Talent Acquisition Specialist – Electrical, Mechanical & Service Trades
Locations: Richmond, VA | DMV Region | Multiple Locations
Salary: $75,000–$80,000 annually, based on experience
Job Type: Full-time
About KODIAK Construction Talent Solutions
KODIAK Construction Talent Solutions is a specialized recruiting and staffing partner serving the commercial and industrial construction industries. We connect skilled professionals with leading organizations across the electrical, mechanical, service, and construction trades.
About the Role
KODIAK is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist with a strong focus on electrical, mechanical, HVAC, plumbing, maintenance, and service trades to support recruiting across multiple locations and markets.
This position is ideal for an experienced agency recruiter who understands skilled trades recruiting, knows how to identify and qualify technical talent, and can operate with urgency in a high-volume environment. The Talent Acquisition Specialist will serve as a recruiting partner to the broader team, helping generate qualified candidates, maintain active talent pipelines, and support hiring needs from initial outreach through placement and onboarding.
The successful candidate will be expected to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and consistently deliver qualified candidates while maintaining accurate ATS records and a strong candidate experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Source, recruit, screen, and engage skilled trades professionals, including service technicians, HVAC technicians, electricians, mechanics, plumbers, maintenance technicians, sheet metal professionals, and other electrical and mechanical trades
- Manage recruiting activity from initial sourcing and qualification through interview coordination, offer, placement, and onboarding support
- Support high-volume recruiting needs across multiple projects, clients, locations, and labor markets
- Build and maintain active candidate pipelines by trade, skill set, location, and experience level
- Conduct initial qualification conversations to assess technical experience, work history, location, compensation expectations, availability, certifications, and overall fit
- Identify candidates who meet established client and position requirements and effectively communicate qualified candidates to recruiters and hiring managers
- Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to understand current and upcoming workforce needs and adjust sourcing strategies accordingly
- Utilize ATS platforms, job boards, referrals, social media, databases, and proactive outbound recruiting to identify talent
- Conduct candidate reactivation and follow-up campaigns with previous applicants, former employees, referrals, and existing talent pools
- Coordinate interviews, confirmations, reminders, and candidate follow-up throughout the recruiting process
- Maintain accurate candidate records, notes, statuses, and documentation within the ATS
- Identify and eliminate duplicate candidate records while maintaining strong data integrity
- Support onboarding by tracking required documentation, I-9 completion, drug screens, and other pre-employment requirements
- Assist with maintaining current job postings and ensuring postings accurately reflect position requirements, compensation, location, and recruiter ownership
- Maintain consistent communication with candidates throughout the recruiting and onboarding process
- Provide candidate care and follow-up with new hires and active employees to support engagement and retention
- Monitor local labor markets, compensation trends, candidate availability, and competitive hiring activity within skilled trades
- Collaborate with the recruiting team to ensure coverage of changing hiring demands and emerging spikes in client needs
Recruiting Performance Expectations
Success in this role will be measured by both activity and quality, including:
- Consistent daily applicant and resume review
- Meaningful outbound candidate sourcing and qualification activity
- Qualified candidate generation and recruiter interview volume
- Strong pipeline development by trade and market
- Timely follow-up with candidates and hiring teams
- Accurate and complete ATS documentation
- Timely and accurate onboarding support
- Job posting compliance and maintenance
- Quality of candidates submitted relative to client requirements
- Ability to respond quickly when hiring needs increase or change
Qualifications
- 5+ years of recruiting experience
- Agency recruiting experience required
- Proven experience recruiting for electrical, mechanical, HVAC, plumbing, service, maintenance, construction, or other skilled trades
- Demonstrated success managing multiple requisitions and high-volume hiring needs
- Strong sourcing, screening, qualification, candidate management, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to independently evaluate resumes and determine whether candidates meet established job requirements
- Strong understanding of skilled trades terminology, job functions, certifications, and experience requirements
- Experience using ATS platforms, job boards, sourcing tools, CRM systems, and other recruiting technology
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work with urgency in a fast-paced, results-driven environment
- Ability to work collaboratively as a recruiting resource for the entire recruiting team
- Ability to support recruiting activity across multiple locations and labor markets
Preferred Experience
- Commercial or industrial construction recruiting
- HVAC or mechanical service recruiting
- Electrical recruiting
- Plumbing recruiting
- Facilities or maintenance recruiting
- Experience recruiting technicians for service and field-based positions
- Established network within the construction and skilled trades talent market
- Experience supporting multiple recruiters, clients, and hiring managers simultaneously
Compensation
$75,000–$80,000 annually, based on experience
Why Join KODIAK?
If you are an experienced agency recruiter who understands the skilled trades and enjoys building relationships, solving hiring challenges, and delivering measurable recruiting results, KODIAK offers an opportunity to play a critical role in building strong talent pipelines for our clients.
You will be part of a collaborative recruiting team where urgency, accountability, candidate quality, and consistent execution matter.
Pay: $70,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Do you have experience recruiting service technicians? (HVAC/Mechanical/ Electrical).
Experience:
- recruiting : 3 years (Required)
- Direct hire/placement: 3 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
