Talent Acquisition Advisor

Costain Group PLC

Talent Acquisition Advisor for in-house recruitment in the water sector. Responsible for attracting and hiring talent while ensuring effective candidate experiences and supporting workforce planning.

Posted 5/18/2026full-time🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Oracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Attracting, engaging, and hiring top talent across Operational, Design and Commercial functions.
Delivering an effective and inclusive recruitment process with a key focus on candidate experience and sourcing candidates.
Supporting workforce planning and ensuring the right people to deliver essential water services sustainably and efficiently.
Building strong project relationships and sourcing external candidates across various job disciplines for all projects.
Involvement in true value add projects to create resourcing process efficiencies over the AMP8 period.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience in an in-house recruitment or talent acquisition role
Experience with HR Software / ATS systems (Oracle is desirable, but not essential) and familiarity with recruitment analytics
Experience recruiting within engineering, infrastructure, utilities, or environmental sectors (water sector experience highly desirable)
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
Ability to manage multiple roles and priorities in a fast-paced environment
Knowledge of sourcing techniques including LinkedIn, job boards, and direct search
Understanding of employment law and inclusive hiring practices
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Comfortable personally working through all areas of the recruitment process including sourcing, screening, and interviewing
Ambitious and creative with a passion for looking outside the box but still with an eye on the art of the possible
Appetite for learning, personal growth, and development within the field of Talent Acquisition
Ability to work independently and proactively; demonstrates initiative - a self-starter who raises their hand for new opportunities
A real ‘go getter’ who leaves no stone unturned and can operate with a sense of urgency
Full UK driving licence

Benefits

Comp & perks

Working in the water sector means contributing to essential services that impact communities and the environment every day.
Joining a well-established team who have delivered fantastic results year on year, work for each other and strive to be the best TA team in this hugely rewarding sector!

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

in-house recruitmenttalent acquisitionrecruitment analyticssourcing techniquesscreeninginterviewingemployment lawinclusive hiring practices

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementinfluencing skillsability to manage multiple rolesexcellent communicationinterpersonal skillsinitiativeself-starterambitiouscreativesense of urgency