Senior Recruiter, Team Lead (Construction Sector)

Turner-; Newtown Blackrock; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Dublin is seeking a Senior Recruiter, Team Lead to oversee end-to-end recruitment for the European infrastructure team. You will lead the regional recruitment team, engage with senior stakeholders, and hire project managers, cost managers, and project controls specialists for world-class infrastructure projects.

The role requires a hands-on leader with 10+ years in recruitment, strong communication, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced professional

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years' experience in recruiting or talent acquisition, ideally in construction.
• Experience leading a team of recruiters/resourcers.
• Fluency in English; other European languages are beneficial.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Proven ability to meet challenging delivery targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for the area of responsibility.
• Understand local market, promote activity and best practices.
• Ensure ATS data accuracy and process compliance from requisitions to hire.
• Engage with programme, country, and regional stakeholders to forecast needs.
• Lead a team of recruiters with coaching, training and compliance.
• Allocate recruiting tasks and enhance processes for the sector.
• Prepare performance reports and talent insights for stakeholders.
• Drive data reporting and compliance for key accounts.
• Ensure CI and EDI compliance of European recruitment.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

End-to-end recruitment

People management

Tools

SmartRecruiters

Job description

Senior Recruiter, Team Lead (Construction Sector)

• Full-time
• Department: Business support

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 120 offices worldwide.

Turner & Townsend is seeking a proactive and driven SeniorRecruiter, Team Lead to support talent acquisition across our fast‑growing European business. This is an exciting opportunity to join a global consultancy with ambitious regional growth plans.

Based in Dublin, you will play a lead role in attracting and hiring top talent for our Infrastructure team in Europe, while also supporting recruitment across other sectors as needed. This is a hands‑on, end‑to‑end recruitment role where you will identify, engage, and hire exceptional project managers, cost managers, and project controls specialists who help deliver world‑class infrastructure and construction projects.

You will lead the regional recruitment team and engage with multiple senior stakeholders including regional managing directors, cost centre directors, sector, and account leads, contributing to a high‑performing, fast‑paced environment. The role is also likely to include key account management responsibility.

This role would suit an experienced recruitment professional with line management experience, ideally within a professional services environment, or a senior agency recruiter from a construction background who is looking for more variety and responsibility in a corporate recruitment role within a thriving international consultancy.

Key accountabilities:

Lead and execute the end‑to‑end recruitment process for the area of responsibility

Understand and navigate the local market, promoting market activity and best practices

Responsible for ATS (SmartRecruiters) data accuracy and process compliance, from raising requisitions and job posting through to hiring, with overall accountability of the same for the local team

Engage with key programme, country, and regional stakeholders to understand the short-, mid-, and long-term recruitment needs, promoting a positive, proactive response to meeting demand

Lead a team of recruiters (where applicable) including coaching, training, and driving process compliance and efficiency

Allocate recruiting tasks to local recruiting team members, owning and enhancing the recruitment process for the sector

Prepare and share performance reports and talent insights with key stakeholders

Drive accurate data reporting and process compliance for key accounts

Ensure compliancy regarding CI and EDI of the European recruitment process

Qualifications:

Minimum 10 years' experience in recruiting or talent acquisition, ideally with experience in the construction market recruiting project managers, cost managers or project controls specialists

Previous experience managing a team of recruiters / resourcers

Passion for recruiting and finding top talents in a challenging environment

Can demonstrate drive to meet challenging delivery targets both individually and as a team

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Fluency in English is essential for this role, other European languages are beneficial

Able to build relationships with stakeholders and candidates

Motivated, flexible and results driven

Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise

Benefits:

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. We also encourage our staff to strive to ‘make a difference’ and become involved in various working committees and forums (for example, Inclusion Working Group, Social & Wellness, Learning & Development, Corporate Social Responsibilities and Net Zero Vision).

At Turner & Townsend we offer a competitive remuneration package and company benefits.

Turner & Townsend value greatly and have a focus on Corporate Responsibilities (CR), this includes a day’s leave entitlement to support a local charity or community activity along with the opportunity to participate in several office events that held throughout the year.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from people from all sectors of the community.

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