Talent Acquisition Specialist

We’re looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to join Stantec’s UK Talent Acquisition team and become a dedicated recruitment partner to our growing UK Buildings business.

This is a broad and influential role, supporting the attraction and appointment of high-quality talent across a diverse range of technical, professional and leadership disciplines. You’ll work closely with hiring managers and business leaders to understand their priorities, shape effective recruitment strategies and build the talent pipelines needed to support both current and future growth.

As a key link between the Buildings business and our centralised Sourcing Team, you’ll bring together business knowledge, market insight and recruitment expertise to ensure our attraction and sourcing activity is targeted, effective and aligned to what the business needs.

This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys being more than a recruiter someone who wants to understand the business they support, influence hiring decisions and make a visible contribution to how Stantec attracts and grows its talent.

Your Impact:

Talent Acquisition Partnership:

• Act as a dedicated Talent Acquisition partner to the UK Buildings business, developing trusted relationships with hiring managers and leadership teams.
• Build a strong understanding of business priorities, workforce requirements, growth plans and future talent needs.
• Lead effective recruitment briefings and intake meetings, using your knowledge of the market to advise on talent availability, salary expectations, competitor activity and recruitment trends.
• Develop tailored recruitment strategies for individual vacancies, teams and areas of growth, balancing direct sourcing, internal talent, referrals and external channels.
• Provide constructive challenge and informed recruitment advice to hiring managers, helping to ensure expectations and recruitment strategies reflect the realities of the market.
• Champion inclusive attraction and selection practices, supporting Stantec’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Sourcing & Talent Pipeline Development:

• Work closely with the centralised Sourcing Team to identify, engage and attract talent across key Buildings disciplines.
• Provide strong business and role context to ensure sourcing campaigns are focused, targeted and aligned to hiring priorities.
• Jointly build and manage high-quality talent pipelines across disciplines including Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Fire Engineering, Project Management and other specialist technical areas.
• Lead and support targeted direct sourcing activity through LinkedIn, talent mapping, networking, referrals and engagement with passive candidates.
• Develop sustainable talent pools that support both immediate recruitment requirements and longer-term business growth.
• Promote internal mobility and employee referrals as important routes to talent, maximising direct recruitment opportunities.
• Manage agency relationships in line with Stantec’s Preferred Supplier List and recruitment processes, ensuring external agencies are used strategically and where appropriate.

Recruitment Delivery & Candidate Experience:

• Manage recruitment activity from initial briefing through to offer and onboarding, ensuring vacancies progress efficiently and stakeholders are kept informed.
• Deliver a professional, engaging and inclusive candidate experience, maintaining clear communication and timely updates throughout the recruitment journey.
• Support hiring managers with effective assessment and selection approaches, including competency-based interviewing and consistent evaluation against agreed criteria.
• Ensure recruitment activity is accurately recorded and managed through the Applicant Tracking System, including Eploy, from vacancy approval through to appointment.
• Coordinate key recruitment activity including approvals, interview scheduling, feedback and offer management.
• Ensure recruitment activity meets Stantec’s policies and processes, UK Right to Work requirements, GDPR and other relevant legislative and governance requirements.
• Use recruitment data, market intelligence and pipeline insight to identify trends, measure progress and improve recruitment outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to continuously improve attraction strategies, sourcing effectiveness, candidate experience and recruitment processes across UK Buildings.

About You:

We’re looking for someone who combines strong recruitment expertise with the confidence and curiosity to understand a business and influence its hiring approach.

Experience:

• Proven experience in Talent Acquisition, recruitment or resourcing, ideally gained within an in-house or professional services environment.
• Experience recruiting across technical, engineering, professional services or other specialist disciplines is highly desirable.
• Strong experience partnering with hiring managers and senior stakeholders, with the ability to understand recruitment requirements and translate them into effective hiring strategies.
• Experience working collaboratively with centralised sourcing, resourcing or recruitment operations teams.
• Experience managing multiple vacancies and competing priorities within a fast-paced recruitment environment.
• Previous agency recruitment experience would be advantageous.

Recruitment & Sourcing Expertise

• Strong knowledge of end-to-end recruitment and Talent Acquisition processes.
• Proven ability to develop targeted sourcing strategies and build high-quality candidate pipelines.
• Confident user of LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing and talent intelligence tools.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems, ideally Eploy or a similar platform.
• Strong candidate assessment and competency-based interviewing skills.
• Ability to use recruitment data and market intelligence to provide practical insight and shape recruitment strategies.
• Good understanding of direct recruitment, referrals, internal mobility and agency recruitment channels.
• Sound knowledge of recruitment compliance, including Right to Work, GDPR and fair and inclusive recruitment practices.

What You’ll Bring:

• A proactive approach: You take ownership, move things forward and are comfortable managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
•  Commercial awareness: You understand that effective recruitment is about balancing quality, speed, cost and candidate experience, while supporting the wider needs of the business.
• Influence and communication: You’re confident engaging with hiring managers and senior stakeholders, building credibility and providing constructive challenge and advice.
• Collaboration: You enjoy working as part of a wider Talent Acquisition and People team, building strong partnerships across the business and making the most of shared expertise.
• Relationship building: You build trusted relationships with both stakeholders and candidates and become someone the business sees as a valued recruitment partner.
• Adaptability: You’re