Full-Cycle Technical Recruiter for Energetics & Defense

Critical Materials Group; Ballinger (TX); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Critical Materials Group is seeking a Full Cycle Technical Recruiter to own end-to-end recruiting for technical, production, and leadership roles. The role supports growth across CMG sites, including explosives technicians, chemists, and senior leaders, with strict screening for U.S. person and clearance requirements.

The recruiter will manage a 12–18 month plan, build pipelines, and coordinate with security, HR, and operations. A hybrid Austin-based role with travel to CMG sites.”

Qualifications

• 3+ years of full cycle recruiting experience, including technical, engineering, or skilled production roles.
• Demonstrated ability to manage 20+ open requisitions at once across hourly and salaried roles.
• Hands on experience sourcing passive candidates and building pipelines for hard to fill roles.
• Experience using an ATS (Ashby experience a plus) and sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to partner effectively with technical hiring managers.
• Comfort working on a small, fast moving team at an early stage company.
• This role may require U.S. person status due to access to export controlled information.

Responsibilities

• Own a requisition load aligned to CMG's 12 to 18 month hiring plan, prioritizing roles by hiring window and business criticality.
• Partner with the Talent Acquisition Manager and Head of People to forecast hiring capacity, set weekly targets, and flag risks to the plan early.
• Run cohort hiring for recurring production roles such as Explosives Technicians, coordinating group interviews and shared start dates.

Skills

Full cycle recruiting

Technical recruitment

Sourcing passive candidates

ATS (Ashby)

LinkedIn Recruiter

Stakeholder management

ITAR/compliance awareness

Tools

Ashby ATS

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Critical Materials Group is seeking a Full Cycle Technical Recruiter to own end-to-end recruiting for technical, production, and leadership roles. The role supports growth across CMG sites, including explosives technicians, chemists, and senior leaders, with strict screening for U.S. person and clearance requirements.

The recruiter will manage a 12–18 month plan, build pipelines, and coordinate with security, HR, and operations. A hybrid Austin-based role with travel to CMG sites.”