Bilingual Recruiter (English/Spanish) — Hybrid

Santa-Monica-Seafood; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Santa Monica Seafood is seeking a Recruiter - Bilingual English/Spanish to join our Human Resources team at the Rancho Dominguez headquarters. This role will support recruiting across roles from warehouse to administrative, working closely with hiring managers to fill openings and support candidates through onboarding.

The successful candidate will balance people and operations, ensuring timely, respectful communication and efficient staffing in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bilingual English/Spanish required, including the ability to speak with candidates and employees in both languages.
• Prior recruiting, HR, staffing agency, or high-volume hiring experience preferred.
• Experience recruiting for warehouse, production, transportation, logistics, food distribution, manufacturing, or similar operational roles strongly preferred.
• Comfortable recruiting for both hourly and salaried positions.
• Strong phone screening, interviewing, follow-up, and candidate communication skills.
• Able to manage multiple open positions at the same time.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to keep candidate and requisition records current.
• Practical judgment and ability to work well with busy hiring managers.
• Comfortable using applicant tracking systems, HR systems, job boards, Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Excel.
• Experience with Taleo and Dayforce is a plus.
• Familiarity with I-9, E-Verify, background check, drug screen, and onboarding processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage full life cycle recruiting for hourly and salaried positions across multiple departments and locations.
• Work with hiring managers to understand staffing needs, job requirements, schedules, qualifications, and hiring urgency.
• Draft and post job advertisements using the company's applicant tracking and advertising tools.
• Source candidates through job boards, resume databases, referrals, community contacts, walk-ins, job fairs, and other recruiting channels.
• Conduct bilingual phone screens and initial interviews in English and Spanish.
• Coordinate interviews between candidates and hiring managers.
• Evaluate candidate qualifications and help managers make practical hiring decisions.
• Prepare and extend employment offers consistent with approved pay ranges, internal equity, and company guidelines.
• Coordinate post-offer steps, including background checks, drug screens, employment eligibility, onboarding paperwork, and related new hire requirements, in partnership with the HR Admin and other HR team members.
• Monitor candidate progress through the onboarding process and follow up as needed to ensure timely completion.
• Maintain accurate candidate, requisition, and hiring records in Taleo and related HR systems.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with candidates throughout the process.
• Help improve recruiting speed, candidate flow, candidate communication, and hiring manager follow-up.
• Support onsite hiring events, community recruiting, and other recruiting initiatives as needed.
• Represent SMS in a manner consistent with the company's values of quality, integrity, service, and reliability.
• Ensure recruiting practices are consistent with company policy and applicable employment law.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

High-volume hiring

HR systems

Tools

Taleo

Dayforce

Job description

Santa Monica Seafood is seeking a Recruiter - Bilingual English/Spanish to join our Human Resources team at the Rancho Dominguez headquarters. This role will support recruiting across roles from warehouse to administrative, working closely with hiring managers to fill openings and support candidates through onboarding.

The successful candidate will balance people and operations, ensuring timely, respectful communication and efficient staffing in a fast-paced environment.