Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist ​/ Senior Recruiter (Contract

Arup’s purpose, shared values, and collaborative approach have set us apart for over 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

This is a contract role. As a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist / Senior Recruiter at Arup, you will have a direct impact on the business by delivering top talent to the firm. As a key member of our team, you’ll manage strategic recruitment responsibilities, a typical day might include developing targeted sourcing strategies for niche positions, providing data-driven market insights to senior stakeholders, leading confidential executive searches, and mentoring junior team members.

You will be empowered to own your markets and provide subject matter expertise.

The Opportunity

• Lead full life cycle recruiting from strategic briefing and market analysis to onboarding, while ensuring alignment with business priorities and operational hiring needs.
• Develop and execute sophisticated sourcing strategies by leveraging market intelligence, talent mapping, and direct outreach to build diverse pipelines and attract top-tier talent.
• Act as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders and hiring managers, providing data-informed insights on market trends, talent availability, and recruitment strategies.
• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the recruitment process, proactively attracting candidates from varied backgrounds to foster an inclusive workforce that reflects Arup’s values.
• Deliver a high-touch, candidate-centric experience, managing communications and queries across internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring a seamless journey from application to offer.
• Support data integrity, compliance, and reporting by keeping our applicant tracking system updated live.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with HR Business Partners and global teams, including Rewards, Mobility, EDI, and Operations, to understand talent needs, drive process improvements, and maintain compliance and reporting standards.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in full-cycle recruitment, ideally within engineering, construction, or technical sectors with expertise in direct sourcing, market mapping, and engaging passive candidates.
• Ability to prioritize while managing an average of 15 - 20 requisitions across multiple locations and multiple subject areas. Proficiency with handling hard to close candidates in a competitive market
• Source high caliber active and passive candidates through various methods and tools, including networking, search tools, job boards, referrals, events and others. Use your creativity
• Own the entire candidate experience to provide a good experience to our candidates from initial contact to closing an offer
• Regularly manage pipeline activity and maintain data integrity, and proactively share data-centric updates with internal stakeholders
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and collaborate effectively across diverse teams to make offers and effectively hire sought after talent in a competitive market
• Self-motivated and driven: you look for solutions and impact without being asked
• You are curious. You look to dig deeper beyond the surface level of a job profile; researching market trends and domain technology and seeking out information to have a solid understanding of the business.
• Passionate about inclusive hiring practices, with a history of building diverse teams and driving change.

This is a 6-month Fixed-Term contract position. This role is intended as a 6-month contract assignment and is designed to support key business priorities over the coming months. For high-performing individuals, there may be opportunities to extend the assignment and/or transition into a permanent position, subject to business requirements and…