Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant - Water Resources & Engineering

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant to lead full-cycle recruitment across the Water Solutions business. You will partner with business leaders and HR to attract and hire top engineering, scientific, and operational talent nationwide.

You will develop proactive sourcing strategies, build diverse candidate pipelines, and serve as a trusted advisor through the selection process, ensuring an exceptional candidate experience.

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, or technical services.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting for highly specialized technical disciplines.
• Strong sourcing via LinkedIn Recruiter and direct sourcing methods.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and hiring managers on strategic talent initiatives.
• Knowledge of recruiting compliance and candidate engagement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for professional, technical, and leadership roles within Water Solutions.
• Conduct intake meetings with hiring managers to develop strategies aligned to business objectives.
• Build proactive sourcing pipelines using LinkedIn Recruiter and networking.
• Develop diverse candidate pools for current and future hiring needs.
• Screen and assess candidates against technical qualifications and leadership competencies.
• Advise hiring managers throughout the selection process and ensure a strong candidate experience.
• Coordinate interviews and provide market intelligence on talent availability and compensation.
• Collaborate with HR on workforce planning and strategic hiring initiatives.

Skills

Water engineering

Water resources

Hydrogeology

Asset management

Project management

Environmental planning

Technical recruiting

Leadership collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Applicant tracking systems

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Our Business

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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

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and 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 providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and may offer additional benefits and compensation, depending on circumstances and the type of work being performed not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About WSP

ABOUT US

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. Are you ready to get started?

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.