Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CareerAve is seeking an experienced Contract Recruiter specializing in engineering and manufacturing operations roles. The role manages full-cycle recruiting, builds technical talent pipelines, partners with hiring managers, conducts technical screenings, supports candidate experience, and maintains accurate recruitment data.
Responsibilities
- Full-Cycle Recruiting: Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, including job intake briefings, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer negotiation
- Proactive Sourcing: Utilize LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean searches, niche job boards, and market mapping to target and engage passive technical talent
- Stakeholder Partnership: Act as a trusted recruitment advisor to engineering managers, providing market insights, interview feedback, and weekly pipeline updates
- Technical Screening: Conduct competency and behavioral-based interviews to assess candidates' technical abilities, problem-solving skills, and cultural fit within a fast-paced plant or production environment
- Candidate Experience: Deliver a high-touch, responsive experience for all applicants from initial outreach to onboarding
- Data Integrity: Maintain accurate candidate tracking and workflow notes
Skills
- 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with at least 5+ years specifically focused on recruiting Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, or Production Engineers
- Comfortable reading technical resumes, understanding engineering terminology, and grasping core manufacturing principles (e.g., lean manufacturing, automation, or CNC/PLC environments)
- Proven experience working directly with hiring managers and senior leaders to guide hiring strategies
- Strong hands-on experience with modern Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and advanced sourcing tools like LinkedIn Recruiter
- Exceptional communication, organization, and time-management skills to balance high-volume pipelines
- Previous experience working within an RPO environment, corporate manufacturing sector, or technical staffing agency
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or an Engineering-related field
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