Talent Acquisition Sourcer

Pomerleau; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RRSP with up to 5% employer matching

Hybrid work model for corporate roles

Employee stock ownership program

Career growth through real development

Transit pass reimbursement

Minimum 4 weeks of vacation

Job summary

Pomerleau is seeking a Talent Acquisition Sourcer to build proactive pipelines for critical roles across Canada. You will partner with TA leadership to develop SOPs, leverage AI-sourcing, and deliver market insights to shape hiring outcomes.

You will manage targeted talent maps, run trainings for recruiters, and lead strategic initiatives for hard-to-fill roles while aligning with workforce planning and KPI metrics.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Talent Acquisition focusing on sourcing.
• Ability to use analytics and market research to build pipeline strategies.
• Ability to monitor KPIs and adjust activities to keep pipelines healthy.

Responsibilities

• Develop targeting sourcing strategies for critical pipelines across geographies.
• Identify gaps in competency and timing across roles.
• Evolve sourcing practice using deep market knowledge.
• Create talent maps and reusable models/templates for self-serve use.
• Combine market knowledge with hiring data to set expectations around hiring timelines.
• Deliver market Lunch & Learns to recruiters.
• Participate in workforce planning to anticipate needs and trigger pipeline actions.
• Collaborate with TA Leadership & COE to build SOPs and KPIs for sourcing including AI use.
• Train recruiters to ensure consistent sourcing practices across the team.
• Lead sourcing strategy for hard-to-fill or critical roles.
• Build pipeline journeys to keep talent engaged long-term.
• Operate pipelines in Avature and coordinate with other sourcers.

Skills

Sourcing

Market intelligence

Analytics

AI in sourcing

Communication

Collaboration

Tools

Avature

Job description

Job Description

Ready to build your career? We want to hear from you.

Job Description

Ready to build your career? We want to hear from you.

The Talent Acquisition Sourcer reports to the Director of Talent Acquisition and builds and sustains proactive talent pipelines across critical roles and markets as defined by the TA Leadership Team. This role is a market intelligence and supply engine to support our shift toward an increasingly proactive and predictive Talent Acquisition function.

As this is a new sub-specialty within the organization, the Sourcer will also work closely with TA Leadership and the TA COE to develop the standard operating procedures, best practices and metrics of success for sourcing.

What you will do

• Develop targeting sourcing strategies for identified business-critical pipelines.
• Across geographies, competency gaps and position types and timelines.
• Evolve the practice to advise and identify gaps based on deep market knowledge.
• Produce talent maps and develop models or templates that can be leveraged by the wider team in a self-serve model.
• Combine market knowledge with hiring data to pre-emptively set expectations around hiring (ex. Projected times-to-fill)
• Deliver market ‘Lunch & Learns’ to recruiter colleagues.
• Participate in key workforce planning meetings to ensure an understanding of future needs to trigger pipeline pushes, builds or maintenance statuses.
• Partner with TA Leadership & the COE to build solid operating procedures, workflows, KPIs and best-practices around sourcing including agentic and generative AI use.
• Train recruiter colleagues on the above to ensure consistent practices across the wider TA team.
• Act as an advisor or lead the sourcing strategy for punctual hard-to-fill or business critical roles (roles that pass the approval protocol).
• Build pipeline community journeys to keep talent engaged in the medium and long term and offer candidate experiences that translates to successful conversions.
• Events, marketing campaigns, training and co-development opportunities etc.
• Develop a playbook on the passive to active candidate experience and train colleagues and the business.
• Own strategic pipelines in Avature and direct operations to ensure their health in collaboration with other sourcers and/ or recruiter colleagues.

This role could be for you if you have

• 5 to 7 years of Talent Acquisition experience with a focus on sourcing.
• Ability to leverage analytics and market research to develop custom pipeline strategies.
• Ability to interpret monitoring KPIs and shift activities to ensure healthy pipelines.
• Previous experience using sourcing tools and other techniques such as Boolean searches, X-ray, extensions etc.
• Learning agility to constantly evolve strategies and leveraging new AI tools in sourcing.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to coordinate long-term candidate experiences and journeys across the company.
• Ability to conceptualize new processes, experiences or techniques from scratch (builder and continuous improvement mindset).

Benefits

• RRSP with up to 5% employer matching
• Hybrid work model for corporate roles
• Employee stock ownership program
• Career growth through real development opportunities
• Transit pass reimbursement — get to work for free
• Minimum 4 weeks of vacation from day one

For the past six years, we've proudly held the distinction of being one of Canada's Top 100 Employers.

The expected compensation range posted for this role applies to available work locations in Ontario and/or British Columbia. Offered compensation may vary from the posted range based on a candidate’s relevant skills, experience, qualifications, geographic location, and the final job for which they are hired.

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Pomerleau is a national leader in construction, delivering major projects across Canada. We believe in creating a workplace where people feel respected, supported, and empowered to grow. Our culture is built on collaboration, trust, and a shared commitment to doing great work.