Talent Acquisition Partner

The Role:

As the Talent Acquisition lead, you will own and deliver end to end recruitment across a diverse portfolio of white collar and blue collar roles, supporting business leaders to meet both professional and frontline workforce needs.
You’ll apply proactive sourcing strategies, manage high-volume and specialist hiring requirements, and play a key role in strengthening recruitment operations, candidate engagement, and Sims’ position as an employer of choice across all levels of the business.

What you'll be responsible for:

• Deliver full end-to-end recruitment across both white collar and blue collar roles, partnering with leaders across corporate, operational, and site-based teams to meet diverse workforce needs.
• Partner closely with hiring managers to provide guidance on best practice recruitment processes that drive efficiency and deliver a positive candidate experience.
• Analyse recruitment data and market insights to support hiring decisions, measure performance outcomes, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Develop and deliver recruitment training and coaching for hiring managers to build capability and embed consistent hiring practices across the business.
• Lead talent acquisition and employer branding initiatives in partnership with HR and Marketing to strengthen Sims’ employer value proposition and build sustainable talent pipelines.
   

About you:

• Proven Talent Acquisition experience across both white collar and blue collar recruitment.
• Strong experience partnering with hiring managers and building effective external talent networks.
• Hands on end to end recruitment experience across diverse role portfolios, with strengths in sourcing, stakeholder management, and delivery.
• Proficient in TA platforms and sourcing channels, including Seek and LinkedIn, with ATS experience preferred (SuccessFactors highly regarded).
• Strong analytical capability, with experience using recruitment metrics and insights to improve hiring outcomes and process performance.

What We Offer:

• Paid Parental Leave - 12 weeks for primary carers, 6 weeks for secondary carers
• Health Benefits - BUPA discounts for you and your family
• Wellbeing Support - Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Novated Lease- tax-effective vehicle leasing, providing both convenience and savings
• Join a genuinely collaborative, supportive, and approachable team.

A career with Sims provides you with the opportunity to work with an organisation whose goal is to be the world’s safest and most responsible recycling company. Our people achieve this by creating a zero-harm workplace, being exemplary members of the communities in which we operate, and being responsible stewards of the environment. We also offer competitive pay and a range of attractive benefits.

At sims together we are a diverse group of employees who are supported by our equal opportunity policy. To achieve our purpose to create a world without waste to preserve our planet, we are guided by our Pillars of Purpose: Be Safe + Well, Band Together, Be Accountable + Transparent, Consistently Innovate, Inspire with Purpose, Celebrate + Have Fun.