About the Role
As a Sourcing Recruiter, you will play a key role in building strong talent pipelines that support both current and future hiring needs. This includes identifying and engaging high-quality candidates using targeted sourcing strategies and market insights. Working closely with recruiters, you’ll help deliver qualified talent while ensuring a well-organised and compliant sourcing process. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys research, outreach, and uncovering top talent in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Design and execute sourcing strategies to identify and engage passive talent using a range of tools and platforms
- Conduct market research, talent mapping, and competitor analysis to support priority hiring needs
- Build and maintain accurate, audit-ready pipelines within ATS/CRM systems, ensuring data integrity and compliance
- Deliver qualified candidate slates to recruiters, including screening insights and role alignment
- Track and analyse sourcing metrics to optimise strategies and inform hiring forecasts
- Partner with recruiters, marketing, and program teams to align sourcing efforts, enhance employer branding, and support hard-to-fill roles
- Contribute to strategic initiatives and provide market insights on talent availability, locations, and compensation
- Identify opportunities to improve sourcing processes, tools, and overall efficiency
- Support hiring events and related activities as required
Requirements
- Proven experience in talent sourcing or recruiting operations
- Hands-on experience using applicant tracking systems and/or talent CRMs for candidate management and reporting
- Demonstrated ability to execute sourcing campaigns using tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter and resume databases
- Experience sourcing for security-cleared roles or within government contracting environments
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as OFCCP, AAP, and EEO, including maintaining audit-ready documentation
- Must be eligible to hold a Baseline AGSVA security clearance
- All candidates will be required to hold and maintain an active Baseline Defence Security Clearance
- Compliance to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
Skills
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Resume databases
Location
- Melbourne
- Canberra
- Adelaide
- Sydney
- Brisbane
Work Type
- 12-month fixed term
- Flexible working
Education Level
- A degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary (including annual reviews)
Benefits
- A workplace culture certified as a Great Place To Work
- Paid parental leave
- Income protection
- Corporate rewards
- Salary packaging/Novated leasing
- Employee stock purchase plans
- Flu shots, skin checks and discounted private health insurance
- Career development: Online learning, mentorship and career pathways
About the Company
- KBR delivers science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world.
- KBR employs approximately 38,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in over 29 countries.
- KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.
- With over 65 years working on some of Australia’s largest and most complex projects, KBR has unmatched experience supporting the nation’s critical infrastructure, energy transition and national security priorities.
- KBR has around 2,000 employees throughout Australia, who are focused on delivering innovative technology and engineering solutions for a safer, more secure and sustainable future.
- At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.
- These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.
- That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow.
- We Deliver – Together.
Equal Opportunity
- As a Major Service Provider of the Australian Defence Force, an AGSVA security clearance will be required and compliance to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
- As such, our hiring decisions are based on the key requirements of each role and candidates are selected based on their unique strengths and experiences.
