Talent Acquisition Team Lead – Skilled Trades

Finning

Talent Acquisition Team Lead at Finning Canada, driving recruitment strategies and mentoring a team in a leading heavy equipment dealer. Focused on enhancing processes and candidate experiences in skilled trades hiring.

Posted 6/29/2026full-timeCalgary • 🇨🇦 CanadaSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive talent acquisition expertise with a focus on high-volume and complex recruitment environments, including strong capabilities in mentoring and leading teams. Proficient in developing targeted sourcing strategies and leveraging data analytics to optimize hiring outcomes.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Talent Acquisition LeadershipSourcing Strategy DevelopmentTeam Mentorship and CoachingATS and Sourcing Tools ProficiencyTechnical Skillset Assessment

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Hard Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment MarketingCandidate Experience OptimizationData AnalyticsSourcing StrategiesInterviewingOffer NegotiationWorkforce DynamicsHiring Process ManagementPipeline Development

Soft Skills

CollaborationMentorshipCommunicationProblem-SolvingTeam Building

Tools & Technologies

WorkdayLinkedIn RecruiterCRM Platforms

Industry Keywords

Skilled-Trade RecruitmentIndustrial RecruitmentHeavy EquipmentField-Based EnvironmentsTrades Certification Frameworks

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead full-cycle recruitment across an assigned portfolio, including intake, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer negotiation
Build and maintain strong talent pipelines to support current and future hiring needs
Partner closely with hiring managers to define role requirements and provide market insights
Ensure a consistent, high-quality hiring process aligned with Finning’s standards
Provide day-to-day guidance, mentorship, and support to a team of Talent Acquisition Partners
Foster a high-performance, collaborative team environment
Support onboarding and development of new team members
Act as a point of escalation for complex or high-impact searches
Contribute to and help execute recruitment marketing strategies to enhance employer brand and attract top talent
Support workload management and distribution, ensuring balanced allocation of requisitions
Champion continuous improvement in candidate experience, ensuring timely communication and a seamless hiring journey
Collaborate on reporting, metrics, and insights to optimize hiring outcomes

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience in high-volume or complex environments
Proven experience leading or mentoring a team of recruiters, including coaching and capability development
Experience developing targeted sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill ticketed and non-ticketed trade roles, including proactive pipelining of passive candidates
Strong experience supporting hiring in skilled-trade, industrial, heavy equipment, or field-based environments; familiarity with trades certification frameworks and workforce dynamics is highly valued
Strong understanding of technical and trades talent markets, including regional supply, competitor landscape, and effective sourcing channels
Experience recruiting for industrial, technical, and/or corporate roles
Proven experience leading or mentoring other recruiters
Hands-on experience with ATS and sourcing tools (e.g., Workday, LinkedIn Recruiter, CRM platforms)
Demonstrated ability to leverage data, analytics, and metrics to inform and drive hiring decisions
Ability to effectively assess technical skillsets and translate hiring manager requirements into targeted recruiting strategies

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation
Flexible work arrangements in Calgary or Edmonton