Recruitment Lead

About Laing O’Rourke

Laing O’Rourke is a $6 billion international operation with over 50 years of involvement in Australian construction and infrastructure including more than a decade under the Laing O’Rourke banner. We are currently delivering some of Australia’s most exciting projects across the transport, building construction, defence, airports, mining, civil and social infrastructure sectors. Laing O’Rourke is committed to becoming the recognised leader for innovation and excellence in the construction industry. Laing O’Rourke is proud to hold the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Citation – Employer of Choice for Gender Equality.

About the project

Laing O’Rourke are working with North East Link Program, Symal, Arcadis and WSP to develop and deliver value-for-money engineering solutions for North East Link Program’s South Package, which includes Eastern Freeway upgrades between Burke Road and Tram Road including major bridge upgrades, road upgrades, lane duplications, a new interchange connecting to the North East Link Tunnels and new and upgraded walking and cycling connections and open spaces.

About the role

We are currently seeking a Recruitment Lead on one of Victoria’s largest infrastructure projects – North East Link South Alliance. As part of a wider internal resourcing team, this role will be responsible for all recruitment activities across the 5 year program. 

We’re passionate about flexibility, career development, providing opportunity for our people, both across Australian and in our UK operations.

Key responsibilities

• Partnering with our senior delivery and operational leaders to recruit staff for the North East Link South Alliance
• You will lead the recruitment team, deliver the recruitment strategy and coordinate all workforce planning for the project.
• Source, attract & appoint talented people for the project. That is people who not only meet the role criteria, but also align with our people-centric culture.
• Provide recruitment governance through weekly resourcing forums with key leadership, the project leaders, contribute to our recruitment campaigns and manage the internal movements of employees onto and within the project.

About you

• You will be an experienced recruitment manager / senior recruiter with the drive, energy and experience to lead a team, pro-actively nurture candidate pipelines, and facilitate end-to-end recruitment outcomes.
• You will be responsible for recruiting large-volumes of vacancies, especially during project ramp-ups. Therefore, it’s essential you are self-organised and self-motivated, with excellent relationship-building skills.
• You will ideally have held an internal recruitment manager role, or senior recruitment role within a large construction or engineering firm.
• You will enjoy building relationships with stakeholders, have the ability to influence and enjoy being a part of a team

Benefits

We work hard to create an environment that brings out the best in our people. We believe in building careers through providing a safe, connected and innovative culture that supports ongoing growth and development. We offer industry-leading benefits such as specialised learning and development programs, a mental health and wellbeing program, industry leading paid parental leave policy, family friendly work practices, additional purchased leave option and coaching programs for staff on parental leave.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we live and work. We recognise the increasing importance of flexible work arrangements and family friendly work practices to enable and maintain a diverse, adaptive and high performing workforce.

As a proud RAP organisation, Laing O’Rourke is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Download our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan at www.laingorourke.com

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered.