Job Title: Recruiter - Construction Industry
Employment Type:
Full-Time, Onsite
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Recruiter to manage full-cycle recruitment and onboarding across multiple business units. This role is ideal for a recruiting professional with a strong background in the construction industry, high-volume hiring, and sourcing talent for operational and field-based positions.
The Recruiter will partner closely with hiring managers and operational leaders to understand workforce requirements, attract qualified candidates, and support business growth. The successful candidate will be comfortable managing multiple openings, developing proactive talent pipelines, and delivering a positive candidate experience in a fast-paced environment.
The position supports approximately 100–150 hires annually across multiple business units and reports to the HR Business Partner.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage full-cycle recruiting for non-executive positions across multiple business units.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand staffing needs, job requirements, and workforce planning objectives.
- Develop and post job advertisements across relevant job boards and recruiting channels.
- Source active and passive candidates through direct sourcing, networking, referrals, and other recruiting strategies.
- Review resumes, conduct initial phone screenings, coordinate interviews, and facilitate candidate selection.
- Recruit for a variety of exempt and non-exempt positions, including construction, field operations, and other business-critical roles.
- Maintain consistent communication with candidates throughout the hiring process.
- Extend employment offers and coordinate pre-employment requirements, including background checks and job-related testing.
- Build and maintain talent pipelines for high-volume and difficult-to-fill positions.
- Develop relationships with construction industry professionals, trade schools, workforce development organizations, and community partners.
- Monitor construction labor market trends and recommend innovative sourcing strategies.
- Partner with hiring managers to forecast staffing needs and develop proactive recruiting plans.
- Track recruiting metrics, including time-to-fill, source effectiveness, pipeline health, offer acceptance rates, and new-hire retention.
- Maintain accurate candidate records, recruiting reports, and hiring documentation.
- Coordinate onboarding, new-hire orientation, employment paperwork, Form I-9 verification, and E-Verify submissions.
- Ensure recruiting and onboarding activities comply with applicable employment laws and company policies.
- Identify opportunities to improve recruiting efficiency, candidate experience, and new-hire retention.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
- At least 3 years of recruiting experience within the construction industry.
- Demonstrated success managing high-volume recruiting and multiple concurrent openings.
- Experience recruiting both exempt and non-exempt positions.
- Strong understanding of candidate sourcing strategies, recruitment best practices, and hiring compliance.
- Experience coordinating pre-employment screening and onboarding processes.
- Excellent communication, interviewing, relationship-building, and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong analytical skills and experience tracking recruiting metrics.
- High level of professionalism, discretion, confidentiality, and attention to detail.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting multiple locations, business units, or operational teams.
- Established relationships with construction professionals, trade schools, or workforce development organizations.
- Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), recruiting analytics, and Microsoft Office.
- Experience developing talent pipelines for difficult-to-fill construction and operational positions.
- Knowledge of employment laws, Form I-9, and E-Verify requirements.
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a proactive, results-oriented recruiting professional with direct construction-industry recruiting experience and the ability to manage a high-volume hiring workload. This individual builds strong relationships with hiring managers, develops creative sourcing strategies, maintains organized candidate pipelines, and takes ownership of the recruiting and onboarding process from start to finish.
Work Schedule & Location
- Monday–Friday; schedule established by the HR Business Partner.
- Additional hours may occasionally be required to support urgent hiring needs, onboarding, or new-hire orientation.
- Routine travel is not required, although occasional coordination of new-hire travel may be necessary.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are committed to providing a workplace that values diversity, promotes equal opportunity, and prohibits discrimination.