Talent Acquisition

Role & responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Talent Acquisition

• Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle, from understanding manpower requirements to candidate onboarding.
• Handle multiple hiring mandates across corporate functions, business operations, technical departments and project/site locations.
• Understand job requirements, role specifications, experience criteria and budget parameters in coordination with hiring managers.
• Drive lateral, niche, bulk and urgent hiring requirements.
• Ensure timely closure of open positions in line with business requirements and hiring timelines.

2. Technical & Project/Site Hiring

• Manage recruitment for technical, engineering, construction, project management and site-level positions.
• Understand technical job requirements and identify candidates with relevant functional and industry experience.
• Handle hiring for positions across various levels, including Engineers, Team Leads, Managers, Project Managers and Department Heads.
• Coordinate with project teams and business stakeholders to ensure timely fulfilment of manpower requirements across project locations.
• Build and maintain a strong talent pipeline for critical and recurring positions.

3. Sourcing & Talent Mapping

• Utilise multiple sourcing channels, including Naukri, LinkedIn, employee referrals, recruitment consultants and internal databases.
• Conduct market mapping and competitor talent mapping to identify relevant talent pools.
• Develop effective Boolean search strings and targeted sourcing strategies.
• Maintain an active database of potential candidates for current and future hiring requirements.
• Explore innovative sourcing methods to improve hiring quality and reduce recruitment turnaround time.

4. Stakeholder & Candidate Management

• Collaborate with hiring managers and business leaders to understand current and future manpower requirements.
• Coordinate interview schedules, obtain feedback and facilitate timely selection decisions.
• Manage candidate communication throughout the recruitment process.
• Handle compensation discussions, salary negotiations, offer management and joining follow-ups.
• Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring lifecycle.

5. Recruitment Operations & MIS

• Maintain accurate recruitment trackers, hiring dashboards and recruitment MIS.
• Monitor recruitment metrics, including Time-to-Fill, Source of Hire, Offer-to-Joining Ratio and Position Closure.
• Track vacancy status, interview pipelines, offers released and candidate joining status.
• Ensure adherence to internal recruitment processes, documentation and hiring approvals.
• Provide regular hiring updates to stakeholders and management.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Strong experience in end-to-end Talent Acquisition and lateral recruitment.
• Hands-on experience in technical, engineering, project-based and site-level hiring.
• Exposure to corporate and business function hiring will be an added advantage.
• Strong sourcing expertise across Naukri, LinkedIn and other recruitment platforms.
• Good understanding of technical roles, job requirements and industry talent markets.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple hiring mandates simultaneously.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in MS Excel and recruitment MIS.