What are the responsibilities and job description for the Talent Acquisition Specialist position at Linesight?
Overview
As a Talent Acquisition Specialist at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
The Opportunity
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated Talent Acquisition Specialist to support our growing regions. This role will play a critical part in building a strong pipeline of early talent, while also providing hands-on recruiting coordination, market intelligence, and employer branding support.
In this role you will:
Early Careers Recruiting & University Engagement (60%)
Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!
Diversity, inclusion and accessibility
Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!
As a Talent Acquisition Specialist at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
The Opportunity
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated Talent Acquisition Specialist to support our growing regions. This role will play a critical part in building a strong pipeline of early talent, while also providing hands-on recruiting coordination, market intelligence, and employer branding support.
In this role you will:
Early Careers Recruiting & University Engagement (60%)
- Develop and execute a regional early careers recruiting strategy focused on hiring interns and entry-level professionals in cost management, construction management and estimating disciplines
- Partner with business leaders to identify early talent needs aligned with project pipeline demands
- Build and maintain partnerships with universities, including career centers, faculty, and student organizations
- Represent the firm at career fairs, info sessions, and industry networking events
- Coordinate and manage campus recruitment activities, including interview days, site visits, and internship programs
- Promote careers in cost management and owner’s rep services to students who may be less familiar with the field
- Provide full-cycle recruiting coordination support for the Americas Talent Acquisition
- Collaborate with Learning & Development and Talent Management teams to align early careers hiring with training programs, career pathways, and retention initiatives
- Help ensure a seamless connection between recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing employee development
- Schedule interviews, manage candidate communications, and ensure a high-quality candidate experience
- Maintain ATS data integrity and track hiring activity across regional roles (project managers, cost analysts, schedulers, etc.)
- Support onboarding coordination for new hires
- Conduct research on competitor hiring activity, compensation benchmarks, and talent availability within the US and Canada construction and consulting market
- Provide insights on talent pools across key disciplines (cost management, project controls, estimating, etc.)
- Bachelor’s degree preferred; preferred fields include HR, Business, or related disciplines
- 2–5 years of experience in recruitment support, campus recruiting, HR coordination, or talent acquisition
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities
- Ability to travel for campus events and networking
- We are open to this role being hybrid from any of our Linesight office locations or potential to be fully remote
Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!
Diversity, inclusion and accessibility
Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!