Associate Recruiter

Butterball; Mount Olive (NC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Butterball is seeking a Recruiter to source, screen, and hire candidates for entry to mid-level roles across multiple facilities. You will support full-cycle recruitment, maintain candidate experience, and ensure compliance with internal policies and laws.

Join a team focused on safety, integrity, and continuous improvement while developing talent pipelines for current and future needs. The role involves collaboration with HR and hiring managers in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 1+ year of recruitment or related experience.

Responsibilities

• Understand hiring needs with HR and hiring manager and align criteria with the job description.
• Create a recruitment plan to meet organization needs and develop talent pipelines.
• Source candidates using job boards, social media, and internal databases; conduct screening, interviews, and offers.
• Schedule and coordinate interviews and ensure clear communication with candidates and teams.
• Provide guidance to candidates and hiring panels; gather feedback and extend offers.
• Maintain records in ATS and HRIS and support pre-boarding activities.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Customer service

Time management

Multitasking

Discretion

Collaboration

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

ATS

HRIS

SAP

UKG

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Responsible for sourcing, screening, recruiting, and hiring candidates for entry to mid-level roles for a location, such as non-exempt, maintenance, technicians, clerks, etc. Gains exposure to full-cycle recruitment processes and contributes to attracting, retaining, and engaging a talent workforce. Ensures compliance with all internal policies, regulations, and laws. Ensures quality candidate and hiring manager experience.

At Butterball, we exist to help people pass love on. As the most recognized name in turkey, the brand represents more than 60 years of cherished memories, providing quality, great tasting products that make meals something to celebrate every day. We proudly believe that life at Butterball means having a team who supports you, having the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, and making an impact on the health of others daily.

Whether you choose to work at one of our five (5) manufacturing facilities in NC, AR, MO, farms in AR, NC, and KS, corporate office in NC, IL, or in the field, we believe we have an opportunity for everyone to succeed. At Butterball, we believe in fostering a culture where every team member is valued, has the opportunity to grow professionally and contribute to our success. Join us in our Purpose and apply for an opportunity today!

Key Responsibilities

• Works closely with the human resources (HR) team and hiring manager to understand hiring needs and identify selection criteria that are aligned with the job description.
• Creates a recruitment plan to ensure quality candidates meet the organization’s needs. Assists with developing talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Utilizes job boards, social media platforms, and internal databases to identify potential candidates. Conducts initial candidate review, screening, onsite interviews, and extends offers.
• Schedules and coordinates interviews ensuring prompt and effective communication with candidates, hiring team, and internal partners.
• Answers questions and provides coaching and guidance to candidates, hiring manager, and interview panel.
• Gathers feedback and delivers feedback or extends offers.
• Supports HR programs through the recruitment process, including pre-boarding activities such as I9 audits.
• Assists with preparing recruiting materials or coordinating recruitment events.
• Maintains accurate records in relevant systems, including applicant tracking system (ATS) and human resource information system (HRIS).

Minimum Qualifications (Educations & Experience)

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent
• 1+ year of relevant experience or the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the role

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Butterball Core Competencies

• Safety First: We put safety first. The health, safety, and well-being of our people, products, and turkeys is everyone's responsibility and everyone's jobs.
• Integrity: We trust each other to do the right thing. We act with integrity and gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, respect, and authenticity.
• Stewardship: We take care of what matters. We are accountable to our commitments and take responsibility for the well-being of our teams, our quality, our customers, our business, our brand, and our communities. We are always answerable for our actions and those we lead.
• Enthusiastic Attitudes: We create a climate where everyone feels they belong and can be engaged, every day. Where our people are enthusiastic and motivated to do their best and work together to make great things happen.
• Continuous Improvement: We are committed to continuous improvement. We challenge ourselves and our company to constantly learn, develop, grow, improve, and innovate.

Essential Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Working knowledge of HR and/or recruitment policies, regulations, and best practices
• Exposure to sourcing, screening, and/or candidate selection
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills
• Good initiative, time-management, organization, and multi-tasking skills with the ability to adapt to shifting priorities
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and ability to learn new technologies (i.e., ATS, HRIS, etc.)
• Ability to interpret and work within standard practices and policies
• Ability to solve basic problems within existing guidelines
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain discretion when handling sensitive data
• Good collaboration skills with the ability to help identify needs
• Ability to accept accountability and take ownership of workload

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience with ATS
• Experience with SAP and/or UKG
• Familiarity with social media platforms and basic recruitment tools

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and occasionally lift up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions & Travel Requirements

• Work will be performed in a variety of conditions including a climate-controlled office environment(s) and in a manufacturing plant environment with varying conditions, such as cold areas, wet areas, warm areas, chemicals, and other site conditions. This position requires the individual to wear and work in personal protective equipment while in the manufacturing environment.
• The noise level of the office environment is usually moderate; the noise level in the manufacturing environment may exceed 85 DBA and require hearing protection.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Disclaimer

We embrace equal opportunity employment. Butterball is committed to the fair and impartial treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law.

This position is deemed Safety Sensitive for purposes of Butterball’s Drug/Alcohol Screening & Testing Policy. Details will be provided to individuals who receive a conditional job offer, or upon request.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of what is required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not imply or establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.