Michael Baker International is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to join our Talent Acquisition team in support of our growing Water business. In this role, you will play a critical part in identifying, attracting, and hiring exceptional talent across our Water practice, partnering directly with business leaders to support hiring initiatives that drive growth and project success.
As a trusted talent advisor, you will influence recruitment strategy, provide market intelligence, and deliver an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience while helping build the next generation of Water professionals at Michael Baker.
What You'll Do
Lead Full-Cycle Recruiting
- Manage end-to-end recruitment for professional, technical, engineering, and corporate positions supporting the Water business.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand talent needs and develop targeted recruitment strategies.
- Drive a seamless candidate experience from initial outreach through offer acceptance.
Build Talent Pipelines
- Develop proactive sourcing strategies to identify and engage top talent, including candidates with water/wastewater and environmental engineering experience.
- Leverage LinkedIn Recruiter, applicant tracking systems, networking, referrals, and other sourcing channels.
- Build and maintain talent communities for critical and recurring hiring needs.
Partner with Business Leaders
- Serve as a strategic advisor to Water hiring managers and business stakeholders.
- Provide insights on labor market conditions, talent availability, compensation trends, and recruitment best practices.
- Influence hiring decisions with data-driven recommendations and market intelligence.
- Conduct talent strategy discussions with leaders to anticipate future hiring needs and develop proactive recruiting plans.
Deliver Results Through Innovation
- Utilize recruiting metrics and analytics to drive improved hiring outcomes.
- Continuously explore new sourcing tools, technologies, and talent attraction strategies.
- Support employer branding, diversity recruiting, and talent acquisition initiatives.
- Share best practices and innovative recruiting approaches across the Talent Acquisition team.
Ensure Excellence and Compliance
- Maintain compliance with all applicable employment laws, policies, and recruiting procedures.
- Document recruiting activities within company systems and ensure data integrity.
- Champion a high-quality, professional candidate and hiring manager experience.
- Ensure consistent and effective use of recruiting tools, processes, and reporting.
What You Bring
- 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including experience recruiting within the water/wastewater, environmental, engineering, or civil infrastructure sectors.
- Demonstrated success recruiting highly specialized engineering and technical talent in competitive markets.
- Strong consultative skills with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels of the organization.
- Expertise in sourcing passive talent and developing innovative recruiting strategies.
- Experience using applicant tracking systems, CRM platforms, and LinkedIn Recruiter.
- Strong communication, organizational, and project management skills.
- A data-driven mindset and passion for continuous improvement.
- Ability to manage multiple searches and priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Oracle Recruiting Cloud (ORC) or other enterprise ATS platforms.
- Professional certifications such as AIRS, SHRM, HRCI, or LinkedIn Recruiter certifications.
- Experience supporting engineering, consulting, or professional services organizations.
- Knowledge of recruiting trends and talent markets within the water and environmental industries.
Compensation
The approximate compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $130,000. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.
Why Choose Us
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability
- Professional and personal development
- Generous paid time off
- Commuter and wellness benefits
THIS POSTING IS FOR A CURRENT VACANCY AND MICHAEL BAKER INTENDS TO FILL THIS POSITION BY December 30, 2026.
Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management, has been solving some of the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges for more than 85 years with a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity.
Based in Pittsburgh and with over 100 offices nationwide, we partner with clients on everything from roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and airports, to water treatment plants, arctic oil pipelines, environmental restoration and specialized overseas construction. We serve as a trusted adviser to the communities we serve, making them safer, more accessible, more sustainable and more prosperous.
We provide visionary leadership in facilitating transformational change for our clients. Our work delivers differentiating innovations and dedicated experts who challenge the status quo and share a world of diverse experience and an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit. We deliver quality of life.
We Make a Difference.
Michael Baker International is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Michael Baker International provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. Michael Baker International maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, familial status, pregnancy or childbirth, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, status with regard to public assistance, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or any other legally protected status.
EEO is the Law. Applicants to and employees of Michael Baker International are protected under Federal law from discrimination.
*It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
*There is no current application deadline. Michael Baker will continue to accept applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or no longer needed.
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Michael Baker International understands that people require choices in where they want to begin to build a sustainable future. For more than 80 years, Michael Baker International has maintained an entrepreneurial work environment that fosters great careers, which ultimately has brought great success to the organization. Michael Baker offers many opportunities to help you grow professionally to build your career. Whether it is in Finance, IT, Human Resources, Technology, Communications, Proposal Development, Legal or our National Practice and Market segments, take your next step with us and help make a difference in the lives of those you work with and those we serve.
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