Talent Acquisition Specialist, Europe

As Talent Acquisition Specialist Europe based in Poland you will take full accountability for recruitment strategy employer branding and delivery performance across the region. You will serve as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders ensure our hiring practices are future-focused and inclusive and build a scalable recruitment operation capable of supporting the business as it grows.

You will be the primary architect of how Egis attracts engages and secures engineering and technical talent across Europe with a sharp eye on where competencies are heading not just where they are today.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Workforce Anticipation

• Develop and execute a comprehensive Europe recruitment strategy aligned to business growth plans and workforce needs across all business lines.
• Anticipate the evolution of technical and engineering competencies driven by digital transformation AI adoption energy transition and project complexity translating these insights into proactive talent pipelines and future capability strategies.
• Partner with the Europe Executive team HRBPs and Group Talent Acquisition to anticipate hiring demands and shape proactive skills-based resourcing strategies.
• Support workforce planning efforts in partnership with HRBPs and business leaders ensuring recruitment supports long-term capability building across engineering disciplines.

AI-Driven Operational Excellence & Process Innovation

• Champion the adoption of AI-powered recruitment tools across sourcing screening candidate engagement and analytics staying ahead of emerging technologies to continuously evolve the TA operating model.
• Identify and implement process improvements automation opportunities and technology solutions to optimise efficiency and scalability across the full recruitment lifecycle.
• Oversee all recruitment operations in Europe ensuring consistency compliance and high standards of candidate and stakeholder experience.
• Drive a direct-sourcing-first approach to reduce reliance on agencies and improve cost-per-hire metrics.

Stakeholder Engagement & Influence

• Act as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders across Europe for all matters related to recruitment performance priorities and market intelligence.
• Collaborate with hiring managers and business leaders to ensure alignment of recruitment strategies with project and organisational needs.
• Report regularly to Europe leadership on hiring progress risks and market insights translating data into clear strategic recommendations.

Data Analytics & Compliance

• Own recruitment reporting and analytics across Europe producing monthly dashboards highlighting key metrics (time to hire source mix diversity quality of hire cost-per-hire).
• Leverage data and predictive analytics to inform decision-making and provide strategic talent market insights to business leaders.
• Ensure full compliance with European employment laws including Polish labour law internal policies and audit requirements.

Employer Branding & Market Positioning

• Lead employer branding efforts across Europe to position Egis as an employer of choice for top engineering and technical talent in key markets including Poland.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Communications to develop targeted attraction campaigns and recruitment content that resonates with engineering audiences.
• Monitor industry trends competitor activity evolving skill sets and talent availability to ensure our offering remains competitive and future-ready.

Acquisition & Integration Support

• Play a key role in integrating newly acquired businesses into Egiss recruitment model ensuring cultural alignment and consistency of process.
• Develop recruitment readiness plans for new entities and support the onboarding of local recruitment teams where applicable.

Qualifications :

Essential

• 58 years experience in recruitment leadership ideally within a complex technical or engineering-led organisation with hands-on experience hiring technical and engineering profiles.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI and automation in recruitment workflows including AI-assisted sourcing intelligent screening or predictive talent analytics.
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to anticipate workforce capability needs and translate them into forward-looking talent acquisition strategies.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills with a proven track record of influencing at senior and executive levels in a matrixed environment.
• In-depth understanding of European employment law compliance and recruitment best practices including knowledge of the Polish labour market.
• Proficient in using recruitment data and analytics to drive performance decision-making and business insight.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and competing priorities in a fast-scaling international organisation.
• Professional fluency in English required; Polish fluency strongly preferred.

Highly Desirable

• Deep knowledge of the Europe engineering talent market and competitive landscape.
• Experience with AI-assisted recruitment platforms (e.g. HireEZ Paradox Beamery Eightfold or equivalent).
• Hands-on experience with SmartRecruiters or a comparable ATS.
• Background in infrastructure engineering energy or construction sectors.
• Experience supporting M&A integration from a talent acquisition perspective.

Additional Information :

Why This Role

If you are energised by building something at scale if you believe AI is fundamentally reshaping how great engineering teams are assembled and if you want to play a defining role in one of Europes most ambitious infrastructure companies we want to hear from you.

At Egis you wont just be filling vacancies. You will be shaping the talent architecture of a company that is building the infrastructure of tomorrow.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time