Engineering Talent Lead — Build a Global Recruiting Function

Tribe Engineering; Houten; Remote; EUR 45,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 vacation days per year

€25 monthly sports budget

Ownership of recruitment function

Freedom to develop sourcing strategies

Direct collaboration with leadership

Opportunities to contribute to cross‑b

Job summary

Tribe Engineering is seeking a Technical Recruitment Lead to own and scale our recruitment operation. You’ll combine hands-on sourcing with strategy, process improvement and close collaboration with leadership to build a strong technical talent pipeline across electrical engineering, automation and project management.

You’ll develop recruitment plans, engage candidates via LinkedIn and networks, run interviews, and manage end-to-end processes from contact to onboarding.

Qualifications

• Approximately 5 or more years of relevant experience in recruitment, talent acquisition or technical staffing.
• Demonstrable experience recruiting technical specialists in engineering, industrial automation, electrical engineering or comparable markets.
• Strong hands-on sourcing skills, including LinkedIn Recruiter and direct candidate outreach.
• Experience managing complete recruitment processes independently.
• Ability to assess candidate motivation, technical career backgrounds and cultural fit.
• Strong stakeholder management and confidence working directly with company leadership.
• Experience building talent pipelines, improving recruitment processes and tracking recruitment performance.
• Excellent communication, interviewing and relationship-building skills.
• A proactive, resourceful and results-oriented working style.
• Professional English communication skills. Dutch is strongly preferred.
• Interest in international recruitment and cross-border talent markets.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems and recruitment reporting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute recruitment plans aligned with business growth and operational needs.
• Source, approach and engage technical candidates through LinkedIn, professional networks, referrals and other relevant channels.
• Recruit engineers and specialists across electrical engineering, commissioning, automation, field service and technical project management.
• Conduct candidate interviews, assess motivation and evaluate suitability in collaboration with technical colleagues.
• Manage recruitment processes from initial contact through offer acceptance and handover to onboarding.
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with technical professionals and potential future candidates.
• Work closely with management, sales and engineering teams to understand workforce requirements.
• Develop and improve job advertisements, candidate communication and employer branding activities.
• Maintain recruitment data, candidate records and pipeline visibility in the recruitment system.
• Monitor recruitment performance, including time-to-hire, candidate quality and sourcing effectiveness.
• Develop relationships with technical schools, universities, recruitment partners and relevant industry networks.
• Support international recruitment initiatives as Tribe Engineering expands.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

Interviewing

English proficiency

Dutch language

ATS familiarity

International recruitment

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS systems

CRM recruiting tools

Job description

Tribe Engineering is seeking a Technical Recruitment Lead to own and scale our recruitment operation. You’ll combine hands-on sourcing with strategy, process improvement and close collaboration with leadership to build a strong technical talent pipeline across electrical engineering, automation and project management.

You’ll develop recruitment plans, engage candidates via LinkedIn and networks, run interviews, and manage end-to-end processes from contact to onboarding.