Talent Acquisition Advisor

Position Overview

The Talent Acquisition Advisor works closely with Human Resources staff and Hiring Managers. This job requires a self-motivated individual that can work independently, an individual who is able to successfully recruit and screen talent and fill a variety of craft roles against aggressive timelines.

At Kiewit, the scale of our operations is huge. Our construction and engineering projects span across the United States, Canada and Mexico, improving and connecting communities with every initiative.  We depend on our high-performing operations support professionals — they’re the glue that holds multiple areas of the business together and the catalysts that make things happen. We hire only the most driven people, and we offer them diverse career opportunities, strong leadership and mentorship, rewarding, collaborative work, and responsibility they won’t find just anywhere. We’re always pushing new limits. You can too.

District Overview

HR Operations is an integral partner and service provider at Kiewit. In recent years, we have gone from decentralized HR groups to a unified, shared service team, with various HR Centers of Excellence. Our vision is to be a best-in-class international HR organization.

Location

This position is a remote position.

Responsibilities

•    Recruit, screen and interview candidates presenting best talent to hiring managers in high volume, fast-paced environment.

•    Manage a requisition load of 20-25+ job openings at a time.

•    Utilize Success Factors, Yello, Talent Navigator, LinkedIn, social media, job boards, and Boolean searches, and professional / networking groups in order to attract new talent in creative ways.

•    Network to recruit active and passive candidates for current positions and build talent pipelines for future career opportunities.

•    Extend job opportunities and see candidates through to the project onboarding process

•    Continuous improvement and knowledge of current effective staffing and recruiting trends, understand how they align with the company’s business priorities, and develop a business case to push new ideas forward

•    Identify workflow process improvements, structure and systems to realign them with operational goals in all craft process

•    Participate actively in transfer process that will allow company to keep core craft actively working, engaged, and loyal

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in recruiting

• Ability to source/recruit, screen, interview, and hire top talent into our business

• Ability to create, measure, and scale the right workflow between candidates, hiring managers and the recruiting team

• Human Resources knowledge such as EEO, FLSA, diversity recruiting, interview best practices

• Emotional Intelligence – Ability to manage emotions in positive ways to communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges, and defuse conflicts 

• Outstanding customer service and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 

• Demonstrated energy, enthusiasm and initiative

• Ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to work individually and in a team environment

• Highly motivated, with a demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative 

• Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time 

• Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity 

• Passion for safety, with the ability to help us ensure that nobody gets hurt 

• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills  

• Team player with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals and objectives 

• Strong organization, time management, and attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications:

Bilingual (English/Spanish)