Resourcing Team Leader

Zoom Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoom Recruitment seeks an experienced Resourcing Team Leader to lead a small resourcing team within a fast-paced blue-collar labour hire environment. Based in Huntingwood, the role focuses on delivering quality candidates while ensuring compliance and readiness to work.

You will manage daily resourcing operations, coordinate interviews and bookings, and drive continuous improvement in recruitment processes.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team in blue-collar recruitment or labour hire.
• Ability to manage high-volume recruitment targets and workflows.
• Strong understanding of compliance, onboarding and employment documentation.
• Excellent communication and people management skills.
• Experience coordinating interviews, bookings and assessments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and support a small resourcing team to meet daily recruitment targets.
• Oversee candidate attraction, screening and selection to meet labour requirements.
• Coordinate candidate bookings, availability and shift allocations.
• Conduct interviews and screenings to assess suitability and availability.
• Organise and oversee physical assessments including Drug and Alcohol tests.

Skills

Team leadership

Blue-collar recruitment

High-volume hiring

Compliance knowledge

Candidate sourcing

Tools

Recruitment systems

Job description

Zoom Recruitment are seeking an experienced and motivated Resourcing Team Leader to lead and develop a team of resourcers within the fast-paced blue-collar labour hire industry.

Based in Huntingwood, this is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on recruitment leader who thrives in a high-volume environment, understands the urgency of labour hire, and knows how to deliver quality candidates while maintaining strong compliance standards.

You will play a key role in managing the daily resourcing operation, ensuring candidates are recruited, assessed, compliant and ready to work across a range of blue-collar roles.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Management: Lead, motivate and support a small team of resourcers, setting clear expectations and driving daily recruitment targets.
• Candidate Sourcing & Recruitment: Oversee candidate attraction, screening and selection to meet ongoing labour requirements.
• Candidate Bookings: Manage and coordinate candidate bookings, availability and shift allocations, ensuring labour requirements are filled efficiently and accurately.
• Interviews & Screening: Coordinate and conduct candidate interviews to assess suitability, experience, reliability and availability.
• Physical Assessments: Organise and oversee physical assessments including Drug and Alcohol tests to ensure candidates are capable of safely performing the duties required for their assigned roles.
• Compliance & Onboarding: Ensure all candidates complete the necessary compliance checks, documentation and onboarding requirements to provide job ready candidates to our Account Management team.
• Workforce Planning: Monitor labour requirements, candidate availability and upcoming demand to ensure adequate workforce coverage.
• Continuous Improvement: Implement effective processes and procedures to improve recruitment efficiency, candidate quality and compliance standards.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Previous experience in blue-collar recruitment, labour hire or high-volume workforce resourcing.
• Experience leading, supervising or mentoring a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent communication, people management and problem-solving skills.
• Experience coordinating interviews, candidate bookings and physical assessments.
• A strong understanding of recruitment compliance, onboarding and employment documentation.
• The ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines in a demanding operational environment.
• A proactive, hands-on approach with a strong focus on accountability, teamwork and results.
• Confidence using recruitment systems, databases and workforce management tools.

Why Join Us?

• Take ownership of a busy resourcing team and make a real impact.
• Work in a dynamic and fast-moving blue-collar labour hire environment.
• Develop your leadership and recruitment management skills.
• Be part of a team focused on delivering quality people and reliable workforce solutions.
• Enjoy the opportunity to improve processes, develop your team and drive operational success.