Recruiter - Plant Staffing (Temp)

Pete & Gerry's; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid vacation

9 paid holidays

Life and disability insurance

Egg benefits: onsite/free eggs

Job summary

Pete & Gerry’s Organics in Kentucky is seeking a Temporary Recruiter to support four manufacturing facilities for approximately three months. You will focus on frontline and operational staffing and move quickly in a high-volume environment.

The role requires hands-on recruiting experience in manufacturing, strong relationship-building with plant leaders and HR, and disciplined execution to fill openings fast. This contract offers real impact and hands-on collaboration.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of recruiting experience in manufacturing or production environments.
• Experience managing high-volume requisitions and frontline roles.
• Proven ability to source, screen, and move candidates quickly.
• Experience partnering with hiring managers and HR teams in fast-paced settings.
• Familiarity with Paylocity or similar ATS.

Responsibilities

• Provide dedicated recruiting support across four manufacturing facilities with frontline staffing focus.
• Manage full recruiting lifecycle from requisition intake to pre-employment steps.
• Partner with Local HR teams and plant leaders to understand staffing needs and schedules.
• Manage multiple open requisitions and prioritize recruiting activity.
• Develop candidate pipelines for high-volume plant positions.
• Source candidates via job boards, social media, referrals, and events.
• Conduct high-volume outreach, phone screens, and initial assessments.
• Coordinate interviews and maintain communication with candidates and teams.
• Track recruiting activity and hire progress; provide updates.

Skills

High-volume recruiting

Manufacturing recruiting

Candidate sourcing

Phone screens

Relationship building

Paylocity experience

Tools

Paylocity ATS

Job description

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Healthy Hens, Healthy Eggs, Healthy Planet:

At Pete & Gerry's, we were first to do it better, and are still doing it best. For nearly 30 years, we've been on a mission to produce healthy, delicious eggs and partner with family farms for meaningful impact. By raising hens outdoors as nature intended, we stay true to our roots every step of the way by keeping animal welfare, planet-friendly farming practices, and high-quality taste and nutrition at the heart of all we do, so you can always believe in what you buy.

Healthy Together:

At Pete & Gerry’s, we believe that when we care for each other, we all thrive. Across our farms, offices, and communities, we act as one flock — united by respect, collaboration, and a shared commitment to doing what’s right. We create an environment where every person feels valued, supported, and empowered to grow, because our success depends on the wellbeing of the people who make our mission possible.

The Role at a Glance:

We are seeking an experienced Temporary Recruiter to provide dedicated Talent Acquisition support across our four manufacturing facilities for approximately three months.

This role will focus exclusively on plant staffing and high-volume recruiting, helping our Local HR teams quickly identify, attract, screen, and hire qualified candidates for frontline and operational positions.

The ideal candidate has hands-on recruiting experience in a manufacturing environment, is comfortable managing a high volume of openings and candidates, and can quickly build relationships with plant leaders and HR teams. This is a highly execution-focused role for someone who knows how to move quickly, stay organized, and consistently deliver results in a fast-paced staffing environment.

How You’ll Create Greater Impact:

• Provide dedicated recruiting support across four manufacturing facilities, with primary responsibility for frontline and operational staffing needs.
• Manage the full recruiting lifecycle, from requisition intake and sourcing through screening, interview coordination, selection, offer, and pre-employment steps.
• Partner closely with Local HR teams and plant leaders to understand staffing needs, priorities, schedules, and hiring requirements.
• Manage multiple open requisitions simultaneously and prioritize recruiting activity based on business and staffing needs.
• Develop and maintain active candidate pipelines for high-volume and hard-to-fill plant positions.
• Proactively source candidates through job boards, social media, community partnerships, referrals, recruiting events, and other channels.
• Conduct high-volume candidate outreach, phone screens, and initial assessments.
• Coordinate interviews and maintain consistent communication with candidates and hiring teams throughout the process.
• Help reduce time-to-fill and improve staffing levels by proactively identifying and addressing recruiting bottlenecks.
• Partner with Local HR teams to ensure a consistent, efficient, and positive candidate experience.
• Maintain accurate and timely candidate and requisition information within the ATS/recruiting system.
• Track recruiting activity, pipeline health, hiring progress, and other key recruiting metrics.
• Provide regular updates to HR and plant leadership regarding open positions, candidate pipelines, challenges, and hiring progress.
• Participate in targeted recruiting events.

What You’ll Bring to the Flock:

We are one team — united by respect and a shared commitment to doing what’s right. What we do every day connects to something bigger. You’ll bring your experience, perspective, and pride in your work. We value collaboration, curiosity, and diverse viewpoints — because they make our flock stronger.

• 3+ years of recruiting experience, with significant experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, warehouse, distribution, food production, or other operational environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing high-volume recruiting and multiple open requisitions simultaneously.
• Experience recruiting for hourly/frontline manufacturing positions.
• Proven ability to source, screen, and move a high volume of candidates through the recruiting process.
• Experience partnering directly with hiring managers and HR teams in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to prioritize competing hiring needs.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience working with an ATS/recruiting system, specifically Paylocity.

Tending to our Flock:

We care for our people the same way we care for our hens — with attention, respect, and balance. Our benefits are designed to support real life and whole wellbeing.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation
• 9 paid holidays
• 401(k) with 4% employer match
• Disability and life insurance
• Opportunities for advancement
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Reimbursement Account
• Onsite employees receive free eggs weekly; remote employees receive coupons for free eggs
• Breakfast or lunch events from time to time.
• A team grounded in a shared mission: Healthy Hens, Healthy Eggs, Healthy Planet.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Pete & Gerry’s Organics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are a community built on respect and shared purpose. Every person belongs here — because our strength comes from the diversity of people and perspectives that make us who we are.

We are an E-Verify employer. After accepting an offer, we will use E-Verify to confirm your eligibility to work in the United States by comparing information from your Form I-9 with records from your U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration.