Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant - Water Resources & Engineering

WSP in the U.S.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Retirement savings

Paid sick leave

Paid vacation

Paid parental leave

Bereavement/voting/naturalization time

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant to lead full-cycle recruitment for the Water Solutions business, partnering with leaders to attract, engage, and hire engineers, scientists, and leaders nationwide.

You will develop sourcing strategies, build diverse pipelines, screen candidates, and advise managers to enhance the candidate experience and hiring outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in HR, business, communications, psychology, or related field.
• 5–7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably in engineering/environmental consulting/infrastructure/technical services.
• Experience recruiting for highly specialized technical disciplines.
• Strong sourcing using LinkedIn Recruiter and other direct sourcing methods.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for professional, technical, and leadership positions across the Water Solutions business.
• Conduct discovery and intake meetings with hiring managers to develop recruiting strategies.
• Build and execute proactive sourcing strategies utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, industry networking, referrals, and other channels.
• Develop diverse candidate pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Screen and assess candidates against technical qualifications, leadership competencies, and organizational fit.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers throughout the selection process.
• Coordinate and facilitate interview processes while ensuring a best-in-class candidate experience.
• Provide market intelligence including talent availability, compensation trends, competitive insights, and hiring recommendations.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Consultative recruiting

Market intelligence

Sourcing strategies

Stakeholder management

Interview coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in HR, Business, Communications, Psychology, or related field

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS

Talent acquisition platforms

Job description

Job Description Our Business We are seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant to lead full-cycle recruitment efforts across our growing Water business. This individual will serve as a strategic talent advisor, partnering closely with business leaders to attract, engage, and hire top engineering, scientific, technical, and operational talent nationwide.

This Opportunity As a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant, you will drive recruiting strategies for a complex technical portfolio within WSP's Water Solutions practice. You will partner with hiring managers, business leaders, and HR stakeholders to understand workforce needs, develop proactive talent pipelines, and deliver exceptional candidate and hiring manager experiences.

Skills Success in this role requires strong consultative skills, deep recruiting expertise, market intelligence, and the ability to identify talent across highly specialized disciplines including:

• Drinking Water Engineering
• Wastewater Engineering
• Stormwater Management
• Water Resources Engineering
• Hydrogeology
• Asset Management
• Environmental and Water Infrastructure Planning
• Program and Project Management Your Impact
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for professional, technical, and leadership positions across the Water Solutions business.
• Conduct discovery and intake meetings with hiring managers to develop recruiting strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Build and execute proactive sourcing strategies utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, industry networking, referrals, and other sourcing channels.
• Develop diverse candidate pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Screen and assess candidates against technical qualifications, leadership competencies, and organizational fit.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers throughout the selection process.
• Coordinate and facilitate interview processes while ensuring a best-in-class candidate experience.
• Provide market intelligence including talent availability, compensation trends, competitive insights, and hiring recommendations.
• Consult on recruitment process improvements and hiring best practices.
• Partner with Human Resources on workforce planning, succession planning, and strategic hiring initiatives.
• Maintain accurate candidate and requisition data within WSP's recruiting systems.
• Support employer branding, talent marketing, and industry engagement efforts focused on Water Solutions talent. Who You Are Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, Psychology, or related field.
• 5-7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably supporting engineering, environmental consulting, infrastructure, architecture, construction, or technical professional services organizations.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting for highly specialized technical disciplines.
• Strong sourcing expertise utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter and other direct sourcing methodologies.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and hiring managers on strategic talent acquisition initiatives.
• Knowledge of recruiting compliance, employment practices, and candidate engagement methodologies.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent searches.
• Experience using applicant tracking systems and talent acquisition technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting for water, environmental, civil engineering, or infrastructure consulting organizations.
• Knowledge of Water industry talent markets and professional organizations.
• Experience supporting leadership and critical talent searches.
• Professional certification such as SHRM, AIRS, CIR, or related recruiting credentials.
• Experience utilizing talent market intelligence and workforce planning tools.

WSP Benefits

• coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life
• retirement savings
• paid sick leave
• paid vacation (or other personal time)
• paid parental leave
• paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings

Compensation Expected Salary (all locations): $ 60,500.00 - $ 120,000.00

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. www.wsp.com WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges.

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

Notice To Third Party Agencies WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.