Engineering Recruiter – Advanced Manufacturing

Hire Velocity; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Hire Velocity is seeking an Engineering Recruiter to lead full-cycle searches for an advanced manufacturing client. You’ll partner with hiring managers to define technical requirements, source and screen candidates, and manage the hiring process from initial outreach through offer acceptance.

Searches will include roles such as Process Engineer and Automation Controls Engineer. Build distinct searches for each role and assess hands-on experience in manufacturing environments.

Qualifications

• Must have at least one year of full-cycle recruiting experience in a staffing agency or RPO environment.
• Experience sourcing, screening, and submitting candidates for engineering roles in manufacturing.
• Ability to translate technical job requirements into targeted searches and use follow-up questions to assess candidates’ hands-on experience.
• Proficiency with Boolean search, sourcing platforms, applicant tracking systems, and Microsoft Office.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, time management, and client service skills.
• Ability to manage multiple requisitions and adjust priorities as hiring needs change.

Responsibilities

• Lead intake conversations with hiring managers to clarify technical requirements, identify transferable backgrounds, and agree on screening criteria.
• Source active and passive engineering candidates through Boolean searches, professional networks, industry job boards, referrals, and database searches.
• Conduct role-specific recruiter screens. For process engineering searches, ask candidates about their work improving production processes, investigating manufacturing issues, and measuring results. For automation and controls searches, assess hands-on experience with PLC and HMI programming, electrical schematics, and troubleshooting manufacturing equipment.
• Submit qualified candidates promptly with clear summaries that explain how their experience aligns with the role and what they owned on relevant projects.
• Coordinate interviews, gather feedback, keep candidates informed, and manage the offer process through acceptance.
• Build pipelines for recurring and hard-to-fill engineering roles. Share market feedback on talent availability, compensation expectations, and location or relocation barriers.
• Use Workday Recruiting to maintain accurate candidate records, update stages and dispositions in real time, and document screening and interview activity.
• Maintain accurate recruiting reports and attend scheduled internal and client meetings, with on-camera participation as directed.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Sourcing strategies

Candidate screening

Communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Workday Recruiting

Boolean search

Microsoft Office

Applicant Tracking Systems

Job description

Hire Velocity is seeking an Engineering Recruiter to lead full-cycle searches for an advanced manufacturing client. You’ll partner with hiring managers to define technical requirements, source and screen candidates, and manage the hiring process from initial outreach through offer acceptance.

Searches will include roles such as Process Engineer and Automation Controls Engineer. You should be able to build a distinct search for each role and ask candidates to explain what they personally designed, programmed, improved, or troubleshot in a manufacturing environment.

Essential Functions

• Lead intake conversations with hiring managers to clarify technical requirements, identify transferable backgrounds, and agree on screening criteria.
• Source active and passive engineering candidates through Boolean searches, professional networks, industry job boards, referrals, and database searches.
• Conduct role-specific recruiter screens. For process engineering searches, ask candidates about their work improving production processes, investigating manufacturing issues, and measuring results. For automation and controls searches, assess hands-on experience with PLC and HMI programming, electrical schematics, and troubleshooting manufacturing equipment.
• Submit qualified candidates promptly with clear summaries that explain how their experience aligns with the role and what they owned on relevant projects.
• Coordinate interviews, gather feedback, keep candidates informed, and manage the offer process through acceptance.
• Build pipelines for recurring and hard-to-fill engineering roles. Share market feedback on talent availability, compensation expectations, and location or relocation barriers.
• Use Workday Recruiting to maintain accurate candidate records, update stages and dispositions in real time, and document screening and interview activity.
• Maintain accurate recruiting reports and attend scheduled internal and client meetings, with on-camera participation as directed.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least one year of full-cycle recruiting experience in a staffing agency or recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) environment.
• Direct experience sourcing, screening, and submitting candidates for engineering roles in manufacturing or a related industrial environment.
• Ability to translate technical job requirements into targeted searches and use follow-up questions to assess candidates’ hands-on experience.
• Proficiency with Boolean search, professional sourcing platforms, applicant tracking systems, and Microsoft Office.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, time management, and client service skills. Ability to manage multiple requisitions and adjust priorities as hiring needs change.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting for process engineering, manufacturing engineering, industrial automation, or electrical controls positions.