With over 25 years of experience across Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland, Whittens is a family-owned national Australian civil construction contractor. We deliver both large-scale and technically complex FRP, concrete, earthworks and civil infrastructure projects for major mining and infrastructure clients.

Built on strong relationships and a team-focused culture, we are committed to creating a safe, supportive and respectful workplace where our people can develop their skills and contribute to successful project outcomes.

Your opportunity

Due to our continued growth and success, we are currently recruiting a Talent Acquisition Manager to join our office in Maroochydore, QLD. This is a fantastic role for an experienced individual to be part of a high performing and proactive national HR team.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop and execute talent acquisition strategies to attract high-quality white-collar candidates for civil construction and infrastructure projects across both FIFO and Metro operations projects on the East Coast
- Provide strategic workforce advice to senior leaders, supporting business growth and project delivery.
- Partner with Operations and key stakeholders to forecast workforce requirements based on current and upcoming project pipelines.
- Build and maintain workforce plans that align recruitment activity with project mobilisation schedules, ramp-ups, and demobilisations.
- Develop talent pipelines for key engineering, supervision, and project management roles to support future growth.
- Source candidates through multiple channels, including direct sourcing, LinkedIn Recruiter, Referrals, Advertising, Industry networks, Recruitment agencies, and networks




- Input knowledge into labour market trends, competitor activity, remuneration benchmarks, and candidate availability to inform recruitment strategies.
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives to streamline recruitment processes, improve candidate experience, and increase hiring efficiency.

ABOUT YOU

- Proven experience in a Senior/Lead Talent acquisition role within the Civil construction, Mining, Infrastructure, Engineering, or Resource related industry.
- Strong workforce planning and forecasting capability, with experience aligning recruitment strategies to project pipelines
- Ability to build trusted relationships with operational leaders and influence workforce decisions at all levels of the business.
- Strong sourcing skills and the ability to build proactive talent pipelines for critical and difficult-to-fill roles.
- Highly organised, adaptable, and able to prioritise competing deadlines while maintaining a high standard of candidate experience.

WHAT WHITTENS OFFER

Whittens are committed to investing in our people, offering learning and development opportunities to build on the skills and experience you bring. With a strong pipeline of future works upcoming, you can be assured that there are opportunities beyond the current project to build your career with us.

- Generous and competitive salary package paid weekly
- High-Performing and collaborative HR team
- Work amongst engaged leaders
- Safety being at the forefront of everything we do
- Paid Parental Leave
- Novated Lease options
- Employment Assistance Programme
- Long term permanent role and the chance to work on a range of projects across Australia

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📌 Talent Acquisition Manager (Maroochydore)
🏢 Whittens
📍 Maroochydore