Talent Acquisition Executive

Job Purpose

Responsible for end-to-end blue-collar recruitment for field technicians, service engineers, installation technicians, helpers, and other operational positions. The role requires strong sourcing capabilities, high-volume hiring experience, candidate coordination, and the ability to achieve monthly onboarding targets within defined timelines.

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Recruitment

• Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing and screening to interview coordination, offer rollout, and onboarding.
• Hire blue-collar and field-level employees, including technicians, service engineers, installation technicians, helpers, and maintenance staff.
• Understand manpower requirements, job specifications, experience criteria, salary budgets, and location-wise hiring priorities.

2. Candidate Sourcing

• Source candidates through job portals such as Apna and Indeed, factory gates, walk-in drives, employee referrals, local networks, and social media.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of candidates for urgent and recurring vacancies.
• Develop local sourcing networks, including ITIs, polytechnic institutes, technical training centres, and industrial clusters.
• Identify candidates with relevant technical skills and willingness to work in field-based roles.

3. Screening and Selection

• Conduct initial screening to assess technical exposure, relevant work experience, current and expected salary, notice period, and location preferences.
• Evaluate candidates' willingness to travel, undertake fieldwork, relocate where required, and work in operational environments.
• Coordinate technical interviews with hiring managers and ensure timely interview feedback.

4. Offer Management and Onboarding

• Manage salary discussions and set clear expectations regarding CTC, take-home salary, statutory deductions, incentives, travel requirements, and job responsibilities.
• Follow up with selected candidates to minimise offer dropouts and improve joining conversion.
• Maintain regular pre-joining communication and coordinate documentation and joining formalities with the onboarding team.

5. Recruitment Targets and MIS

• Achieve assigned monthly recruitment and onboarding targets within agreed timelines.
• Track daily sourcing, screening, interview, selection, offer, and joining numbers.
• Maintain accurate recruitment trackers and provide regular updates on open positions, candidate pipelines, offer declines, and expected joinings.
• Monitor recruitment turnaround time, offer-to-joining conversion, and source-wise hiring effectiveness.

6. Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate with TA team leaders, hiring managers, and business teams to prioritise urgent requirements.
• Participate in regular recruitment reviews and implement corrective actions for positions with low candidate availability or delayed closures.
• Escalate hiring challenges and recommend alternative sourcing strategies to meet business requirements.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Monthly onboarding target achievement.
• Number of qualified candidates sourced and shortlisted.
• Interview-to-selection and offer-to-joining conversion rates.
• Recruitment turnaround time (TAT).
• Offer dropout and candidate no-show rates.
• Accuracy and timeliness of recruitment MIS.
• Cost-effective sourcing and source-wise hiring productivity.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Graduate or undergraduate qualification, as per organisational requirements.
• 25 years of experience in blue-collar, technician, field workforce, or volume recruitment.
• Strong knowledge of local candidate sourcing channels and job portals.
• Good candidate engagement, negotiation, and follow-up skills.
• Ability to manage multiple vacancies and meet time-bound hiring targets.
• Proficiency in Excel and recruitment trackers.
• Strong communication, coordination, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Experience

• Recruitment for service and maintenance technicians, installation technicians, field engineers, and operational staff.
• Experience in elevator, automotive, electrical, mechanical, facilities management, manufacturing, or other field-service industries.
• Experience hiring across multiple locations and handling urgent manpower requirements.

Personal Attributes

• Target-oriented and execution-focused.
• Proactive in sourcing and candidate follow-ups.
• Comfortable with high-volume recruitment and time-bound deliverables.
• Strong ownership, discipline, and accountability.