Contract Recruiter: Niche Engineering & Manufacturing

ProducePay; United States; On-site; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

Crusoe is seeking a highly motivated Contract Recruiter to own niche technical hiring across manufacturing and engineering roles for Spark. This six-month contract emphasizes market mapping, research, and persistent outreach over inbound pipelines.

You will manage senior stakeholders, run end-to-end searches, and move quickly while maintaining a high-quality bar. Travel as needed is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full life-cycle recruiting experience with niche engineering, manufacturing, or hardware.
• Proven success filling searches where the qualified population is small and largely passive.
• Strong research and market-mapping skills, including passive outreach via LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing tools.
• Ability to learn technical domains quickly and hold credible conversations with engineers about their work.
• Willingness and ability to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for niche technical requisitions across manufacturing, engineering, and operations functions supporting Spark.
• Build pipeline from scratch through market mapping, competitor and adjacent-industry research, and sustained passive outreach.
• Run intake sessions that pressure-test the role definition, must-have skills, and realistic candidate profile before a search kicks off.
• Screen for genuine technical depth, translating engineering and manufacturing backgrounds into a clear read on fit for the hiring manager.
• Educate hiring managers on market size, realistic timelines, and comp expectations for scarce profiles, and reset the search when the data says to.
• Structure interview processes and role-appropriate technical assessments in partnership with hiring managers.
• Conduct candidate interviews, provide timely updates, and lead compensation negotiations.
• Manage a high-complexity req load independently with minimal oversight.
• Keep pipeline data, notes, and status current in the ATS so leadership can see progress without asking.

Skills

Full lifecycle recruiting

Niche engineering hires

Market mapping

Passive candidate outreach

Executive stakeholder partnering

On-site recruitment

Salary + equity negotiation

Data-driven recruiting

ATS management

Willingness to travel

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Crusoe is seeking a highly motivated Contract Recruiter to own niche technical hiring across manufacturing and engineering roles for Spark. This six-month contract emphasizes market mapping, research, and persistent outreach over inbound pipelines.

You will manage senior stakeholders, run end-to-end searches, and move quickly while maintaining a high-quality bar. Travel as needed is expected.