Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. FST Technical Services is seeking an experienced Technical Recruiter to support growth of its Commissioning organization. The role owns full-cycle recruiting and develops talent pipelines for commissioning engineering professionals in mission-critical facilities, data centers, and complex construction environments.
Responsibilities
- Manage full-cycle recruiting for commissioning engineering positions ranging from field-level engineers through senior technical and project management leadership roles
- Recruit Electrical Commissioning Engineers, Mechanical Commissioning Engineers, Commissioning Project Engineers, Commissioning Project Managers, Lead Commissioning Engineers, and other mission-critical technical professionals
- Develop targeted sourcing strategies for difficult-to-fill commissioning positions within the data center and mission-critical facility construction markets
- Proactively identify and recruit passive candidates rather than relying primarily on inbound applicants
- Build and maintain pipelines of commissioning professionals for current projects and anticipated future project needs
- Source candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, industry networks, referrals, technical organizations, job boards, internal databases, and direct outreach
- Conduct detailed recruiter screens to evaluate commissioning experience, technical background, project history, leadership capabilities, travel requirements, compensation expectations, and overall fit
- Understand the difference between general MEP construction experience and true commissioning, startup, testing, and functional verification experience
- Partner closely with Commissioning leadership and hiring managers to understand project requirements, staffing forecasts, technical competencies, and hiring priorities
- Develop strong relationships with candidates working within the mission-critical and data center construction community
- Maintain accurate candidate, requisition, activity, and hiring information within the applicant tracking system
- Manage candidates throughout the recruiting process and maintain consistent communication from initial contact through offer acceptance and onboarding transition
- Track recruiting activity and performance against established metrics, including pipeline development, candidate submissions, interviews, hires, time-to-fill, and retention
- Represent FST professionally in a highly competitive technical talent market
Skills
- 5+ years of technical recruiting experience within engineering
- With direct experience in construction engineering, commissioning, mission-critical facilities, and data center environments
- Demonstrated success recruiting electrical and/or mechanical engineers with commissioning backgrounds
- Direct experience recruiting within the data center, mission-critical, advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, or similarly complex facility construction markets
- Strong understanding of the commissioning lifecycle and the professionals involved in bringing complex facilities from construction through startup and operational readiness
- Demonstrated ability to identify and engage passive technical candidates
- Experience managing multiple specialized technical searches simultaneously
- Strong candidate assessment and interviewing skills
- Experience partnering directly with engineering, construction, operations, or project leadership
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with applicant tracking systems and modern recruiting/sourcing platforms, including LinkedIn Recruiter
- Familiarity with recruiting professionals experienced with some combination of the following:
- Medium- and low-voltage electrical distribution
- Switchgear and switchboards
- UPS systems
- Emergency and standby generators
- Automatic transfer switches
- PDUs and RPPs
- EPMS
- Electrical testing and startup
- Integrated Systems Testing (IST)
- Chilled-water systems
- Chillers and cooling towers
- CRAH/CRAC equipment
- Air-handling systems
- Pumps and hydronic systems
- HVAC controls
- BAS/BMS
- Mechanical startup and functional performance testing
- Levels 1-5 commissioning
- Pre-functional and functional performance testing
- Equipment startup
- Systems verification
- Integrated Systems Testing
- MEP commissioning
- Construction turnover and closeout
- Data center commissioning
- Hyperscale and mission-critical facility construction
Benefits
- Performance-based opportunity
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Remote work environment
- Opportunity to recruit for major mission-critical and technically complex construction projects
- Direct partnership with senior recruiting and operational leadership
- Opportunity to help shape and strengthen FST's national commissioning recruiting strategy
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