Senior Talent Acquisition Officer (freelance) – Engineering

Our client, a global leader in engineering and complex infrastructure projects, is looking for a freelance Senior Talent Acquisition Officer to be at the heart of their international operations from the headquarters in Antwerp. In this position, you will shape their future success by leading end-to-end recruitment for crucial senior engineering and project management profiles, advising hiring managers and business leaders, and helping position the company as an employer of choice in the engineering market.

Benefits

• Strategic impact & visibility: Take ownership of senior, high-stakes recruitment projects, advising business leaders and HR as a trusted expert and influencing workforce planning for complex global operations.
• Challenging international scope: Work on cross-border searches for scarce, highly educated engineering and project management profiles.
• Attractive, flexible setup: an initial 4-month assignment with extension potential, and flexibility to work full-time or part-time (3/5 or 4/5), primarily from the Antwerp HQ with home-working options after an onboarding period.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end senior recruitment: Manage the full cycle for senior and highly specialized engineering and project management roles, from intake and search strategy to offer, ensuring high-quality hires that directly support global fleet operations and complex projects.
• Drive high-level headhunting & market intelligence: Conduct in-depth market and organizational mapping, competitor analysis, salary benchmarking and proactive sourcing of scarce talent, providing clear reporting and insights that guide business and HR decisions.
• Partner with stakeholders & strengthen employer brand: Act as a strategic advisor to hiring managers and HR, coordinate with external search partners, and help reinforce the company’s employer brand among highly skilled technical professionals in the engineering market.

Requirements

• You bring proven experience in Talent Acquisition, ideally combining corporate and agency backgrounds, with a strong track record managing end-to-end recruitment processes.
• Deep sourcing & headhunting skills: You excel in identifying and engaging senior engineering talent (e.g. Civil Engineers or equivalent highly educated technical professionals), using structured market, organizational and network mapping, and reporting professionally on your activities and results.
• You are fluent in Dutch and English

If this job appeals to you please apply here or send your CV to me, Annelies De Baere, on the NonStop Consulting website or on my Linkedin. If you are not available but you know someone that would be interested, please forward this to them and help the people in your network.

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About NonStop: We are NonStop, a leading provider of staffing solutions throughout Europe and now also in the US. We’re passionate about connecting talent with opportunity and work non-stop to support our clients in hiring the best talent for their teams. Feel free to pop over to our website, NonStop Consulting (https://www.nonstopconsulting.com), for more information, to browse all our roles, or to let us know how we can help you.

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