Talent Acquisition Specialist

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.

Are you interested in joining an awesome global talent acquisition function? Working as part of a team of passionate and experienced recruiters.

Does an innovative and growing organisation appeal to you, where the products truly make a difference to lives?

Would you like to join a business area, where growth and creativity is at the heart of their work?

If so, then this role of Talent Acquisition Specialist may be just for you! We are recruiting for a Recruiter onsite at our Prelouc manufacturing facility. A brand new and varied role, where you can make a real difference to the Novanta Medical business. Find out more below...

Talent Acquisition Specialist / Recruiter

Hybrid working options available

Who are we?

Novanta is a global organization with offices located throughout Europe, The Americas and Asia Pacific. Novanta is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ under symbol NOVT.

Novanta Medical:

In Přelouč, patient health is a top priority for us. We manufacture innovative all-in-one tube systems for minimally invasive medicine.

These connect patients to insufflators or pumps – medical technology devices also manufactured by Novanta – to enable medical gases and liquids to flow smoothly during a surgical procedure. All tube systems are developed by us in conjunction with doctors.

We manufacture them in our own cleanroom and pack them carefully – a fascinating process laden with responsibility. Maybe one day soon, we’ll be able to count on your help.

Job Summary:

As Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will be responsible for managing the sourcing of talent and the recruitment process for a variety of positions including Direct Labor, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Quality for our Novanta site in Přelouč.

You will source candidates through various channels, conduct screening interviews, plan interviews, test days and selection procedures and educate your hiring managers on the market data. This will entail creating strong talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.

Primary Responsibilities:

Partner closely with hiring managers and the human resource business partners to identify candidate search criteria for assigned jobs.

Recruit/attract qualified candidates through the full cycle recruiting process.

Source potential candidates through online and in-person channels (e.g. social platforms and professional networks or networking events).

Conduct candidate screening interviews.

Schedule and staff the testing days for assembly worker positions.

Plan the interview and selection procedures, including management of the success profile and candidate score card, telephone and/or video interviews, in-person interviews and overall recruitment process.

Expand the number of underrepresented candidate groups in each search funnel.

Maintain candidate information, including resumes and contact details, using our Workday Applicant Tracking System.

Support employer branding initiatives in the Prelouc region like organizing and distributing leaflets for special campaigns.

Required Experience, Education, Skills and Competencies:

Experience of working within a talent acquisition or recruitment role.

Fluent Czech and English language on a good conversational level is a must. (German is a plus.)

Sourcing talent for manufacturing or other high-volume position types is preferred.

Proficiency in utilising LinkedIn Recruiter tool.

Experience building diverse candidate pipelines for underrepresented candidate groups in the market.

Skilled in using market data to influence recruiting strategy with hiring managers.

Excellent computer skills in a Microsoft Windows environment. (Experience with Workday ATS is a plus).

Travel Requirements

Less than 15%

What do we offer?

A modern site with the stability of a multinational company

Quarterly bonuses

A total of 5 weeks of vacation, factory holiday

Benefit card contribution

Contribution for pension insurance

Further education and the possibility of career development

Canteen meals - FREE lunch/dinner

Possibility to participate in company events.

Hybrid working mode (2 days work from home possible).

Interested in joining our highly innovative and growing global team? Feel free to reach out to Rebecca Dunne to discuss further.

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

Please call if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.

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