Talent Acquisition Partner – Regional Queensland
Full-time | 12 month Contract | Gladstone or Townsville
Are you a recruiter who loves building relationships, getting close to the business and making a genuine impact in regional communities?
We’re looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner to join our Queensland Talent Acquisition team, based in either Gladstone or Townsville.
This is a broad and varied recruitment role supporting our regional Queensland offices across Transport. Energy, Industrial (Resources), Water, Environment & Land and Buildings. You’ll recruit across a diverse mix of engineering and professional disciplines, partnering closely with local leaders to help build the capability our growing regional teams need.
Importantly, you’ll also play a key role in developing our regional early careers pipeline, supporting Graduate and Intern recruitment and building strong relationships with local universities and emerging talent.
About the Role
As a trusted talent partner to our regional teams, you will:
- Lead end-to-end recruitment across Transport, Industrial (Resources), Water, Environment & Land and Buildings
- Recruit across a broad range of engineering, technical and professional disciplines, from early career through to experienced hires
- Partner closely with local leaders and hiring managers to understand workforce needs and develop practical, targeted recruitment strategies
- Proactively source and engage talent within regional Queensland and broader national markets
- Support Graduate and Intern recruitment, helping identify and attract the next generation of regional talent
- Build relationships with local universities, students and relevant industry networks
- Represent Aurecon at career fairs, university events and other regional talent initiatives
- Provide market insights and recruitment advice to help leaders navigate challenging or talent-short markets
- Use recruitment systems, technology, data and AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency and candidate experience
- Support consistent recruitment processes, governance and best practice across our regional offices
While primarily based in Gladstone or Townsville, some regional travel may be required from time to time to connect with our people, universities and communities across Queensland.
About You
We’re looking for a recruiter who enjoys variety, autonomy and being genuinely connected to the business.
You’ll ideally bring:
- Strong recruitment experience gained within an in-house, agency or combined environment
- Experience recruiting professional, technical or engineering talent
- Confidence managing a broad portfolio of roles across different disciplines and levels
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with local and senior leaders
- A proactive sourcing mindset and confidence approaching passive talent
- An interest in Graduate, Intern and early careers recruitment
- Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills
- Experience using recruitment systems and ATS platforms, with Workday experience highly regarded
- Confidence using emerging technology, AI-enabled tools and data insights to support smarter recruitment
- An agile, solutions-focused approach and the ability to adapt as regional hiring priorities change
Experience recruiting within engineering, infrastructure, transport, resources, water, environment or buildings would be highly regarded.
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to take real ownership of talent acquisition across regional Queensland.
You’ll:
- Be based locally in Gladstone or Townsville (may consider Mackay or Cairns)
- Work across a genuinely diverse portfolio of engineering disciplines and career levels
- Build strong relationships with regional leaders and become a trusted partner to our local offices
- Help strengthen Aurecon’s Graduate and Intern pipeline in regional Queensland
- Develop relationships with universities and emerging talent within your local market
- Join a collaborative Queensland Talent Acquisition team while having the autonomy to shape how we attract talent regionally
- Play an important role in supporting the continued growth and capability of our regional businesses
If you’re an experienced recruiter who enjoys building relationships, getting out into the market and connecting great people with great opportunities, we’d love to hear from you.
Engineering possibilities, the Aurecon Way.
Skills Required
- Strong recruitment experience gained within an in-house, agency, or combined environment
- Experience recruiting professional, technical, or engineering talent
- Ability to manage a broad portfolio of roles across different disciplines and levels
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
- Proactive sourcing mindset and confidence approaching passive talent
- Interest in graduate, intern, and early careers recruitment
- Strong communication and influencing skills
- Experience using recruitment systems and ATS platforms
- Confidence using emerging technology, AI-enabled tools, and data insights
- Agile, solutions-focused approach and adaptability to changing regional hiring priorities
- Workday experience
- Experience recruiting within engineering, infrastructure, transport, resources, water, environment, or buildings
Aurecon Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Aurecon and has not been reviewed or approved by Aurecon.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work is emphasized, allowing employees to choose where and when they work based on business needs. Feedback suggests this flexibility meaningfully enhances work-life balance and the overall value of the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-focused policies include paid and unpaid parental leave and options such as extended unpaid sabbaticals. Feedback suggests these provisions help employees manage caregiving alongside career demands.
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Healthcare Strength — Health support is presented as robust, with free, around-the-clock medical, safety, and mental-health assistance for employees and their families. These services appear to strengthen day-to-day wellbeing.
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What We Do
Aurecon is a design, engineering, and advisory company that provides integrated solutions across the entire asset lifecycle to tackle complex global challenges.
