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Talent Acquisition Specialist - Reading

🏢 Stantec • 📍 Reading, England • 🕒 Sep 14, 2026
Salary Range
£28,837 - £38,539
£2,403 - £3,212 / mo

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Reading, England
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Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

  • Join an established, well regarded, national Talent Acquisition team
  • Location: Birmingham or Reading - hybrid working

Our UK & Ireland business has quickly grown over the last 2 years. We have recently undertaken a significant acquisition for our UK business, and we continue to grow organically, which is supported by our fantastic Talent Acquisition team. We currently have over 2,500 talented professionals across our UK & Ireland business with further ambitious plans to grow over the coming years.

We have an opportunity for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our team. The role will primarily involve recruiting for our industry-leading Water sector teams. You will recruit across a wide range of positions including technical engineering, specialist consultancy and functional support. This is a hands-on role where you will work closely with hiring managers across the business, advising on best practice and recruiting across multidisciplinary business lines. You will devise direct sourcing strategies and assist in the development of our candidate pipelines and talent communities for future requirements.

To take a look at what some of our existing workforce says about life at Stantec in our UK & Ireland business please click:

Stantec Careers

About You

You are currently a recruiting professional, potentially in an agency environment looking to move in-house or perhaps you’re currently an in-house recruiter looking to further develop your career.

It’s critical that you are a confident communicator with the proven ability to successfully manage and influence your hiring managers. You are highly organised with the proven ability to manage high volume, direct sourcing recruitment. You pride yourself on being responsive, with strong attention to detail.

So why join us?

This is an opportunity to join a collaborative group of recruiters with a great team spirit. You will enjoy a supportive culture where you will be empowered in an autonomous and non-KPI’d environment. You will be given the opportunity to develop your own skills set and gain experience within a reputable, public listed global engineering firm.

We offer a great working environment with a good blend of office and home working. You will have access to great benefits such as a good pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance, and a range of flexible benefits such as bike to work scheme's, retail and gym membership discounts and much more.

About Stantec

Stantec is a professional services firm. Our team of 25,000 global experts provides engineering, architecture, environmental, and project management services across all phases of the project life cycle.

We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

From large-scale developments to challenging neighbourhood projects, we stretch across our global network to learn from others, offer our support, and gain new experiences along the way. So while we work to help the communities around us thrive, our own people thrive too.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

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Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

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Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Architectural & Engineering Services

Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Talent Acquisition Specialist - Reading roles across Stantec's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Architectural & Engineering Services.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £28,837 - £38,539 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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