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Talent Acquisition Team Leader Jobs in New Cairo, Cairo, Egypt at Estithmar Holding
Title: Talent Acquisition Team Leader
Company: Estithmar Holding
Location: New Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Talent Acquisition Team Leader – Construction Recruitment
Location: Egypt
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Arrangement: Based in Egypt, supporting international projects remotely
Industry: Construction / Contracting / Infrastructure / EPC
Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Team Leader based in Egypt to lead recruitment activities for large-scale construction projects across international markets. The role will remotely support manpower requirements for projects in Qatar, KSA, Iraq, Rwanda, and Algeria, with a strong focus on sourcing, screening, coordinating, and closing candidates for technical, engineering, construction, and project-based roles.
The ideal candidate must have solid experience in construction recruitment, particularly hiring for projects outside Egypt, and should be capable of managing high-volume and specialized recruitment requirements in a fast-paced contracting environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end recruitment activities for construction and contracting projects across Qatar, KSA, Iraq, Rwanda, Algeria, and other international locations.
- Manage recruitment for engineering, technical, project management, commercial, HSE, QA/QC, planning, procurement, logistics, and site-based roles.
- Handle bulk hiring and project-based manpower mobilization requirements.
- Coordinate closely with project directors, construction managers, department heads, and HR teams to understand manpower needs.
- Supervise and guide recruitment team members to ensure timely delivery of hiring targets.
- Develop sourcing strategies using LinkedIn, job portals, referrals, recruitment agencies, databases, and direct headhunting.
- Screen, interview, shortlist, and recommend qualified candidates based on project requirements.
- Maintain strong talent pipelines for recurring construction roles.
- Prepare recruitment status reports, trackers, dashboards, and manpower updates for management.
- Ensure compliance with recruitment processes, documentation, approval workflows, and mobilization requirements.
- Support offer negotiation, salary benchmarking, candidate engagement, and joining coordination.
- Build strong relationships with candidates, hiring managers, and external recruitment partners.
- Monitor recruitment KPIs such as time-to-fill, quality of hire, shortlist submission, offer acceptance, and mobilization progress.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or any related field.
- Minimum 10 years of recruitment experience, with strong exposure to the construction, contracting, infrastructure, or EPC industry.
- Must have experience hiring for construction projects outside Egypt.
- Proven experience in recruiting for GCC, Africa, or international construction projects is highly preferred.
- Strong background in bulk hiring and technical recruitment.
- Experience leading or supervising a recruitment team.
- Strong knowledge of construction job categories, site manpower structures, and project mobilization requirements.
- Excellent sourcing, interviewing, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills.
- Proficient in recruitment platforms such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukrigulf, Bayt, GulfTalent, Wuzzuf, or similar portals.
- Strong reporting and Excel skills.
- Excellent communication skills in English and Arabic.
Preferred Candidate Profile
- Female candidates are encouraged to apply, subject to applicable employment laws and internal equal opportunity policies.
- Candidates currently based in Egypt are preferred.
- Previous experience supporting recruitment for projects in Qatar, KSA, Iraq, Rwanda, Algeria, or similar international markets is an advantage.
- Experience in a construction holding company, main contractor, manpower agency, or project-based recruitment environment is highly desirable.
Key Competencies
- Construction recruitment expertise
- Bulk hiring and manpower planning
- International sourcing
- Team leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Candidate negotiation
- Recruitment reporting
- Project urgency and delivery mindset
- Strong follow-up and coordination skills
- Ability to work under pressure