Prime Meats is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Recruiter to support hiring across our growing, multi-site meat processing and distribution organization. In this high-impact role, you will partner directly with plant leaders and hiring managers to recruit hourly production employees, maintenance technicians, drivers, production supervisors, and other critical manufacturing talent.
We're looking for a proactive, full-cycle recruiter who understands food and meat manufacturing, knows how to find difficult-to-reach candidates, and can move hiring processes forward with urgency, organization, and sound judgment.
About the role:
What You'll Do:
- Manage full-cycle recruiting from requisition intake through offer acceptance and onboarding coordination
- Partner with hiring managers and plant leadership to understand staffing needs, hiring priorities, and position requirements
- Recruit for hourly production, warehouse, maintenance, transportation, plant leadership, and professional positions across Prime Meats' plants and distribution centers
- Generate a consistent and sufficient flow of qualified candidates to support hiring demand, maintain momentum throughout the selection process, and meet staffing goals for assigned positions
- Create, segment, and maintain ready-to-engage candidate pools by role, location, skill set, and hiring priority to support current openings and anticipated workforce needs
- Source candidates through Indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter, direct outreach, referrals, networking, trade and driving schools, community partnerships, job fairs, driver communities, veteran hiring organizations, and other creative channels
- Review resumes, conduct phone interviews, and assess candidates for technical qualifications, reliability, coachability, safety mindset, and overall fit
- Present qualified candidates with clear interview recommendations and assessment notes
- Coordinate interviews, gather hiring manager feedback, and maintain momentum throughout the hiring process
- Provide timely, professional communication to candidates at every stage
- Coordinate background checks, employment verifications, drug screenings, DOT/CDL qualification requirements, and other pre-employment requirements
- Maintain accurate applicant tracking system (ATS) records and recruiting documentation
- Track recruiting activity, pipeline health, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, source effectiveness, and other key hiring metrics
- Meet established weekly and monthly recruiting targets, including qualified candidate submissions, interviews, offers, hires, pipeline coverage, and time-to-fill expectations
- Identify recruiting bottlenecks and recommend improvements that increase hiring speed and candidate quality
- Monitor local labor markets, wage trends, competitor hiring activity, and talent availability across Prime Meats' Eastern U.S. footprint
- Support recruiting events, workforce development partnerships, and employer-branding initiatives as needed
- Ensure recruiting practices comply with federal, state, and local employment laws.
What We're Looking For:
- At least three years of full-cycle recruiting experience
- Experience recruiting within food/meat manufacturing or industrial operations
- Proven success recruiting both hourly employees and salaried professionals
- Strong sourcing skills using Indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, referrals, networking, direct outreach, and other recruiting tools
- Experience recruiting for both CDL and non-CDL positions across multiple states, with particular strength in East Coast hiring markets
- Ability to manage multiple open positions and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong interviewing, candidate assessment, and hiring manager partnership skills
- Excellent communication, organization, follow-through, and time management
- Experience using applicant tracking systems and maintaining accurate recruiting data
- Experience using AI-powered talent acquisition tools for sourcing, screening, and candidate engagement
- Knowledge of employment laws, compliant hiring practices, and pre-employment screening processes, including DOT/CDL requirements
- Professional fluency in English and Spanish is required because this position regularly communicates with candidates and employees in both languages
Preferred Experience:
- Recruiting for multi-site meat processing or food manufacturing operations
- Recruiting CDL drivers, maintenance technicians, production supervisors, or manufacturing leaders
- Supporting high-volume hourly hiring
- Building partnerships with technical schools, driving schools, workforce development organizations, veteran hiring programs, and community recruiting resources
- SHRM, HRCI, AIRS, or related recruiting certification
- What Success Looks Like
- You will be successful in this role by:
- Building strong, trusted relationships with hiring
