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Company Profile

Our client is a growing multidisciplinary engineering consultancy headquartered in Scotland, UK, supporting clients across the UK and internationally across food & drink, distilled spirits, chemicals, manufacturing, energy, life sciences and other process industries. The organisation provides expertise across Process Engineering, Process Safety, Mechanical & Piping, Electrical, Control & Instrumentation, Energy Transformation, Project Engineering and Project Management.

Our client works closely with industrial organisations to deliver practical, high-quality engineering solutions across the project lifecycle, from early-stage engineering and design through to project delivery and specialist technical support.

Job Profile: Talent Acquisition & HR Partner

Location: Remote, India

Experience: 5+ years

Work Type: Remote, 6 hours overlap with UK working hours

Employment Type: Full-time

The Role:

We are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition & HR Partner based in India to work closely with the UK leadership team. This is an embedded Talent Acquisition and HR role rather than a traditional recruitment agency position. The successful candidate will take ownership of recruitment activities while also supporting HR operations and the wider employee lifecycle.

A key focus will be identifying and engaging experienced engineering professionals in the competitive UK market. The candidate should have a good understanding of technical engineering disciplines and be comfortable communicating with engineers, senior managers and business leaders

Responsibilities:

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

• Develop job descriptions, role profiles and recruitment advertisements.
• Source candidates proactively through LinkedIn, recruitment platforms and other channels.
• Headhunt and engage passive candidates.
• Conduct initial screening and qualification calls.
• Build and maintain strong engineering talent pipelines.
• Coordinate interviews with Engineering Leads and senior management.
• Manage candidate communication, feedback and follow-ups.
• Support salary discussions, offers and joining processes.
• Maintain relationships with potential candidates for future opportunities.
• Build a strong internal engineering talent network and reduce dependency on external recruitment agencies.

Engineering Recruitment

Recruitment will cover positions including:

• Process Engineers / Senior Process Engineers
• Process Safety Engineers
• Mechanical Engineers
• Piping Engineers / Designers
• Electrical Engineers
• Control & Instrumentation Engineers
• EC&I Engineers
• Project Engineers / Project Managers
• Engineering Managers / Discipline Leads
• Graduate and early-career engineers
• Specialist engineering and business support roles

HR & People Support

• Prepare and maintain employment documentation.
• Support employee onboarding and induction.
• Coordinate probation review processes.
• Maintain employee records and HR trackers.
• Support performance and development reviews.
• Coordinate training and professional development activities.
• Support salary and benefits benchmarking.
• Assist with employee engagement and retention initiatives.
• Support graduate and early-career development.
• Manage exit processes and exit interviews.
• Support routine employee relations activities.
• Maintain and improve HR policies and procedures.
• Support employee engagement surveys and related actions.

Key Success Measures

The successful candidate will help our client to:

• Build a strong pipeline of engineering talent.
• Reduce reliance on external recruitment agencies.
• Improve time-to-hire for specialist engineering positions.
• Improve candidate experience.
• Strengthen onboarding and probation processes.
• Support employee retention and engagement.
• Develop effective talent and career development processes.
• Maintain consistent and professional HR practices as the organisation grows.

Must - Have Qualifications:

· Minimum 5 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Recruitment or HR.

· Strong hands-on experience in end-to-end recruitment.

· Strong experience in sourcing and headhunting passive candidates.

· Experience recruiting technical or engineering professionals.

. Good understanding of engineering disciplines such as Process, Process Safety, Mechanical, Piping, .. Electrical, Instrumentation, Controls/Automation and Project Engineering.

. Experience recruiting for the UK market.

. Experience in Engineering Consultancy, EPC/EPCM or specialist engineering recruitment.

. Experience within Process Industries, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemicals, Energy, Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences.

. Previous experience recruiting for specialist engineering roles.

. Experience working with an engineering organisation or specialist engineering recruitment consultancy.

.Experience supporting HR activities across the employee lifecycle.

.Familiarity with engineering terminology such as FEED, EPC/EPCM, HAZOP, DSEAR, COMAH, P&IDs, PLC/DCS and industrial project delivery.

Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter and other recruitment platforms.

• Excellent candidate relationship management.
• Confident in dealing with senior stakeholders.
• Proactive and target-oriented approach to recruitment.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.

· Ability to understand technical engineering terminology and candidate experience.

· Strong candidate screening and qualification skills.

· Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

· Ability to work independently in a remote environment.

· Comfortable working with senior engineers, managers and Directors.

· Strong organisational and candidate pipeline management skills.

· Willingness to work with sufficient overlap with UK working hours.

Application Method

Apply on LinkedIn or email your resume to: [Confidential Information]