managers and employees as part of our experienced ANZ HR team.

A major warehouse automation project. A workforce to build. An opportunity to make your mark.

SSI SCHAEFER is delivering a major automated distribution centre for ALDI at Bradfield in Western Sydney. It's a substantial, multi-year project bringing together engineering, technology, installation and operational expertise from Australia and around the world.

We're looking for an experienced recruitment and HR professional to help build and support the workforce behind it.

Talent Acquisition is at the heart of this role. You'll work closely with project leaders to understand workforce requirements, attract specialist talent and build recruitment pipelines as the project progresses. Beyond Talen Acquisition, you'll provide practical HR support to project managers and employees as part of our experienced ANZ HR team.

The opportunity

This is an opportunity to take real ownership of recruitment on a significant Australian project, while contributing to the broader people requirements of a growing and evolving workforce.

Your focus will include:

• Working with project leaders to anticipate workforce requirements and align recruitment with project milestones.

• Delivering end-to-end recruitment across engineering, technical, trades, logistics, project management and support roles.

• Developing recruitment strategies and talent pipelines to meet current and future workforce needs.

• Supporting international workforce mobilisation and integration in partnership with our Global Mobility team.

• Providing practical HR advice and support on day-to-day employee matters.

• Helping develop apprenticeship and early-career pathways to support future workforce capability.

You'll build relationships across the project and the business and see the results of your work as the workforce takes shape.

What you’ll bring

Your strength will be Talent Acquisition. You'll enjoy the challenge of finding people for specialist roles, know how to build talent pipelines and have the confidence to work with project leaders on their recruitment needs.

We're looking for someone with:

• Strong hands-on recruitment experience, including direct sourcing and recruiting for professional, technical or specialist positions.

• Experience contributing to workforce planning and developing recruitment strategies.

• Practical HR experience, with a sound understanding of Australian employment legislation and everyday employee relations matters.

• Strong communication and relationship-building and organisational skills, with sound judgement and attention to detail.

• A calm, adaptable and collaborative approach, with the ability to work autonomously and manage competing priorities.

Experience recruiting in engineering, construction, automation, logistics or similarly technical environments would be an advantage. Exposure to international workforce mobility, apprenticeships or early-career programs would also be valuable.

We're improving our HR systems and processes, but much of our work is still manual. You'll need to be organised, methodical and comfortable working with existing processes while contributing ideas for improvement.

Just as importantly, you'll enjoy being hands-on. You're comfortable working with senior stakeholders, but equally happy rolling up your sleeves and getting things done. You'll take ownership, follow things through and enjoy being part of a small HR team where everyone contributes.

Working with us

Based at our Norwest office, this is a hybrid role with occasional attendance at the ALDI project site in Bradfield as the project develops.

You'll be part of an established international business and an experienced, collaborative ANZ HR team, with the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to a project of considerable scale and complexity.

Why join us?

The SSI SCHAEFER Group is a leading global solution provider for all areas of intralogistics. With innovative technologies and software, the family-owned company empowers customers to increase the efficiency and sustainability of their storage, picking and transport processes. From full automated warehouses, with individual service and maintenance offers, to manual and semi-automated systems, SSI SCHAEFER offers cost effective intralogistics solutions from a single source, for small and medium-sized businesses as well as large companies. SSI SCHAEFER has also become one of the largest vendors of software for internal material flow control and offers all possibilities for sustainable resource management with modern real-time analyses, smart data processing and optimisation algorithms.With SSI SCHAEFER Plastics, the company is also an expert in sustainable container systems and customized constructive packaging, as well as solutions for wase and recycling management.

SSI SCHAEFER employs more than 8,800 people at is international headquarter in Neunkirchen (Germany) and in approximately 80 operating companies globally, including seven production facilities on six continents.In fiscal year 2024, the company generated a revenue of EUR 2.0 billion.

For years, the SSI SCHAEFER Group has relied on trusted partnerships and strong brands. The Group also includes the robotics specialist RO-BER, the SAP specialist SWAN, the robotics and AGV expert DS AUTOMOTION and the start-up SupplyBrain.

Our commitment to Work Health and Safety

We have a strong focus on and commitment to health and safety and expect all workers to:

• Comply with relevant WHS legislation

• Follow company policies and procedures

• Proactively report hazards and incidents

• Contribute to a safe working environment for all, including psychological and psychosocial safety

If you love recruitment, enjoy the variety of HR and want to help build the workforce behind a major Australian automation project, we'd like to hear from you.

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