Talent Acquisition Partner – Regional Queensland

Aurecon Group; Mackay Regional; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurecon Group is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner to join our Queensland Talent Acquisition team, based in Townsville or Mackay. This full-time, 12-month contract role focuses on regional recruitment across Transport, Energy, Industrial, Water, Environment & Buildings, partnering with local leaders to meet workforce needs.

You'll develop early careers pipelines, attract graduates and interns, and engage with regional universities.

Qualifications

• Strong recruitment experience across in-house, agency or combined settings.
• Experience recruiting professional, technical or engineering talent.
• Confidence managing a broad portfolio of roles across disciplines and levels.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to build trusted relationships with leaders.
• Proactive sourcing mindset, confident approaching passive talent.
• Interest in Graduate, Intern and early careers recruitment.
• Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Experience using recruitment systems and ATS platforms; Workday experience is valued.
• Comfort with emerging tech, AI-enabled tools and data insights for smarter recruitment.
• Agile, solutions-focused approach; adaptable to changing regional priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across regional Queensland functions.
• Recruit across engineering, technical and professional disciplines from early career to experienced hires.
• Partner with local leaders and hiring managers to define workforce needs and strategies.
• Proactively source and engage talent within regional Queensland and broader national markets.
• Support Graduate and Intern recruitment, building regional talent pipelines.
• Build relationships with universities, students and industry networks.
• Represent Aurecon at career fairs and university events; provide market insights to leaders.
• Use recruitment systems, data and AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency and candidate experience.
• Ensure governance and best practices across regional offices.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Stakeholder management

Sourcing passive talent

Graduate & Intern recruiting

Communication & influencing

Workday experience

ATS experience

AI-enabled tools

Data insights

Agile problem-solving

Regional travel

Tools

Workday

Job description

Full-time | 12 month Contract | Townsville or Mackay

Are you a recruiter who loves building relationships, getting close to the business and making a genuine impact in regional communities?

We’re looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner to join our Queensland Talent Acquisition team, based in either Townsville or Mackay.

This is a broad and varied recruitment role supporting our regional Queensland offices across Transport. Energy, Industrial (Resources), Water, Environment & Land and Buildings. You’ll recruit across a diverse mix of engineering and professional disciplines, partnering closely with local leaders to help build the capability our growing regional teams need.

Importantly, you’ll also play a key role in developing our regional early careers pipeline, supporting Graduate and Intern recruitment and building strong relationships with local universities and emerging talent.

About The Role

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across Transport, Industrial (Resources), Water, Environment & Land and Buildings
• Recruit across a broad range of engineering, technical and professional disciplines, from early career through to experienced hires
• Partner closely with local leaders and hiring managers to understand workforce needs and develop practical, targeted recruitment strategies
• Proactively source and engage talent within regional Queensland and broader national markets
• Support Graduate and Intern recruitment, helping identify and attract the next generation of regional talent
• Build relationships with local universities, students and relevant industry networks
• Represent Aurecon at career fairs, university events and other regional talent initiatives
• Provide market insights and recruitment advice to help leaders navigate challenging or talent-short markets
• Use recruitment systems, technology, data and AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency and candidate experience
• Support consistent recruitment processes, governance and best practice across our regional offices

While primarily based in Townsville or Mackay, some regional travel may be required from time to time to connect with our people, universities and communities across Queensland.

About You

We’re looking for a recruiter who enjoys variety, autonomy and being genuinely connected to the business.

You’ll Ideally Bring

• Strong recruitment experience gained within an in-house, agency or combined environment
• Experience recruiting professional, technical or engineering talent
• Confidence managing a broad portfolio of roles across different disciplines and levels
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with local and senior leaders
• A proactive sourcing mindset and confidence approaching passive talent
• An interest in Graduate, Intern and early careers recruitment
• Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills
• Experience using recruitment systems and ATS platforms, with Workday experience highly regarded
• Confidence using emerging technology, AI-enabled tools and data insights to support smarter recruitment
• An agile, solutions-focused approach and the ability to adapt as regional hiring priorities change

Experience recruiting within engineering, infrastructure, transport, resources, water, environment or buildings would be highly regarded.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to take real ownership of talent acquisition across regional Queensland.

You’ll

• Be based locally in Townsville (may consider Mackay, Gladstone or Cairns)
• Work across a genuinely diverse portfolio of engineering disciplines and career levels
• Build strong relationships with regional leaders and become a trusted partner to our local offices
• Help strengthen Aurecon’s Graduate and Intern pipeline in regional Queensland
• Develop relationships with universities and emerging talent within your local market
• Join a collaborative Queensland Talent Acquisition team while having the autonomy to shape how we attract talent regionally
• Play an important role in supporting the continued growth and capability of our regional businesses

If you’re an experienced recruiter who enjoys building relationships, getting out into the market and connecting great people with great opportunities, we’d love to hear from you.

Engineering possibilities, the Aurecon Way.