Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Megawatt Solutions, Inc. operates in the hyperscale data center construction sector. The Lead Recruiter will develop and execute recruiting strategies for operations, field, and preconstruction positions, manage full-cycle recruiting, and build qualified talent pipelines. The role partners with hiring managers and leadership while assessing candidates and monitoring recruiting activity and labor market trends.
Responsibilities
- Talent Acquisition: Develop and execute recruiting strategies to attract qualified candidates for positions across operations, field, and preconstruction, including project managers, estimators, superintendents, foremen, project engineers, and skilled field personnel
- Full-Cycle Recruiting: Manage the recruiting process from initial sourcing and candidate engagement through interviews, offer negotiation, and onboarding, ensuring an efficient and positive candidate experience
- Candidate Sourcing: Proactively identify and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn, professional networks, industry contacts, referrals, job boards, and other recruiting channels
- Hiring Manager Partnership: Partner closely with hiring managers and leadership to understand staffing requirements, develop effective recruiting strategies, establish candidate profiles, and provide regular updates on recruiting activity
- Market Intelligence: Monitor labor market conditions, compensation trends, talent availability, and competitive recruiting activity within the data center construction and low voltage cabling industries
- Candidate Assessment: Conduct initial candidate screenings and interviews to evaluate technical experience, leadership capabilities, cultural alignment, and overall fit for MWS positions
- Pipeline Development: Build and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified candidates for current and anticipated hiring needs, with particular focus on talent supporting hyperscale data center projects
- Employer Branding: Represent MWS professionally throughout the recruiting process and communicate the company’s projects, culture, career opportunities, and growth trajectory to prospective candidates
- Recruiting Reporting: Maintain accurate and timely records of recruiting activity, candidate pipelines, interview status, offers, and hiring metrics within the company’s applicant tracking system or recruiting platform
Skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage candidates, hiring managers, field leadership, and executive leadership
- Proven ability to manage multiple searches simultaneously, prioritize competing hiring needs, and consistently deliver qualified candidates in a fast-paced environment
- Strong understanding of data center construction, low voltage cabling, structured cabling, telecommunications, or related construction environments
- Demonstrated success identifying and attracting both active and passive candidates through direct sourcing, networking, referrals, and other recruiting channels
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple requisitions, candidates, interviews, and hiring processes simultaneously
- Minimum of 5 years of recruiting experience, with experience recruiting for construction, data centers, low voltage, electrical, telecommunications, or related technical industries strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience recruiting across multiple levels of an organization, including professional, operational, and field-based positions
- Demonstrated history of successfully filling complex and high-volume positions while developing strong relationships with hiring managers and candidates
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Construction Management, or a related field preferred
- Experience recruiting for construction, data centers, low voltage, electrical, telecommunications, or related technical industries strongly preferred
- Familiarity with hyperscale data center environments, structured cabling, low voltage systems, or mission-critical construction is highly preferred
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