Grow your career with us

TTW (Taylor Thomson Whitting) is not your typical engineering consultancy. With over 65 years of delivering landmark projects across Australia and the globe, we’re driven by technical excellence, innovative thinking, and a deep commitment to sustainability and design. But we know our most powerful asset is our people. As we embark on future challenges across industries and the globe, TTW stands at the forefront of enabling solutions to complex problems. We’re Australian owned with a focus on growth and delivering the highest quality experience for our clients.

The Opportunity

The Talent Acquisition role will be at the forefront of TTW’s growth journey, building high performing, passionate and diverse teams across our offices and disciplines. This is a hands-on role where you will work with leaders across the business to attract the brightest minds in engineering, design, consulting and business support.

You will lead the recruitment function. Elevate our employer brand and drive an exceptional candidate experience from first contact to first day.

In this role, you will

- Develop and execute talent acquisition strategies aligned with TTW’s growth goals
- Provide leadership, coaching and performance management to the recruitment team, fostering a high-performing culture and ensuring the timely achievement of recruitment KPIs and business outcomes.
- Develop and manage the full recruitment cycle, including job postings, candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection and onboarding processes.
- Partner with hiring managers to deeply understand team needs and deliver proactive recruitment solutions




- Lead from the front with hands-on recruitment, balancing strategic oversight with direct hiring activity to ensure quality candidates are recruited efficiently and effectively.
- Work with external recruitment agencies on hard to fill roles, ensuring we get top quality candidates at competitive rates
- Create and execute effective sourcing strategies to attract diverse talent pools.
- Collaborate with the communications team to promote a strong employer brand that attracts leading talent
- Collaborate with finance on workforce planning to accurately forecast future headcount allowing you to create a strong pipeline of talent
- Manage and improve the recruitment system and processes for efficient and transparent recruitment workflows
- Build and maintain relationships with universities, industry groups, and other sources of high-potential talent
- Attend networking events to build up a strong talent pool of potential candidates and continue to strengthen the TTW employer brand
- Champion inclusive hiring practices and foster a strong DEI focused talent pipeline
- Track and report on recruitment metrics including time-to-fill and cost-per-hire
- Provide insights to leadership on workforce trends, skill gaps, and areas for improvement based on data analysis

Who are we looking for?





- 7+ years of recruitment experience, ideally with some experience within the engineering and/or professional services industry
- Track record of scaling teams in a high-growth, quick paced environment
- Strategic thinker with a hands-on mindset, you’re not afraid to get in the weeds
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively across different levels of the organisation.
- Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills
- Skilled in identifying and evaluating candidates to ensure role fit and alignment with company culture
- Comfortable with change and able to pivot priorities to meet evolving business needs
- A drive to continually improve the candidate and hiring manager experience
- Familiarity with recruitment technologies

Does this sound like you?

There’re a few reasons you’ll like growing your career at TTW. You will have the advantages of flexible working, work life balance, health & wellbeing programs, extensive training opportunities and more.

Click on “Apply for this job.” Or email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.

TTW is committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive, supports flexibility, and welcomes diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply

Recruitment Agencies - thank you for thinking of us. We do endeavour to fill our opportunities through direct channels wherever possible, however, if we find that we do need agency assistance, we’ll be in touch.

📌 Talent Acquisition Lead (SYD) (North Sydney)
🏢 TTW (NSW
📍 North Sydney