Resourcing Business Partner

VolkerWessels UK; Hoddesdon; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading contracting group in the UK is looking for a Resourcing Business Partner to join their team. This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, focusing on attracting and retaining top talent across two business units. The successful candidate will own direct sourcing, manage recruitment campaigns, and ensure alignment with broader business goals. Strong engagement skills and recruitment experience are essential. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, including private medical care and training opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Competitive annual leave

Additional day off on your birthday

Private medical care

Pension

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Shopping and restaurants vouchers

Training and development opportunities

Family friendly policies

Employee Assistance programme

24/7 Virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Experienced recruitment professional with a strong track record in volume hiring.
• Confident in direct sourcing and managing recruitment campaigns.
• Ability to influence at multiple levels.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of direct sourcing across all business areas.
• Align recruitment efforts with broader people strategies and business goals.
• Build and maintain a high-quality talent pool.

Job description

Overview

VolkerWessels UK is a market leading contracting group of five closely linked businesses. We provide integrated and ground-breaking solutions for the civil engineering and construction sectors, with specialisms in rail, highways, airports, marine, defence, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

We're looking for a Resourcing Business Partner to join our resourcing team. This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, offering the opportunity to shape how we attract, engage, and retain top talent across two business units.

You'll take ownership of direct sourcing across all business areas, ensuring roles are filled efficiently and effectively within agreed timeframes. Working closely with HR colleagues, you'll align recruitment efforts with broader people strategies and business goals.

Proactively build and maintain a high-quality talent pool, using professional networks like LinkedIn and candidate referrals to stay ahead of future hiring needs. You'll also lead the development of targeted resourcing campaigns and manage relationships with third-party suppliers.

Operational excellence is key; you'll ensure Talentlink (ATS) is up to date and accurate, and provide timely management information to support decision-making and workforce planning.

About you

You're an experienced recruitment professional from an in-house background, with a strong track record in volume hiring and stakeholder engagement. You're confident in sourcing directly, managing campaigns, and influencing at multiple levels.

If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerWessels UK operate through five separate, but complementary businesses, working in collaboration and using our specialist skills to deliver an integrated service for our clients. At any one time, our people are working on our sites or in our offices, for around 250 projects across the UK. Everyday we overcome challenges, fulfilling our commitments, no matter what. That's what our business is about, that's how our people find satisfaction in their jobs.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

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Additional information

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.