Talent Acquisition Specialist - Engineering & Continuous Improvement

Posted 31 October 2024
LocationSheffield
Job type Permanent - Full Time
Discipline HR
Reference022763
Job FunctionHR
Contact NameNatalia Currie
Expiry date 15 November 2024

Job description

Why Greencore?  

We’re a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day. 

We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn. 

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties. 

 

What you’ll be doing 

As one of our TA Specialists you will be responsible for engineering across 9 of our sites (including food for now and food for later) and CI for all our manufacturing sites 

You will be responsible for end-to-end recruitment of 10-20 jobs at any one time, from asset care technicians through to engineering site leadership. 

Your responsibilities will also include but not be limited to: 

  • Collaborating with hiring managers and HR teams to ensure a smooth recruitment process for both internal and external stakeholders 

  • Facilitating the recruitment process through job posting, screening candidates, scheduling interviews and offering roles 

  • Utilising a broad range of sources to identify and attract appropriate talent  

  • Visiting sites across the UK to develop relationships with relevant stakeholders  

  • Coaching hiring managers and HR teams on interviewing and candidates’ assessment techniques 

  • Completing Right to Work checks and creating offer letters 

  • Gathering, inputting and maintaining candidate and recruitment data to ensure the integrity of our Applicant Tracking System, producing key metrics and providing talent acquisition management information reports where needed 

What we’re looking for 

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. 

As a TA Specialist in our team, you will have strong attention to detail and be comfortable working in a fast paced environment. Within this role, you will focusing on Engineering/CI recruitment but we don’t require you to have recruited in this area before – just a willingness to learn the industry. 

Your skills will also include: 

  • Demonstrable experience within the recruitment process and practices 

  • Experience of computer systems such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint 

  • Comfortable collating and presenting data to support recruitment choices 

  • Excellent communication and organisational skills 

 

We have a hybrid working environment, and you must be comfortable being on site for at least 3 days a week. Our TA team is based out of our Kiveton and Northampton sites, so we are looking for someone close to either of these locations. 

 

What you’ll get in return 

  • Competitive salary and job-related benefits 

  • Holidays 

  • Pension up to 8% matched 

  • Company share save scheme 

  • Greencore Qualifications 

  • Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform 

  • Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform 

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.