Lead Production Recruiting: Talent Strategy & Coaching

Divergent Technologies; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Paid vacation

Parental leave

Health benefits

Learning & development

Year-end shutdown

Job summary

Divergent Technologies, a leading advanced manufacturing company in Southern California, seeks a hands-on Lead/Manager of Production Recruiting to guide a growing team while personally filling critical production roles. You will own full-cycle recruitment for CNC Machinists, Technicians, and Supervisors, partnering with Production leadership to meet aggressive hiring goals.

This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on sourcing in a fast-paced industrial setting, shaping pipelines,

Qualifications

• 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with production/manufacturing hiring.
• Experience recruiting CNC Machinists, Production or Manufacturing Technicians, Quality Inspectors, Metrology Technicians, Maintenance Technicians, Production Supervisors, or similar roles.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or providing day-to-day direction to recruiters.
• Strong sourcing skills with the ability to personally identify and engage both active and passive candidates.
• Experience managing high-volume hiring alongside difficult-to-fill skilled production searches.
• Strong hiring manager partnership and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using an applicant tracking system such as Greenhouse.
• Ability to use recruiting data and pipeline metrics to identify problems and drive action.
• Strong communication, organization, judgment, and follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle production recruiting for a portfolio of positions from intake through offer and close.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies for high-volume, difficult-to-fill, and specialized production talent.
• Proactively source candidates through LinkedIn, recruiting platforms, referrals, trade and technical schools, workforce programs, career fairs, community partnerships, and other relevant channels.
• Conduct recruiter screens to assess relevant experience, technical qualifications, schedule availability, compensation expectations, work authorization requirements, and overall alignment with the role.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for recurring and anticipated production hiring needs.
• Partner with hiring managers to establish clear requirements, candidate profiles, interview processes, and recruiting timelines.
• Manage candidates throughout the recruiting process and provide a high-quality candidate experience through offer acceptance.
• Coach recruiters on sourcing strategy, candidate assessment, hiring manager partnership, pipeline management, and candidate closing.
• Regularly review recruiter pipelines and activity to identify gaps, aging requisitions, stalled candidates, and searches requiring additional support.
• Establish consistent recruiting practices, expectations, and service levels across the Production Recruiting team.
• Support the onboarding, training, and development of recruiters and recruiting team members.
• Create a collaborative team environment where recruiters share talent, sourcing strategies, market intelligence, and best practices.
• Jump into sourcing, screening, candidate management, or hiring manager discussions when additional support is needed to move critical searches forward.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Production recruiting

Leadership

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

High-volume hiring

Team coaching

Candidate evaluation

Tools

Greenhouse

LinkedIn

Job description

Divergent Technologies, a leading advanced manufacturing company in Southern California, seeks a hands-on Lead/Manager of Production Recruiting to guide a growing team while personally filling critical production roles. You will own full-cycle recruitment for CNC Machinists, Technicians, and Supervisors, partnering with Production leadership to meet aggressive hiring goals.

This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on sourcing in a fast-paced industrial setting, shaping pipelines,