Established in 2022, RealCold was founded to address the unmet needs of the food cold chain sector. By combining high-growth strategic locations, state-of-the-art facilities, and exhaustive offerings that include traditional storage programs and diverse value-added services (including DTC), the company has positioned itself as a collaborative and integrated provider for food retailers, producers, and distributors. This mission is reinforced through its highly bespoke solutioning and customer-centric approach. The RealCold platform operates a national, omni-channel network, inclusive traditional storage offerings, as well as comprehensive direct-to-consumer program, which can reach the majority of U.S. consumers within 1- or 2-day ground service.
At RealCold, you're more than an employee—you’re part of a team that's building the future of cold chain logistics. We invest in our people by providing opportunities to learn, grow, and advance while fostering a culture built on integrity, accountability, safety, and continuous improvement. Build your career with a company that's growing—and helping its people grow along with it. If you're ready to grow your career with a company that's growing too, we'd love to meet you.
Role Overview:
The Talent Acquisition Partner is responsible for the full-cycle recruitment of hourly positions across the company, including sourcing, outreach, screening, interviewing, and tracking candidates to fill current and future staffing needs. This role is accountable for building and maintaining a strong pipeline of qualified candidates to reduce time to fill and ensure a continuous flow of talent for high-volume positions.
The Talent Acquisition Partner proactively develops and executes recruiting strategies through a variety of channels, including job boards, social media, community outreach, employee referrals, hiring events, workforce development organizations, and college and technical school partnerships. The role is responsible for establishing relationships with local trade schools, workforce agencies, and community organizations to create talent pipelines for entry-level and early-career opportunities while promoting the company's employment brand.
Working collaboratively with hiring managers and People Operations, the Talent Acquisition Partner ensures all recruiting activities are conducted efficiently, consistently, and in compliance with company policies and applicable federal, state, and local employment laws. This position serves as a trusted recruiting partner by providing timely communication, maintaining accurate applicant tracking system (ATS) records, coordinating interviews, and delivering exceptional candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
The Talent Acquisition Partner plays a critical role in supporting the organization's growth by identifying and attracting top hourly talent, proactively engaging passive candidates, monitoring recruiting metrics, and continuously identifying opportunities to improve recruitment effectiveness. This position contributes to a high-performing People Operations team through professionalism, accountability, strong customer service, and a commitment to achieving hiring goals while supporting the company's culture and values.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the full-cycle recruitment process for hourly positions from requisition approval through offer acceptance and onboarding.
- Review all new applicants within 24 hours and disposition candidates promptly within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
- Source qualified candidates using job boards, social media, employee referrals, networking, community outreach and other recruiting channels.
- Conduct proactive outreach to passive candidates through phone calls, text messaging, email, and social media to build talent pipelines.
- Develop and maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates for current and future hiring needs.
- Screen resumes and conduct phone interviews to evaluate candidates' qualifications, experience, and cultural fit.
- Coordinate interviews between candidates and hiring managers and ensure timely communication throughout the hiring process.
- Extend employment offers and manage the pre-employment process, including background checks, drug screenings, and onboarding requirements.
- Build and maintain relationships with hiring managers to understand staffing needs, workforce planning, and position requirements.
- Provide hiring managers with regular updates on recruiting activity, candidate pipelines, and hiring progress.
- Maintain accurate and timely candidate records and recruiting activity within the ATS.
- Prepare and distribute weekly recruiting reports to leadership.
- Conduct regular outreach to temporary associates eligible for conversion and partner with operations leaders to identify conversion opportunities.
- Develop recruiting strategies to attract qualified hourly talent in competitive labor markets.
- Represent the company at job fairs, hiring events, community events, workforce development programs, and industry networking opportunities.
- Establish and maintain relationships with local colleges, universities, technical schools, trade schools, military transition programs, and workforce development organizations to build early-career talent pipelines.
- Coordinate and participate in campus recruiting events, career fairs, classroom presentations, internships, apprenticeships, and other workforce development initiatives.
- Build partnerships with community organizations, workforce boards, veterans' organizations, and local employment agencies to expand candidate sourcing efforts.
- Promote the company's employment brand through social media, recruiting campaigns, and community engagement.
- Ensure an exceptional candidate experience through timely communication, professionalism, and consistent follow-up.
- Ensure all recruiting activities comply with company policies and applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
- Identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, increase efficiency, and reduce time to fill.
- Support special recruiting initiatives, workforce planning projects, and People Operations programs as assigned.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field preferred; equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
- Minimum of three (3) years of recruiting experience, preferably supporting high-volume hourly recruiting.
- Experience recruiting within manufacturing, distribution, logistics, warehousing, transportation, or industrial environments preferred.
- Experience using an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and Human Resources Information System (HRIS).
- Experience with college recruiting, workforce development programs, and community outreach preferred.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) highly desired
Knowledge
- Knowledge of full-cycle recruiting principles, practices, and sourcing strategies.
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws related to recruitment and hiring, including Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), ADA, FLSA, OFCCP and applicable hiring regulations.
- Knowledge of applicant tracking systems, recruiting technologies, and recruiting metrics.
- Understanding of recruiting best practices, candidate engagement, and employment branding.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and Teams.
- Familiarity with social media recruiting platforms such as Indeed, Zip Recruiter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Skills and Abilities
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills with the ability to establish credibility with candidates, hiring managers, educational institutions, and community partners.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple requisitions and competing priorities simultaneously.
- Demonstrated ability to proactively source and attract qualified candidates through multiple recruiting channels.
- Ability to build and maintain talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
- Strong interviewing and candidate assessment skills.
- Ability to analyze recruiting metrics and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to maintain accurate records and documentation.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and maintain confidentiality.
- Strong customer service orientation with a commitment to providing a positive candidate and hiring manager experience.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a team environment.
- Ability to adapt quickly to changing business needs and hiring priorities.
- Demonstrated initiative, accountability, and a results-oriented approach to achieving recruiting goals.
Position Requirements
- Ability to manage multiple open requisitions while meeting established recruiting timelines.
- Ability to review and disposition applicants within established service-level expectations.
- Ability to travel to company facilities, career fairs, colleges, workforce agencies, and community recruiting events as needed.
- Ability to occasionally work outside of normal business hours to support hiring events, career fairs, or business needs.
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation, if travel is required.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with professionalism and discretion.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Commitment to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity throughout the recruitment process.
Physical Work Environment:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in a cold storage facility which may require some exposure to low temperatures. This job may involve occasional exposure to some disagreeable elements such as dust, noise, etc. May be subject to various noise levels, at times, can be loud. Environment may be fast paced at times.
Physical Requirements:
This is not an all-inclusive list but is intended to give an overview of the requirements for this position. Reasonable accommodation will be provided under appropriate circumstances and in accordance with applicable law. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to:
- Continually: Sit, walk, speak, and hear
- Continually: Type, write, and read
- Occasionally: Stand, carry, lift push and reach up to 15 lbs.
Work Requirements:
- Work hours may very depend on deadlines and needs of the company.
- Typical workweeks are the standard 40 hours.
- Environment may be fast paced and stressful.
- Travel: 20%
When you join RealCold, you'll find:
- Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits
- Career growth and leadership development opportunities
- A safety-first culture where every employee matters
- A collaborative team that values your ideas and contributions
- Meaningful work with a fast-growing industry leader
RealCold is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We believe in providing employment opportunities to all Team Members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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