Talent Acquisition Advisor - Construction

Kiewit; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiewit is seeking a Talent Acquisition Advisor to support large-scale construction projects in Lenexa, KS. This role partners with project leadership to drive workforce planning and full-cycle recruiting across construction and project support functions.

You will build strong relationships with operations leaders, manage talent pipelines, and apply innovative sourcing strategies including LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, and industry outreach to fill strategic roles on megaprojects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Marketing, Communications, Construction Management, Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting or talent acquisition experience.
• Experience supporting construction, engineering, industrial, manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, or EPC-related hiring.
• Proven success sourcing passive candidates and filling difficult-to-fill positions.
• Strong relationship management, communication, and organizational skills.
• Experience utilizing applicant tracking systems and sourcing tools.

Responsibilities

• Partner with project leadership to develop and execute workforce staffing plans.
• Lead full-cycle recruiting including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer development, and onboarding support.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Utilize innovative sourcing strategies including LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, networking, military programs, and industry outreach.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers by providing talent market insights and recruiting best practices.
• Coordinate interviews, hiring events, and candidate site visits.
• Track recruiting metrics and provide staffing updates to project and HR leadership.
• Ensure compliance with recruiting policies, procedures, and employment regulations.

Skills

Relationship management

Communication

Organizational skills

Passive candidate sourcing

Full-cycle recruiting

Construction/engineering hiring

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/related field

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Excel

Power BI

ATS tools

Job description

Position Overview

Kiewit is seeking a Talent Acquisition Advisor to support large-scale construction projects. This individual will serve as the primary recruiting partner for project leadership, driving workforce planning and full-cycle recruiting efforts to attract and hire top talent across construction and project support functions.

This is a highly visible role that requires a proactive recruiter capable of building strong partnerships with operations leaders and delivering talent solutions in a fast-paced project environment.

District Overview

HR Operations is an integral partner and service provider at Kiewit. In recent years, we have gone from decentralized HR groups to a unified, shared service team, with various HR Centers of Excellence. Our vision is to be a best-in-class international HR organization.

Location

This role will be based out of Lenexa, KS.

Responsibilities

• Partner with project leadership to develop and execute workforce staffing plans.
• Lead full-cycle recruiting including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer development, and onboarding support.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Utilize innovative sourcing strategies including LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, networking, military programs, and industry outreach.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers by providing talent market insights and recruiting best practices.
• Coordinate interviews, hiring events, and candidate site visits.
• Track recruiting metrics and provide staffing updates to project and HR leadership.
• Ensure compliance with recruiting policies, procedures, and employment regulations.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Marketing, Communications, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting or talent acquisition experience.
• Experience supporting construction, engineering, industrial, manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, or EPC-related hiring.
• Proven success sourcing passive candidates and filling difficult-to-fill positions.
• Strong relationship management, communication, and organizational skills.
• Experience utilizing applicant tracking systems and sourcing tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large-scale project staffing, workforce planning, and rapid hiring ramps.
• Background recruiting for Construction roles such as: Field Engineers, Project Engineers, Superintendents, Safety, Quality, Materials Management, and Project Controls professionals.
• Experience supporting union and project-based workforce hiring.
• Experience partnering directly with project executives and operations leadership.
• Advanced sourcing experience utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter, market mapping, and competitive intelligence.
• Proficiency with Excel, Power BI, and recruiting analytics.
• Experience supporting mega projects, power generation, advanced manufacturing, data center, LNG, industrial, or large commercial construction projects.
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Other Requirements:

• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

There’s no limit to what you’ll do at Kiewit. Whether you’re building or supporting projects that provide communities with dependable energy, safe transportation, clean water, or access to health care, the work you do will positively impact people’s lives for generations to come.

Here you’ll have endless opportunities to expand your expertise through on-the-job experience and internal and external training and development opportunities.

We offer our full-time staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry.From top-tier health care programs to employee assistance programs and retirement planning, we aim to provide you with the tools you need to be successful in the areas of life that matter most to you.

Kiewit is an equal-opportunity employer, and we believe a diverse workforce is vital to the success of our business. We continue our efforts to attract, develop and retain employees from all backgrounds who are passionate about our industry.

We are committed to veteran and military hiring and will consider relevant military experience as equivalent to qualification requirements.

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