Role: Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Location: Toronto, ON
Job Type: Hybrid - WFH + In Office
Salary Range: $80,000 - $95,000

This Opportunity

The Toronto office of Smith + Andersen is currently seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to help attract, engage, and hire exceptional talent who will support our continued growth across Canada. This is an exciting opportunity for a recruitment professional who is passionate about finding great talent and building strong partnerships across the business. As a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will play a key role in shaping the employee experience from the very first interaction, helping the organization attract top candidates, support hiring leaders, and strengthen talent pipelines for future growth. This role is ideal for someone who combines strategy, relationship management, and hands-on execution in a fast-paced environment.

This posting is for an existing vacancy within our organization.

What You'll Do

• Champion talent acquisition excellence by enhancing employer branding, identifying process inefficiencies, and implementing innovative practices that improve recruitment outcomes.
• Collaborate with hiring managers in assigned client groups to understand current and future talent needs, develop recruitment strategies, and lead full-cycle recruitment from sourcing through offer acceptance.
• Assess applications, lead phone screenings, and identify top talent by evaluating candidates against role requirements and team needs.
• Lead and continuously enhance the organization's national early career program, including internships, co-ops, and new graduate initiatives, by developing and executing annual campus recruiting plans, success metrics, and university partnership strategies.
• Deliver a seamless, candidate-centered interview experience by coordinating schedules, maintaining engagement throughout the process, gathering timely feedback, and supporting a smooth offer process.
• Drive talent acquisition performance through recruitment analytics by monitoring key performance indicators, including time to fill, source effectiveness, and offer acceptance rate.
• Lead recruitment-based projects, providing expertise to advance the talent acquisition function.
• Champion applicant tracking system optimization to improve efficiency, data integrity, and the overall recruitment experience for hiring managers and candidates.
• Champion the ongoing enhancement of talent acquisition processes, policies, tools, and systems. Identify opportunities for improvement from sourcing to onboarding and develop project plans to implement solutions.
• Ensure compliance with provincial employment laws and regulations throughout the recruitment process.
• Maintain and update the job description library to reflect evolving roles and responsibilities.

Who You Are

• Post-secondary diploma or degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field; a CHRP, CHRL, or similar professional designation is preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including leading full-cycle recruitment for specialized, technical, or professional roles preferably within a corporate environment.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and project management skills to manage difficult-to-fill searches and multiple competing priorities
• Demonstrated success partnering with senior leaders and hiring managers, providing guidance and recruitment strategies.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to represent the organization professionally.
• Strong analytical skills and demonstrated experience using recruitment metrics and best practices to drive talent acquisition process improvements.
• Advanced experience with applicant tracking systems and recruitment technologies, with the ability to optimize workflows, maintain data integrity, and support process improvement initiatives.

About Smith + Andersen

Founded in 1965, Smith + Andersen has organically grown from an established reputation as a trusted engineering consulting firm, reaching new levels of engineering and design excellence in the mechanical, electrical, communications, security and audiovisual fields, and providing enhanced services such as lighting, building automation systems, and intelligent integrated systems design. Thanks to our client-focused approach, we are able to apply efficient, sustainable, and reliable design and engineering solutions on the some of the most exciting projects across Canada.

For more information about Smith + Andersen, please visit our website at www.smithandandersen.com.

Accommodation

Appropriate accommodations will be provided to candidates upon request throughout the recruitment and hiring process. Successful applicants will be advised of Smith + Andersen's accommodation policies at the time the employment offer is extended. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.

Diversity

Smith + Andersen is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates of any age, culture, subculture, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, race, ethnicity, family status, religion, mental or physical status or veteran status.

Recruitment Agencies

Smith + Andersen welcomes interest by individual applicants. For resumes or applications submitted by agencies or recruiters with which Smith + Andersen does not have an agreement in place, Smith + Andersen will not pay any referral fee. Unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies or recruiters will be deemed to have been referred without fee or other charges.

Artificial Intelligence

Smith + Andersen does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess or select applicants.