Play a key role in powering the UK's future!
We are seeking a project-based Resourcing Partner to join Laing O'Rourke's in-house Resourcing Team, supporting the delivery of the UK's Great Grid Upgrade. Based in Birmingham, with occasional nationwide travel, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the right talent is in place to deliver critical infrastructure projects that support the UK's transition to cleaner, greener energy.
This is a hands-on recruitment role, managing a high-volume, multi-disciplinary vacancy portfolio, where your ability to proactively source, headhunt, and attract top talent will directly influence project success.
The Role
* Take ownership of a high-volume recruitment portfolio, delivering end-to-end hiring across mobilisation, delivery, and demobilisation phases.
* Proactively source, headhunt, and engage top-tier talent to meet project needs.
* Partner with project and functional leaders to forecast and plan resourcing requirements.
* Design and implement creative sourcing strategies to attract diverse, high-quality candidates.
* Continuously enhance recruitment processes to improve efficiency and candidate experience.
Learn more about the project through the links below;
* The Great Grid Upgrade | Powering The Things You Love
* Laing O'Rourke appointed as construction partner for National Grid's Great Grid Partnership
Skills & Experience
We are looking for a proactive, organised recruitment professional with strong intuition and a delivery mindset. You will ideally have:
* Hands-on experience managing a high-volume, multi-disciplinary recruitment portfolio in the power, construction, engineering, or infrastructure sectors.
* Proven ability to proactively source and headhunt top talent.
* Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build credibility.
* A detail-focused and adaptable approach to managing competing priorities.
* High emotional intelligence and a passion for delivering best-practice recruitment.
If you thrive in a dynamic, high-performing environment and enjoy solving resourcing challenges at scale, we would love to hear from you.
About Us
Laing O'Rourke is dedicated to being a recognised leader in innovation and excellence in the construction industry. We focus on delivering projects that leave a lasting positive environmental legacy, driven by technical excellence in design, manufacturing, and construction.
We offer a competitive remuneration package (base salary + car/travel allowance) with access to Private Medical Insurance; enhanced pension and parental leave schemes; Life/Dental/Critical illness insurance and income protection; 33 days holiday inc. bank holidays + 1 paid day for volunteering; professional development opportunities and more!
We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to everyone. As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we enable access for candidates with long-term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an Interview Scheme', which supports applicants meeting the essential criteria by offering an interview for the position.
If you need the application form in an alternative format or have any questions about our process, please contact resourcingteam@laingorourke.com .