Job Description

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies.
We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.
The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.
This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.
We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.
Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?
JOB TITLE: Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a dedicated Recruitment Team within the HR Shared Services Centre in the identification, selection, and recruitment of qualified candidates.
• Maintain regular communication with the various departments across India offices to evaluate present and future personnel requirements. Work closely with HRBPs and the Recruitment COE.
• Develop sources of qualified applicants through various channels like advertisements and internet sources. Conduct candidate and market mapping to identify top talent, alongside creating and maintaining future talent pipelines.
• Look to maximise internal applicants and employee referrals.
• Focus on D&I – creating advertising campaigns to attract top talent and ensuring a diverse selection of candidates is sourced.
• Maintain close working relationships where appropriate with recruitment agencies and/or manpower service providers.
• Conduct initial screening of candidate profiles and present a shortlist to the hiring manager reflecting the key components of the job description. Follow up with hiring managers thereafter to ensure a speedy turn-around of shortlisted candidates.
• Ensure interviews are scheduled for hiring managers in a timely fashion to assess and evaluate candidates’ suitability for the required position. Provide regular feedback to candidates on the progress of their application.
• Work closely with the hiring manager and HRBPs to come up with appropriate offer packages to selected candidates and then present these to them.
• Prepare offers based on the approved salary structure and negotiate the compensation package with the candidates.
• Respond to employment enquiries, update recruitment schedules and lists as required.
• Provide onboarding support to candidates from the time they accept the offer through to the time they commence employment
• Recommend process improvements to ensure the continued effectiveness of our recruitment programmes.
• Provide regular and meaningful progress update reports to the business on hiring activity across India offices. Responsible for developing and maintaining reports/reporting capability.
• Comply with all established KPIs for the Recruitment Team within the HR Shared Service Centre. This includes the hiring manager and candidate experience.
• Ensure all recruitment-related costs are within the overall budget as confirmed by the hiring manager.
• Decisions limited to application and implementation of applicable policies and procedures.
• Propose and recommend improvement processes in recruitment.
• Directs the resource allocation and workloads of a team of subordinates

• Degree & preferably CIPD qualified (or equivalent).
• Good understanding of recruitment practices in India.
• Knowledge of standard hiring practices, recruitment metrics, interview techniques, and management systems and approaches.
• A minimum of 10 years of working experience, a majority of which should have been as a Recruitment specialist.
• Energy sector experience is preferred (but not essential).
• International experience or having previously worked in a multinational organisation would be an advantage.
• Having worked within an HR Shared Service is essential.
• Hands-on experience with full-cycle recruiting using various interview techniques and evaluation methods.
• Proficient with Applicant Tracking Systems, preferably Taleo or other Recruitment systems.
• Proficient with sourcing via Social Media platforms and LinkedIn Recruiter
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines, and able to handle multiple projects.
• Have a keen eye for detail whilst being results-oriented and able to stay calm under pressure and in uncertainty.
• Able to form strong connections with others, earning their trust, and hence being able to influence even the highest level of management in the business.
• Proactive approach to HR and recruitment as a value-add function.