Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Taylor Woodrow; Watford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Taylor Woodrow is recruiting a Talent Acquisition Business Partner to support resourcing across projects in the UK. Reporting to the Resources Manager, you will drive internal redeployment, project mobilisation and external recruitment, ensuring vacancies are progressed efficiently and professionally.

You will partner with hiring managers, attend project sites, and manage end-to-end recruitment across technical, operational and business support roles, using direct sourcing and recruitment

Qualifications

• Experience in in-house recruitment within construction or civil engineering
• Experience supporting workforce planning, redeployment, project mobilisation and external recruitment
• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment across technical, operational, commercial and business support roles
• Proven ability to build strong working relationships with stakeholders
• Direct sourcing capability via networks, boards and platforms

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers and stakeholders to understand resource requirements
• Mobilise project resource by identifying internal candidates and external talent
• Attend project sites to build relationships with Hiring Managers
• Manage end-to-end recruitment for vacancies in line with processes
• Prepare role briefs, adverts and candidate attraction materials reflecting Taylor Woodrow values
• Use attraction channels including direct sourcing and recruitment platforms
• Guide hiring managers on recruitment approaches and interview planning
• Coordinate shortlisting, interviews, offers and onboarding with HR teams
• Maintain recruitment records and candidate information in systems
• Promote fair and inclusive recruitment practices

Skills

In-house recruitment

Talent acquisition

End-to-end recruitment

Stakeholder engagement

Direct sourcing

Job description

Whether we are delivering small scale improvements or a major project, Taylor Woodrow’s success is founded on the teams that we build, the relationships we develop and the engineering solutions that we provide.

We have a strong regional presence across the UK, where local people bring local solutions across a range of infrastructure and civil engineering projects as part of long-term frameworks. This is complimented by our ability to deliver major infrastructure projects requiring complex engineering solutions.

Our projects support the UK’s energy transition, deliver improvements to the highways network and enhance rail infrastructure. The strategic infrastructure that we construct are the building blocks for growth and this includes a role in delivering the UK’s low carbon transport future through High Speed 2.

Job Role

We are recruiting for a Talent Acquisition Business Partner to support the delivery of Taylor Woodrow’s resourcing strategy by partnering with operational teams and hiring managers to ensure the business has the right people in place to meet current project requirements and future workforce needs.

Reporting to the Resources Manager, the Talent Acquisition Business Partner will support redeployment of internal employees, project mobilisation and external recruitment activity across Taylor Woodrow, helping to align available talent with business demand and ensuring vacancies are progressed efficiently, professionally and in line with agreed recruitment processes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers and operational stakeholders to understand current and future resource requirements, including project mobilisation, demobilisation, redeployment and external recruitment needs.
• Support the mobilisation of project resource by helping to identify suitable internal employees, available talent and external candidates for project requirements.
• Regularly attend project sites in order to build long lasting relationships with Hiring Managers
• Manage end-to-end recruitment activity for allocated vacancies, ensuring roles are progressed efficiently and in line with Taylor Woodrow recruitment processes.
• Prepare role briefs, vacancy adverts and candidate attraction materials that accurately reflect the role, Taylor Woodrow’s values and the requirements of the business.
• Use appropriate attraction channels, including direct sourcing, internal vacancies, external job boards, professional networks, referrals and agreed recruitment platforms.
• Provide guidance to hiring managers on recruitment approach, selection methods, interview planning, candidate assessment, market conditions and candidate availability.
• Coordinate shortlisting, interview arrangements, feedback, offer discussions and onboarding handover activity in collaboration with relevant HR and administration colleagues.
• Maintain accurate recruitment records, vacancy updates, candidate information, offer details and placement information using agreed recruitment systems.
• Promote fair, inclusive and objective recruitment practices in line with Taylor Woodrow’s values and Fairness, Inclusion and Respect commitments.
• Support Hiring Managers to ensure role requirements, adverts, shortlisting and selection decisions are fair, accessible and based on genuine business need.

Person Specification

• Previous experience in an in-house recruitment, resourcing or talent acquisition role within construction or civil engineering
• Experience supporting workforce planning, redeployment, project mobilisation and external recruitment activity.
• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes across technical, operational, commercial and business support roles.
• Proven ability to build strong working relationships with stakeholders
• Effective direct sourcing capability, including use of professional networks, job boards, recruitment platforms and proactive candidate engagement techniques.