Recruitment Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead end-to-end recruitment within STRABAG’s People & Culture team, shaping talent acquisition for the construction sector. You will work closely with senior managers and stakeholders to attract, select, and onboard skilled professionals, driving ED&I and workforce planning in a commercially focused business. Your impact includes improving recruitment processes, candidate experience, and alignment with company goals. This is a chance to influence hiring at scale in a respected infrastructure group.

Pay / Benefits

• vielfältige Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten
• wettbewerbsfähige Vergütung
• Mitarbeiterevents

Responsibilities

• Act as a subject matter expert for end-to-end recruitment and selection, ensuring compliance with processes, systems, and legal rules
• Attend relevant seminars to stay updated on legislation and employment law
• Drive ED&I commitments across recruitment and selection, coaching and challenging biased decisions
• Monitor recruitment and redeployment processes, ensuring reports and trackers are accurate
• Align People & Culture contributions with commercial goals and strategy
• Liaise with senior managers to determine optimal recruitment methods
• Coordinate pre-employment, checks, and right-to-work processes with the relevant teams
• Manage end-to-end employment contract processes within established systems
• Organise regular meetings with managers to ensure effective workforce planning and analysis
• Support redeployment needs with the People Operations team
• Provide a positive candidate experience and timely feedback to all applicants
• Report to senior managers and Divisional People and Culture Expert on progress
• Represent the team in meetings and with external stakeholders
• Research best practices and tailor initiatives for the UK context
• Support hiring managers throughout the end-to-end process
• Consider talent and succession planning in recruitment decisions
• Oversee onboarding arrangements where required
• Work to KPIs from Group and Division with progress feedback

Key requirements

• Extensive recruitment and selection experience in construction/civil engineering sector
• CSCS Card as required
• Excellent communication skills
• Memberships/chartership routes in ICE, RICS, ACOSTE, CICES or related
• GDPR knowledge and compliant practices
• Familiarity with health & safety in construction
• IT literate (Microsoft Office; Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
• Level 3 CIPD or commensurate experience
• Experience in joint planning with internal and external stakeholders
• Proven track record in innovative recruitment solutions at operational, tactical, and strategic levels
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence decisions

• communication
• stakeholder management
• bias awareness and challenge
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• SharePoint
• LinkedIn Recruiter (desirable)

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