Job Summary
We are seeking a self-motivated, experienced Human Resources Recruiter to lead full-cycle recruiting efforts within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This position will be responsible for sourcing, attracting, evaluating, and hiring qualified candidates for maintenance, engineering, quality, skilled trades, manufacturing, and professional-level positions.
The ideal candidate is proactive, organized, results-driven, and comfortable managing both high-volume hiring and specialized technical recruitment. This role will partner closely with hiring managers, department leaders, staffing agencies, educational institutions, and community organizations to develop effective recruiting strategies and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified candidates.
The Human Resources Recruiter will manage the entire recruitment lifecycle, from workforce planning and candidate sourcing through interviews, offers, pre-employment requirements, onboarding coordination, and follow-up. Success in this role requires strong communication skills, sound judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently while supporting the company’s overall staffing and growth objectives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage full-cycle recruiting for hourly, technical, skilled-trade, engineering, administrative, and leadership positions.
- Recruit for positions including Maintenance Technicians, Equipment Maintenance Technicians, Manufacturing Engineers, Quality Engineers, Process Engineers, Quality Inspectors, Material Handlers, Production Operators, Team Leads, Supervisors, and other manufacturing-related roles.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand department staffing needs, job requirements, experience expectations, shift availability, and hiring timelines.
- Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies to identify qualified active and passive candidates.
- Source candidates through job boards, social media platforms, professional networks, employee referrals, community partnerships, staffing agencies, trade schools, colleges, and technical programs.
- Conduct candidate screenings, phone interviews, virtual interviews, and in-person interviews to evaluate qualifications, technical experience, work history, availability, compensation expectations, and overall job fit.
- Coordinate interviews between candidates and hiring managers while maintaining timely communication throughout the selection process.
- Prepare and extend employment offers, negotiate compensation when appropriate, and communicate pre-employment and onboarding requirements.
- Coordinate background checks, drug screenings, reference checks, employment verifications, and other required pre-employment processes.
- Maintain accurate candidate records, interview notes, hiring documentation, and applicant statuses within the applicant tracking system.
- Build and maintain qualified talent pipelines for frequently hired and difficult-to-fill positions.
- Manage high-volume recruiting campaigns while maintaining quality, accuracy, responsiveness, and a positive candidate experience.
- Monitor recruiting metrics, including time-to-fill, source effectiveness, offer acceptance rates, candidate conversion rates, vacancy levels, and hiring progress.
- Provide regular recruiting updates and staffing reports to HR leadership and department management.
- Ensure job postings, interview practices, candidate selection, offers, and hiring processes comply with company policies and applicable employment laws.
- Promote equal employment opportunity and consistent, job-related hiring practices throughout the recruitment process.
- Assist with new-hire orientation, onboarding activities, employee engagement initiatives, and other HR projects as assigned.
- Maintain confidentiality of candidate, employee, compensation, and company information.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field preferred.
- Three or more years of recruiting experience, preferably within manufacturing, engineering, automotive, industrial, warehouse, logistics, or technical environments.
- Demonstrated experience recruiting Maintenance Technicians, Engineers, Quality Inspectors, skilled trades, manufacturing employees, or similar technical positions.
- Proven experience managing full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection, offer preparation, pre-employment processing, and onboarding coordination.
- Experience managing both high-volume recruitment and specialized technical recruitment.
- Strong candidate sourcing and talent-pipeline development skills.
- Experience using applicant tracking systems, HRIS platforms, job boards, and social media recruiting tools.
- Working knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws related to recruitment, selection, equal employment opportunity, recordkeeping, and hiring compliance.
- Strong interviewing, negotiation, relationship-building, and candidate-assessment skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple openings, candidates, deadlines, and shifting business priorities.
- Ability to work independently, take initiative, solve problems, and follow through on commitments with limited supervision.
- High level of professionalism, discretion, urgency, and attention to detail.
- Ability to work effectively with employees and leaders from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous recruiting experience in a 24/7 manufacturing or production environment.
- Experience recruiting for multiple shifts, including day, night, weekend, and rotating schedules.
- Experience recruiting for semiconductor, solar, automotive, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, or industrial maintenance operations.
- Bilingual communication skills are a plus.
Core Competencies
- Self-motivated and results-oriented
- Strong sense of urgency
- Candidate and customer-focused
- Relationship management
- Technical recruiting knowledge
- High-volume recruiting capability
- Interviewing and candidate assessment
- Negotiation and influencing skills
- Organization and time management
- Confidentiality and professional judgment
- Adaptability in a fast-paced environment
- Employment law and hiring compliance awareness
Work Environment
This position operates within both an office and manufacturing environment. The Recruiter may be required to visit production areas, attend hiring events, travel locally to recruitment activities, and adjust working hours occasionally to support candidates and hiring managers across multiple shifts.
The position may require extended periods of sitting, computer use, telephone communication, walking throughout the facility, and standing during recruiting events.
Why Join Our Team
This is an opportunity to play a key role in building a skilled and dependable workforce within a growing manufacturing organization. The Human Resources Recruiter will have the ability to shape recruiting strategies, strengthen community and educational partnerships, improve the candidate experience, and directly support the company’s operational success.
We are looking for a recruiter who does more than post positions and wait for applications. The right candidate will actively search for talent, build relationships, understand the positions they are recruiting for, and take ownership of hiring results from beginning to end.
Pay: From $22.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
