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 adapt sourcing strategies