Engineering Talent Aquisition Specialist (1 year contract)
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Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA
Company: Hatch
Requisition ID: 99137
Job Category: Engineering
Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Join a company that is passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With more than 70 years of business and technical expertise in mining, energy, and infrastructure, our 10,000 colleagues in 150 countries tirelessly work toward bettering the industries in which we operate. With practical solutions that are safe, innovative and sustainable, we think globally while acting locally. Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you.
If it isn't grown, it's mined. Our mining and metals teams help our clients to safely and sustainably mine the minerals and metals used in our everyday lives. Want to play a part of innovating and optimizing the mining life cycle on greenfield and brownfield facilities? Apply today!
Looking to take the next step in your career? Hatch is currently seeking a highly motivated Talent Acquisition Specialist (Engineering) to join our team in Johannesburg (Greenstone).
This role will be working across the Africa, Europe and Middle East region. You should possess a unique blend of HR functional skills, business savvy, exceptional relationship building skills and a genuine passion for supporting your internal clients. You must be able to thrive working in a fast-paced, engineering environment and have an orientation towards working collaboratively, taking initiative and driving initiatives forward.
As the successful candidate, you will:
- Source top talent regionally and implement key talent attraction strategies, in partnership with the regional talent acquisition team.
- Manage large, complex recruitment projects, pipeline critical resources and source.
- Provide full cycle talent attraction and acquisition regionally, working closely with colleagues.
- Partner with leadership teams on the development and delivery of key talent attraction strategies.
- Build and maintain a network of industry contacts, brand awareness, and strategic external partnerships.
- Establish and maintain talent market expertise including industry trends and competitors, and innovative recruiting techniques and platforms, across all areas of Hatch’s business.
- Regular engagement with stakeholders including hiring managers and HR Advisors to review strategic hiring needs and recruiting activities across the region.
- Be a champion of inclusion and diversity.
You bring to the role:
- A relevant University Degree (or equivalent)
- 10 + years recruiting experience in the project engineering or consulting industry.
- Experience with full recruiting lifecycle inclusive of delivering talent pipelines.
- Proven sourcing experience, excellent candidate searching and networking skills.
- Ability to motivate others – demonstrating a proactive and innovative approach with a high level of passion and initiative.
- Client focused with enthusiasm to provide high quality customer service.
- Proven influencing skills.
- Reliability and accountability.
- Adaptable and can handle ambiguity.
- Business acumen such understanding of key business drivers.
Why join us?
What we offer you?
- Flexible work environment
- The opportunity to drive your career
- Collaborate with leading consultants and technical experts towards a better world through positive change
Why join us?
- Work with great people to make a difference
- Collaborate on exciting projects to develop innovative solutions
- Top employer
What we offer you?
- Flexible work environment
- Long term career development
- Think globally, work locally
Don't meet every single requirement? You don't need to. At Hatch, we are building a diverse, inclusive workplace that fosters innovation. If you're interested in this role, we encourage you to apply even if your past experiences don't perfectly align with the skills we've listed.
We're committed to fostering a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate and serve. Hatch is an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers applicants without regard to age, race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected status. If you have any accommodation requirements, please let us know. We'll do our best to meet your needs in accordance with applicable local legislation.
In order to consider any application for employment, we will have to process your personal information.
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In order to give effect to this right, we are under a duty to provide you with a number of details pertaining to the processing of your personal information. These details are housed under the Hatch HR Processing Notice which can be accessed and viewed on the Hatch website: https://www.hatch.com/About-Us/Privacy-Statement-South-Africa, which HR Processing Notice we request you kindly download and read.
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