Talent Acquisition Partner (North America)

Job Title: Talent Acquisition Partner

Location: Houston, TX

Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time, Hybrid Working

Annual Salary: $78,000 to $80,400

About BMT

We exist to navigate the most important and impactful engineering challenges of our time. We create environments where people with outstanding technical knowledge deliver meaningful, practical solutions. We are driven by a commitment to a safer, more efficient, effective, and sustainable future to find out more about BMT click here .

About the role

The Talent Acquisition Partner is responsible for managing the full-cycle recruitment process to attract, assess, and hire top talent across the organization. Working closely with hiring managers, this role provides expert guidance on recruitment strategies, candidate assessment, employment branding, and market trends to ensure a positive candidate experience and successful hiring outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Recruitment & Selection

• Manage full-cycle recruitment activities, including job postings, sourcing, screening, interviewing, reference checks, offer preparation, and onboarding coordination.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce requirements and develop recruitment strategies.
• Conduct candidate screening interviews and assess qualifications, experience, and organizational fit.
• Coordinate and facilitate interview processes, including scheduling, interview guides, and candidate communications.
• Prepare offers of employment in collaboration with People & Culture and hiring managers.
• Maintain recruitment documentation and ensure compliance with company policies and employment legislation.
• Partner with hiring managers to support workforce planning, identify current and future talent needs, and manage approved requisitions from planning through to hire.

Talent Sourcing

• Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies using job boards, social media, networking, and talent pipelines.
• Build and maintain relationships with passive candidates and external talent networks.
• Leverage LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing tools to identify qualified candidates.
• Support diversity, equity, and inclusion objectives through inclusive recruitment practices.
• Promote internal mobility by proactively identifying and engaging internal candidates and collaborating with People, Capability, and business teams across global regions to maximize internal talent opportunities before pursuing external recruitment.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers throughout the recruitment process.
• Provide guidance on interview techniques, candidate evaluation, and hiring decisions.
• Monitor recruitment metrics and provide regular updates on hiring activity, timelines, and market insights.
• Support workforce planning discussions and succession planning initiatives as required.

Candidate Experience & Employer Branding

• Ensure a positive and professional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
• Promote the organization's employer brand through recruitment activities and candidate interactions.
• Represent the organization at career fairs, networking events, and industry forums.
• Support initiatives that enhance talent attraction and employee value proposition messaging.

Systems & Reporting

• Maintain accurate recruitment records within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
• Generate recruitment reports and analyze key metrics such as time-to-fill, source effectiveness, and candidate pipeline activity.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance recruitment processes and tools.

In addition to these duties, the post holder may be required to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required, from time to time, to achieve the above role purpose.

Authority, Accountability and Working Relationships

The role is responsible and accountable to

• People Director, North America

Required to build and maintain effective working relationships with

• People Partners
• Hiring Managers
• External recruitment and talent sourcing providers
• Candidates
• Educational Institutions, industry associations, and networking organizations, as required

Employment Conditions

• Hybrid role with a minimum of two days per week in the office.
• Some travel required to attend career fairs, networking events, and other recruitment-related activities.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• CHRP designation or working toward designation is considered an asset.

Experience

• 3-5 years of talent acquisition or recruitment experience.
• Experience managing full-cycle recruitment across multiple functions and levels.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems and sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Experience supporting hiring managers in a corporate environment.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong interviewing and candidate assessment skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple recruitment assignments simultaneously.
• Knowledge of employment legislation and recruitment best practices.
• Strong attention to detail and confidentiality.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and recruitment technology platforms.
• Data-driven approach with the ability to analyze and interpret recruitment metrics.

Why Work For Us?

BMT hires talented people and welcomes applications from everyone. BMT is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

We know that diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to achieving our purpose as a business which is to navigate the most important and impactful engineering challenges of our time (to find out more click here ). Our passion and goal are to build more diverse teams and to create an environment where employees are engaged, thriving, and feel a sense of belonging.

Benefits

At BMT, our employee benefits are designed to ensure you have the resources you need to thrive.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a wide range of benefits in areas including health, dental, vision, life insurance, long term disability, short term disability, health care flexible spending account, dependent care reimbursement plan, 401k, PTO, Holidays, plus one floating holiday and professional development opportunities.

Don’t hesitate to ask more about our benefits during the hiring process.

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Does this sound like you? If so, please submit your application as soon as possible. We look forward to learning more about you.

A message to recruitment agencies: We receive applications exclusively via our ATS. Please note that we do not accept CVs submitted via email to the HR department or staff within our Operational teams. We will not progress CVs shared on a speculative basis by email, and you accept our right to pursue such candidates with no obligation to third-party terms and conditions or liability to a fee.

About BMT

BMT is a maritime-orientated high-end design house and technical consulting firm driven by a passion for solving complex, real-world problems

Our core business comprises distinctive and sustainable capabilities, which we leverage to address the needs of our customers and markets and are the primary focus of future capability development.

We exist to navigate the most important and impactful engineering challenges of our time. We create environments where people with outstanding technical knowledge deliver meaningful, practical solutions. We are driven by a commitment to a safer, more efficient, effective and sustainable future.