Responsibilities * Take ownership of hard‑to‑fill, ageing, and business‑critical roles, often requiring immediate intervention. * Build pipelines from scratch through proactive, targeted sourcing and direct search. * Identify why roles are not moving (pipeline, role clarity, stakeholder alignment, market reality) and actively reset the approach. * Work at pace to create momentum, driving roles from stagnation to shortlist. * Partner with hiring managers and HR to challenge assumptions, recalibrate expectations, and unblock decision‑making. * Operate across multiple roles simultaneously, prioritising impact over activity. * Leverage market intelligence to reshape search strategies and unlock previously inaccessible talent pools. * Collaborate closely with sourcing teams to deliver high‑quality, ready‑to‑hire pipelines. * Reduce reliance on agencies by owning and delivering sourcing outcomes internally, aligned with broader TA sourcing priorities. * Drive visible progress on backlog and contribute to improving speed and effectiveness of hiring across the region.
* Act as a catalyst for change — influencing how we approach difficult hiring challenges in the future. Requirements * Strong experience across in agency (search/headhunting) and in‑house environments * A proven track record of delivering on hard‑to‑fill or business‑critical roles, not just standard hiring * A genuine passion for sourcing, headhunting, and building pipelines from zero * The ability to operate at pace and manage multiple complex roles in parallel * Confidence to engage and challenge stakeholders to unblock stalled processes * Strong judgement in identifying when the issue is talent inflow vs expectations vs process * A resilient, action‑oriented mindset — you do not wait for momentum, you create it * Experience of hiring within the Energy/ Power / Transmission and Distribution sectors * Experience of hiring niche Engineering roles. * Strong understanding of EMEA markets, with the ability to ada