Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and technical consulting firm providing integrated engineering and professional services. The Technical Recruiter will support hiring across engineering, architecture, construction, technology, and other technical disciplines by managing full-cycle recruiting, building talent pipelines, engaging passive candidates, and partnering with hiring managers across multiple business units and offices.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Recruiting HR Account Leader to support team needs
- Support the full recruiting lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate management, offer support, closing, and acceptance
- Build and prioritize talent pipelines in advance of hiring demand, with emphasis on hard-to-fill disciplines and geographies
- Develop sourcing strategies that extend beyond LinkedIn, including Boolean search, referrals, professional associations, competitor research, and geographic talent mapping
- Identify and engage passive technical professionals through personalized, credible outreach, and maintain those relationships to support current and future hiring needs
- Conduct thorough candidate screens assessing discipline and project experience, professional credentials, client exposure, leadership capability, career motivations, and compensation expectations
- Present qualified, diverse candidate slates with clear recommendations and supporting market context
- Deliver a responsive, professional candidate experience and partner closely with Talent Acquisition, HR, compensation, and business leadership to maintain search momentum
- Use recruiting data, including response rates, conversion, and pipeline health, to evaluate sourcing effectiveness and adjust your approach. Maintain accurate and timely records in the applicant tracking system
Skills
- Five or more years of recruiting experience within AEC, engineering consulting, construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, or another technical industry
- Demonstrated success sourcing and hiring passive, hard-to-find technical professionals across multiple disciplines, using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, referrals, professional associations, and talent-market mapping
- Ability to quickly understand technical roles and translate business requirements into focused search strategies
- Experience building proactive talent pipelines, together with strong candidate assessment, relationship management, and offer-closing skills
- Working knowledge of technical credentials such as PE, EIT, RA, LEED, CxA, and other discipline-specific certifications, or the ability to learn them quickly
- Fluency with an ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, and sourcing or talent-intelligence tools
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities with strong organization and consistent follow-through
- Sound judgment and the confidence to constructively challenge assumptions or recommend an alternative approach when market conditions warrant
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a remote environment and maintain close working relationships with hiring managers across multiple time zones
- You are genuinely interested in engineering and building systems, and you develop technical credibility with the professionals you recruit
- You take ownership of difficult searches and adjust your approach based on data and market feedback
- You work effectively across a decentralized organization with multiple offices, disciplines, and leadership styles
- You are open, direct, and respectful in how you communicate, and you take accountability for your commitments
Benefits
- Eligible for a performance bonus.
- A 401(k) match provided in company shares.
- Comprehensive benefits.
- Remote position.
- Opportunity to specialize: Develop deep expertise in specific engineering disciplines, markets, and technical talent communities.
- Room to innovate: Bring new sourcing strategies, tools, insights, and ideas to the Talent Acquisition team.
- Join an established, supermajority employee-owned firm that continues to invest in its people and future.
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