Resourcing Advisor

Laing O'Rourke; Dartford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke seeks a Resourcing Advisor for a fixed-term contract of 1 year. The advisor will support recruitment activities, engage with candidates, and provide insights on market intelligence to enhance recruitment strategies. This role is ideal for individuals with a background in HR, looking to contribute to an established construction firm renowned for its commitment to diversity and quality.

Benefits

Support for candidates with disabilities

Inclusive recruitment process

Qualifications

• Degree or formal qualification in HR or recruitment preferred.
• Experience in recruitment and candidate management is essential.
• Understanding of recruitment challenges and tactical approaches.

Responsibilities

• Advise on resourcing requirements and candidate engagement.
• Utilise job boards to proactively source candidates.
• Screen candidates through initial telephone interviews.

Skills

Understanding of recruitment practices

Knowledge of Boolean search techniques

Candidate management

Ability to work under pressure

Team collaboration

Education

Degree or formal qualification in HR or recruitment

Tools

CRM systems

eArcu

Invenias

PageUp

Job description

Fixed term contract - 1 year

Start date - ASAP

A Resourcing Advisor supports the candidate journey and works with smaller stakeholder groups to support recruitment activities. The position will be based out of Dartford with travel to sites and offices when required. The position is to cover EPL for a period of 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Advise on resourcing requirements, working with resource managers and hiring managers to identify and engage candidates.
• Utilise the existing database and job boards to proactively source candidates in a skills-short market.
• Support resource managers on strategy, talent pooling, reactive resourcing, and hiring campaigns, including taking hiring ownership.
• Be an advocate for LOR D&I initiatives to enable opportunities for diverse candidates and transferable skills.
• Capture data on recruitment trends such as salary alignment, market intelligence, skills shortages, transferable skill sets, and other usable data.
• Utilise the application tracking system to organise talent pools and select suitable applicants for positions.
• Understand the importance of diversity and inclusion and the company's goals, actively participating in D&I agendas.
• Screen candidates against job description criteria, carry out initial phone screening, and ensure the best match candidates are selected.
• Positively promote Laing O'Rourke and the employer brand.
• Spend time on projects and with hiring teams to fully understand requirements and expand your knowledge.
• Work closely with teams to reduce/mitigate contractor populations.
• Provide an excellent onboarding experience with communication and candidate relationship management.
• Identify recruitment trends and report on market intelligence.
• Create effective advertising from hiring briefs and project knowledge.
• Keep up-to-date administration on notes, tracking of project resource plans.
• Support with internal movements when required.
• Advise hiring teams on recruitment strategies.
• Support the Resourcing operations team with tasks such as role approvals, support, and systems changes.

Education/Previous Experience/Skills

• A Degree or formal qualification in HR or recruitment, or hands-on experience obtained through on-the-job training.
• Understanding of recruitment practices and candidate management.
• Understanding of recruitment challenges.
• Knowledge of Boolean or other search techniques.
• Exposure to CRM, Candidate Attraction, or similar recruitment systems such as eArcu, Invenias, PageUp.
• Able to work under pressure with a variety of tasks.
• Be part of a one-team, same-goal approach.

About Us

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East, and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people, and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we aim to enable access to candidates with long-term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required and how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or wish to learn more about our recruitment process, please email [e-mail].