Craft Recruiter

BrandSafway; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

BrandSafway is seeking a Craft Recruiter to source, screen, and hire skilled craft professionals supporting scaffolding, insulation, and coatings operations in the broader region. The role emphasizes building relationships with field personnel, supervisors, and industry partners to maintain steady workforce levels.

Ideal candidates will have experience in industrial construction and related crafts, with strong networking, communication, and organizational skills to manage candidate pipelines and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of recruiting or related experience.
• Experience in scaffolding, industrial construction, coatings, or maintenance preferred.
• Ability to assess candidate qualifications and trade experience.
• Strong relationship-building and networking skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and recruiting systems.

Responsibilities

• Recruit craft personnel for scaffolding, insulation, and coatings operations.
• Develop and maintain relationships with field personnel, supervisors, and industry contacts to generate referrals.
• Source candidates through networking, job boards, referrals, and local recruiting efforts.
• Screen and interview candidates to assess qualifications and craft experience.
• Verify employment history and candidate suitability for projects.
• Collaborate with operations leaders to understand manpower needs.

Skills

Relationship building

Networking

Sourcing & screening

Communication

Microsoft Office

Tools

Applicant Tracking System

Job description

Compensation $60,000.00 - $85,000.00/year

Schedule Full time

At BrandSafway, we know our employees are our greatest asset, which is why we give them the tools, training, and resources to be successful. Come join our growing team!

Position Summary

The Craft Recruiter is responsible for sourcing, recruiting, screening, and hiring skilled craft professionals supporting scaffolding, insulation, and coatings operations throughout the Houston area. This position plays a critical role in maintaining workforce levels by leveraging industry relationships, field experience, referrals, networking, and local recruiting efforts.

The ideal candidate will have experience working within industrial construction, scaffolding, insulation, coatings, maintenance, turnarounds, or related soft craft environments and understand how to identify and assess qualified craft personnel.

Key Responsibilities

• Recruit craft personnel for scaffolding, insulation, and coatings operations throughout the Louisiana region.
• Develop and maintain relationships with field personnel, supervisors, foremen, and industry contacts to generate candidate referrals.
• Source candidates through networking, referrals, industry relationships, job boards, community outreach, and local recruiting efforts.
• Screen and interview candidates to assess qualifications, work history, certifications, and craft experience.
• Verify employment history and evaluate candidate suitability for specific project and workforce needs.
• Partner closely with operations leaders to understand manpower requirements and workforce planning needs.
• Maintain candidate pipelines for ongoing and future workforce demands.
• Manage candidate communications throughout the recruiting process.
• Utilize recruiting systems, databases, and reporting tools to track recruiting activity and hiring progress.
• Attend hiring events, workforce development programs, and industry networking opportunities as needed.
• Ensure compliance with company hiring policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of recruiting, workforce development, manpower coordination, craft supervision, or related experience.
• Experience within scaffolding, insulation, coatings, industrial construction, maintenance, turnaround, refinery, petrochemical, or related industries strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of craft labor recruiting and workforce planning.
• Ability to assess candidate qualifications and verify applicable trade experience.
• Strong relationship-building and networking skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and recruiting systems.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently while partnering closely with operations leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience recruiting craft labor in industrial or construction environments.
• Experience supporting refinery, petrochemical, power generation, maintenance, or turnaround projects.

BrandSafway offers a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance along with a generous 401k plan.

BrandSafway, including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, special disabled or veteran status.

Notice to all potential job candidates: Please be advised that BrandSafway will never require or ask for any fee from you in exchange for being considered, hired, promoted, transferred or having ongoing employment with us. It is a violation of our Code of Conduct if any employee requests any money or fee from you in exchange for tentatively special treatment or consideration. If anyone, regardless of whether an existing employee, or anyone else, requests payment of any fee in exchange for being hired into our company, you may confidentially contact our HR Compliance department at [e-mail] and provide the name of the individual and any other documentation or proof of such an act.