Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Advisor

At Transgrid, we play a crucial role in delivering safe, reliable, and sustainable energy to millions of Australians. Operating over 13,000 km of high-voltage transmission lines and 128 substations across NSW and the ACT, we connect electricity - powering homes, businesses, and communities.

As the energy sector evolves, so is our workforce.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Talent Acquisition & Sourcing Advisor (12-month fixed term) to provide dedicated, high-touch recruitment support for our growing Delivery Projects portfolio.

This role operates as the primary talent partner for Delivery Projects, with a clear mandate to proactively build, maintain and deliver external and internal talent pipelines for priority project management, engineering and infrastructure roles. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior project leaders, ensuring continuous access to top-tier talent.

This is a niche, proactive sourcing and headhunting role, ideal for a TA professional who thrives on market mapping, candidate engagement and pipeline ownership rather than reactive recruitment delivery alone.

A Day in the Life

Your time will be split between engaging the external talent market, advising hiring leaders, and building future-ready pipelines for Delivery Projects. Depending on the week, you will:

• Act as a proactive sourcing and headhunting specialist across the projects, engineering, energy and infrastructure sectors
• Build and maintain always-on external talent pipelines aligned to upcoming project and hiring needs
• Develop market maps, outreach strategies and sourcing plans
• Maintain long-term engagement with high-priority candidates and present top-tier talent as hiring demand arises
• Partner closely with senior Delivery Projects leaders to understand workforce priorities and hiring timelines
• Provide regular pipeline reporting, talent availability updates and market insights to leadership
• Manage end-to-end recruitment activity including candidate care, offer management and stakeholder communication
• Contribute to broader TA team initiatives, continuous improvement and recruitment process uplift

About You

You are a commercially minded recruitment professional with a passion for proactive sourcing, relationship-building and delivering high-quality talent outcomes. You are confident engaging senior stakeholders, mapping markets and keeping talent communities warm in fast-moving environments.

You will bring:

• Demonstrated experience in proactive sourcing and headhunting, gained in agency or in-house TA environments
• A proven track record building and sustaining external talent pipelines
• Experience delivering end-to-end recruitment across technical, project or infrastructure roles is preferred, along with an understanding of energy, industrial, infrastructure type environments.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and advise senior leaders
• Comfort translating recruitment data into clear pipeline reporting and market insights
• Ability to manage high volumes of candidate and leader interactions in a dynamic portfolio
• Proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter and applicant tracking systems

Benefits & Perks

At Transgrid, we empower our people with a well-rounded benefits package designed to support their personal, professional, and social well-being, helping them deliver their best work every day. Employees have access to a range of corporate discounts across retail, utilities, travel, health & wellbeing etc., as well as novated leasing options, workplace flexibility, 20 weeks paid parental leave and more.

Beyond benefits, we believe in real development and progression. Here, you’ll have access to regular and ongoing training, tertiary education support, and career mentoring. Enabling you to build a career that evolves with you.

Applications close on the 9th of February 2026 – Apply today as applications will be assessed on a rolling basis and this opportunity may close early!