Talent Sourcer

About This Role

This one-year contract position as a Talent Sourcer is a welcome addition to the internal recruitment team, which functions as part of Dillon’s human resources department. The role involves proactively finding and engaging high-calibre talent in a competitive market, contributing to business operations and strategy, and building relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute proactive sourcing and headhunting strategies aligned with Dillon’s business growth priorities and workforce plans
• Identify and engage high-calibre passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, professional networks, industry directories, competitor research, referrals, and other sourcing channels
• Conduct targeted talent mapping to identify organizations and talent pools that align with current and future hiring requirements
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for hard-to-fill and anticipated growth-related positions
• Partner with recruitment project leads to understand growth objectives, priority roles, and anticipated hiring timelines
• Conduct initial exploratory conversations to assess candidate interests, experience, and potential alignment with Dillon
• Coordinate the transition of interested and qualified candidates to the appropriate RBP or hiring team for further assessment
• Represent Dillon professionally and consistently throughout the candidate engagement process
• Provide actionable insights on talent availability, candidate responsiveness, sourcing channel effectiveness, and recruitment challenges
• Leverage technology, automation, and AI-enabled sourcing tools responsibly to improve efficiency and effectiveness
• Follow Dillon’s recruitment processes, confidentiality requirements, and applicable employment legislation

Requirements

• Post-secondary education in Human Resources, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• Five or more years of experience in talent sourcing, recruitment, executive search, agency recruitment, or a similar research-intensive talent acquisition role
• Demonstrated experience identifying and engaging passive candidates through proactive headhunting
• Strong proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter, applicant tracking systems, Boolean search, and other talent research tools
• Experience conducting competitor research, talent mapping, and market intelligence

Nice to have:

• Experience supporting hard-to-fill positions, specialized professional roles, or high-volume recruitment
• Familiarity with consulting, engineering, environmental science, infrastructure, or other professional services industries

Benefits

• Flexible work hours
• Hybrid working options
• Opportunities to chart your own path to success with a rewarding career

Important Details

• Contract: one-year

About the Company

Dillon is a proudly Canadian, employee-owned, professional consulting firm specializing in planning, engineering, environmental science, and management. It partners with clients to provide committed, collaborative, and inventive solutions to complex, multi-faceted projects. With over 28 offices and more than 1200 employees across Canada, Dillon offers a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure, protecting the environment, and developing communities. Now operating for over 75 years, Dillon has been listed as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 20 years in a row and has the distinction of being a Platinum Club member in this program. Dillon Consulting utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) assisted tools to support parts of its recruitment process to increase efficiency and fairness, with all hiring decisions made by its human recruiting team.