Key Responsibilities
1. PMC & Engineering Recruitment
- Lead end-to-end recruitment for PMC, Engineering and technical positions.
- Drive hiring for Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy, PMC and infrastructure-related projects.
- Manage recruitment across various engineering disciplines, including Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation & Control, Process Engineering, Project Planning, Project Management, Design & Engineering, QA/QC, HSE, Procurement and Contracts.
- Recruit Project Managers, Engineering Managers, Design Engineers, Planning Engineers, Site Engineers and other specialized technical professionals.
- Develop talent pipelines for current and upcoming projects.
2. Talent Acquisition Strategy
- Develop and implement recruitment strategies aligned with business objectives and project requirements.
- Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviews, salary negotiations, offer management and joining.
- Plan and execute project-based, bulk and niche technical hiring.
- Ensure timely closure of critical and leadership positions.
- Explore innovative sourcing strategies to improve hiring efficiency and quality.
3. Stakeholder Management
- Coordinate with project heads, engineering heads, department heads and senior management to understand manpower requirements.
- Understand technical job requirements and translate them into effective sourcing strategies.
- Coordinate interview schedules, candidate assessments and selection processes.
- Ensure alignment between project timelines and recruitment deliverables.
4. ATS & Recruitment Technology
- Manage recruitment activities through Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruitment management platforms.
- Maintain candidate databases, recruitment pipelines and hiring trackers.
- Generate recruitment MIS, dashboards and performance reports.
- Ensure accurate and timely updating of candidate and recruitment records.
- Proficiency in ATS platforms is essential; hands-on experience with Keka HRMS/ATS will be preferred.
5. Recruitment Operations & Analytics
- Monitor recruitment KPIs, including Time-to-Hire, Cost-per-Hire, Offer-to-Joining Ratio, Position Closure Rate and Recruitment Turnaround Time (TAT).
- Prepare and maintain monthly recruitment reports and hiring dashboards.
- Monitor recruitment budgets and optimize hiring costs.
- Track offer dropouts, candidate feedback and joining ratios.
6. Team & Vendor Management
- Lead, guide and mentor the recruitment team to achieve hiring targets.
- Manage recruitment consultants, agencies and external sourcing partners.
- Build strong professional networks within the Oil & Gas, PMC and Renewable Energy industries.
- Ensure effective coordination between recruitment, HR and business teams.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum 10 years of experience in Talent Acquisition / Technical Recruitment.
- Strong hands-on experience in PMC and Engineering recruitment.
- Prior experience in Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy, EPC, Infrastructure or Engineering industries.
- Proven track record of hiring technical professionals across multiple engineering disciplines.
- Experience in project-based manpower planning and niche technical hiring.
- Strong understanding of engineering job roles and technical hiring requirements.
- Experience in stakeholder management, salary negotiations and recruitment team management.
Technical Skills & Competencies
- Proficiency in Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).
- Hands-on experience with Keka HRMS/ATS will be preferred.
- Working knowledge of LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri and other recruitment portals.
- Strong MS Excel and recruitment MIS skills.
- Excellent sourcing, networking and talent-mapping capabilities.
- Strong communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple hiring requirements simultaneously.
Preferred Candidate Profile
- Candidates currently working with PMC, Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy, EPC or Engineering organizations will be preferred.
- Candidates with extensive experience in technical and project-based manpower recruitment.
- Professionals with established networks in the engineering and infrastructure talent market.
- Candidates who can independently manage critical and niche engineering hiring requirements.