HR and Recruitment Team Lead
Trade · Naval Base, Perth WA, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview
Do you have solid HR and recruitment leadership experience? An established industrial organisation operating across Western Australia is looking for an experienced HR & Recruitment Team Lead to help it grow.
You will lead a small HR and Recruitment function and own the processes that link operational teams with the right people: spotting workforce needs, assessing candidate experience, supporting verification and coordinating onboarding. The aim is a more transparent, dependable hiring journey built on structured recruitment, clear workforce processes and good people management.
The role spans workshop, metropolitan and project-based operations and covers both local and international hiring. Whether your HR career started in the Philippines, the Middle East or elsewhere, read on to see if your experience matches.
Key Responsibilities
- Handling end-to-end recruitment for both blue-collar and white-collar roles
- Leading, coaching and supporting the HR and Recruitment team to reach workforce goals
- Building hiring processes that allow accurate candidate assessment and trusted outcomes, including checking experience, work history, qualifications and other relevant documents
- Coordinating onboarding and mobilisation for workshop, metropolitan and project-based staff
- Helping recruit and process international and employer-sponsored candidates, including sponsorship requirements, compliance paperwork and contact with relevant migration providers
- Working with operational leaders to identify current and future staffing needs, and developing talent pipelines for upcoming projects and growth
- Looking after relationships with labour hire providers and outside recruitment suppliers
- Advising on employee relations, performance management, disciplinary matters, investigations and grievances
- Applying relevant Australian employment legislation, Modern Awards, Enterprise Agreements and internal policies
- Tracking workforce data, HR metrics and how recruitment is performing
- Organising employee reviews, training initiatives and skills matrix requirements
- Finding ways to improve recruitment systems, HR processes and operational efficiency
Requirements & Eligibility
- Minimum 5 years in a senior HR and recruitment leadership position
- Proven experience handling end-to-end hiring for high-volume blue-collar workforces
- A background in candidate assessment, employment documentation and recruitment compliance
- Highly desirable: knowledge of employer-sponsored visas and international hiring
- Strong knowledge of Australian employment legislation, Modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements
- Construction, mining, fabrication, resources or heavy industrial experience is highly regarded
- Proven ability to lead, mentor and grow a team
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management
- Proactive, practical and solution-focused, able to juggle competing priorities in a fast-paced operational setting
- Strong organisation and administration skills
- Experience with workforce planning, employee relations and performance management
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, plus experience with HRIS and recruitment systems
- Eligible for employer sponsorship where required
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