Talent Acquisition Specialist (1 Year Contract)

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc; Cambridge; Hybrid; CAD 72,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Employee bonus

RRSP matching

Employee Share Purchase Program

Cafeteria/snacks

Job summary

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc is hiring a Talent Acquisition Specialist on a 1-year contract in Cambridge, Ontario. This hybrid role covers the full lifecycle of recruitment across Canada and the US, focusing on strategic sourcing and a best-in-class candidate experience.

You will partner with hiring managers, manage interviews, offers and onboarding, and build talent pipelines for engineering, skilled trades and technical business units.

Qualifications

• Education in HR or equivalent required.
• 5+ years of full-cycle recruitment experience.
• Experience with engineering/technical recruitment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of recruitment across Canada and the US.
• Partner with hiring managers, manage interviews, offers and onboarding.
• Build talent pipelines and conduct proactive sourcing.

Skills

Full cycle recruitment

Talent sourcing

LinkedIn recruiting

Interviewing

Stakeholder management

Education

HR degree or equivalent

Tools

Taleo

SuccessFactors

LinkedIn Recruiter

MS Office

Job description

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Requisition ID: 17953

Location: Cambridge, ON, CA, N3H 4R7

Date: Oct 26, 2026

Talent Acquisition Specialist (1 Year Contract)

Join our globally growing team at ATS Industrial Automation where we create complex automation solutions at the highest level that sustainably impact lives around the world.

At ATS, a publicly traded global company with a proud 40-year history, we help drive the future with our factory-wide automation solutions. At ATS Industrial Automation, what we do matters - both to our customers and to their customers. With 1000 skilled employees around the world, we design, build and service mission-critical automated assembly and test solutions for mobility, nuclear and specialty automation. Our customers are leaders in their industries and rely on us to deliver what we promise - on time and on budget. Combined with our broad product portfolio, financial strength and global presence, we provide our customers with the best automation solutions wherever and whenever they need them.
From building sourcing strategies and partnering with hiring managers to managing interviews, offers, and onboarding, you’ll drive every stage of the recruitment process. You'll be instrumental in delivering a best-in-classcandidate experience while ensuring we consistently hire top-quality talent that aligns with our business needs.
The ideal candidate will bring a proactive, strategic mindset to talent acquisition and thrive in an environmentwhere they can make a direct impact on hiring outcomes.
Note: This is a 1 Year contract position.
This is a hybrid role—while we may work remotely, we are expected to attend in-person meetings at the office as required, as well as external hiring & employer branding events.

Pay Range: $72,000 - $99,000

Health Care Benefits + $600 Health Care Spending Account

Employee Engagement Events (Employee BBQ’s and lunches, weekly snack day, etc.)

Major Duties

• This role owns the complete lifecycle of the hiring process across our Industrial Automation divisions in Canada and the US. In this role, you’ll take full responsibility for identifying, attracting, engaging, and hiring top-tier talent across engineering, skilled trades, and technical business units.
• From building sourcing strategies and partnering with hiring managers to managing interviews, offers, and onboarding, you’ll drive every stage of the recruitment process. You'll be instrumental in delivering a best-in-class candidate experience while ensuring we consistently hire top-quality talent that aligns with our business needs.

Specific Responsibilties

• Oversee the full talent acquisition life cycle for each role assigned to you, which includes gaining requisition (req) approvals, intake sessions with the hiring manager, job posting and sourcing, and interviewing
• Coordinating interviews with candidates
• Conducting background screening, and references
• Coordinating and attending local career fairs
• Working with the local colleges and universities to recruit new graduates
• Preparing offer packages
• Lead sourcing activities with difficult to fill roles
• Creating talent pipelines of candidates for future hiring
• Assisting in pulling reports to track metrics
• Supporting other HR team members with the RMS tool and LinkedIn
• Work on various Talent/Recruitment projects that will be rolled out globally.
• Partner closely with the HR team to ensure recruitment and HR practices align with business strategy, and candidate experience is seamless
• Use of ABM (ATS Business Model) to foster continuous improvement in the recruitment process.

Qualifications

Education

• A post-secondary degree specializing in human resources or equivalent

Experience

• 5+ years of full cycle recruitment experience
• Strong experience sourcing, particularly using LinkedIn and other social media platforms
• Previous experience using various recruitment management systems, such as Taleo and SuccessFactors
• Proficiency with MS Office, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience recruiting for technical roles, especially in engineering.
• Experience recruiting for automation related positions is a definite asset
• Experience delivering proactive, strategic and high-impact hiring outcomes

Why should you join ATS Industrial Automation?

• Be a part of an engaged, empowered and innovative global workforce
• We offer a robust total rewards package- Competitive starting salaries, comprehensive health and dental benefits, overtime pay, employee bonus, RSP matching, Employee Share Purchase Program
• We provide awesome work perks such as treat days, gourmet coffee and beverages, subsidized breakfast and lunches in our cafeteria, employee referral bonuses and lots more.
• We are intentional about your professional growth and development through internal career opportunities and our educational reimbursement program.

The Compensation offered will be based on the local job market and may vary depending on factors such as the job-related knowledge, skills, experience of the selected candidate, as well as other objective business considerations. Subject to these considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, such as an annual cash incentive in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and/or other benefits. Details of these benefit plans will be provided when the selected job candidate receives an offer of employment.

This role represents an existing vacancy within the organization.

ATS is in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA), 2005 and will, upon request, assist those who may require specific accommodations due to personal disability. We would ask those who require assistance to notify our offices as soon as possible if accommodation is necessary.

The ATS applicant tracking system may utilize AI software with pre‑defined, rule‑based filters to organize and manage application materials. Rule‑based filters operate solely on fixed criteria and do not perform autonomous evaluation or generate independent recommendations. All hiring decisions continue to involve human review and judgment.