Talent Acquisition Specialist - LALNG

About Woodside

We know great results come from our people feeling valued, getting the support they need to reach their full potential and working in a positive work environment. We recognise that enduring, meaningful relationships with communities are fundamental to maintaining our licence to operate.

Technology and innovation are essential to our long-term sustainability. We are growing our carbon and new energy businesses using technology to reduce emissions and the carbon footprint of our products. We are working to improving energy efficiency, offset emissions, reduce emissions intensity and explore options for lower-carbon energy. Woodside led the development of the LNG industry in Australia and is applying this same pioneering spirit to solving future energy challenges globally.

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About the Role

We are seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our International Talent Acquisition Team to support our Louisiana LNG recruitment activities, as well as across the U.S., Mexico, and Senegal operations.  In this role, you will be responsible for managing the full-cycle recruitment process to attract, engage, and hire top talent across various departments. You will work closely with hiring managers and HR partners to understand staffing needs and help build a strong employer brand through strategic sourcing and a seamless candidate experience. You will be able to achieve this through your excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to guide and influence to achieve outcomes, and underpinned by your market knowledge and by your demonstrated excellent service delivery.

We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and pays steadfast attention to detail.  The candidate is self-motivated and can adapt to ambiguity and can demonstrate success in agile ways of working. If you can make informed decisions, remove roadblocks, and collaborate across senior leaders to meet objectives, we invite you to join us. 

This is a 24-month Fixed Term role.

Duties and Responsibilities

This role offers the ability to work across a fully integrated HR function where you will be able to guide and influence hiring decisions, have access to senior leaders and executives, and directly impact culture by hiring the people who share our vision.

On a day-to-day basis you will carry out the full range of TA responsibilities from job brief, advertising, pro-actively sourcing and screening candidates, interview, due diligence, offer and acceptance.

Amongst other activities you will also get the opportunity to engage in brand-building activities and attend events on behalf of Woodside.

Stakeholder/Client Engagement   

• Support the development of recruiting processes and strategies.   
• Apply deep knowledge of business and hiring managers' needs (e.g., time to hire, location, compensation) and use this knowledge to guide the development of end-to-end hiring plans aligned to the needs of the business group.   
• Consults on critical talent needs and opportunities. Present and frame information in a way that speaks to the needs of the business, and influences leaders to embrace differentiated and alternative types of talent.

Data Analysis & Hiring Plans   

• Analyze relevant data and trends to provide insight and set plans to meet hiring goals. Lead the implementation of a hiring plan for complex organizations or talent pools that addresses both business demand and availability of talent for short-term and long-term needs. 

Candidate Attraction 

• Uses deep knowledge of competitor opportunities to differentiate Woodside’s unique career possibilities, advantages, and rewards and leverages a consistent, compelling message that conveys the most significant motivators to prospective candidates.
• Pro-actively source candidates for a variety of roles by maintaining talent pools and customized talent searches.

• Develop compensation packages for preferred candidate within Rewards Framework.
• Own the candidate experience and prepare candidates for the next phase of the process.

Operational Compliance & Excellence   

• Maintain current documentation on candidates’ qualifications and status in the appropriate staffing or tracking system, within compliance guidelines (e.g., OFCCP , GDPR). Captures relevant data in recruiting platform and leverages data to inform meaningful insights 

Skills and Experience

We are looking for an experienced recruiter, preferably with client-side / owner / operator type organization, but we are open to considering people with other in-house experiences.

Experience in full end to end recruitment process, with an ability to build high-trust relationships with all stakeholders.

Demonstrated experience in sourcing candidates in a tight market.

Desired experiences:

• 5-10 year’s experience as a full cycle recruiter required.
• Experience recruiting LNG candidates preferred
• Knowledge of a range of professional roles (e.g. engineering, project controls, finance, legal etc)
• Experience with Search tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter
• SuccessFactors, or other large ERP systems
• Bachelors Degree required.  Degree qualifications in HR, Psych or similar would be a benefit, but not essential.

Recognition and Reward

What you can expect from us:

·        Commitment to your ongoing development, including on-the-job opportunities, formal programs and coaching

·        Industry-leading 18 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer, and maintenance of superannuation or retirement benefits at the current rate during any period of unpaid parental leave for up to 24 months (plus secondary carer leave entitlements)

·        Values led culture with a focus on creating a psychologically and physically safe work environment

·        Active employee-led working groups driving initiatives to build an inclusive culture.

·        A competitive remuneration package featuring performance-based incentives

Applications close at 11:59pm AWST on July 24, 2026.

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Please note Woodside Energy will only accept direct candidate applications. We do not accept applications from Recruitment Agencies. 

Woodside Energy is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including

providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability.  Applicants with a

physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the

application or hiring process may contact HREnquiries@woodside.com.au or (713) 297-6529.

Woodside Energy provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and

applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type

without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national

origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by

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