Recruiting Associate

Nox Metals; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Nox Metals

Health insurance

Job summary

Nox Metals is seeking a Recruiting Associate to own the top of our hiring funnel, from approved requisitions to a calendar of qualified candidates. You will write and post jobs, find people, reach out, screen, and present the best candidates for interviews.

The role is primarily outbound, identifying machinists, technicians, and operators who aren't actively job hunting. Work for Detroit or Los Angeles locations, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years in in-house recruiting or sourcing.
• Outbound recruiting mindset with hunter drive.
• Strong writing for job posts and outreach.
• Phone screening and interview scheduling experience.
• Clear, direct communication with candidates and hiring teams.
• Highly organized, can manage multiple reqs.
• Ability to explain and defend hiring decisions.
• Proactive in flagging issues to hiring managers.

Responsibilities

• Turn job descriptions into postings that attract the right candidates.
• Source candidates via LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, and partner networks.
• Run outbound sourcing to engage passive candidates.
• Screen applicants, conduct phone screens, and advance to first interviews.
• Schedule interviews and coordinate with hiring managers.
• Maintain candidate records in the ATS and track channel effectiveness.
• Build relationships with schools and workforce programs.
• Follow People Ops SOPs and report issues for fixes.
• Handle confidential information with discretion.

Skills

Outbound recruiting

Job postings writing

Cold messaging

Phone interviews

Candidate relationship

Organization

Decision making

Communication

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS

Job description

Recruiting Associate | Nox Metals | Detroit, MI or Los Angeles, CA

About Nox Metals.

American factories deserve a supply chain that moves as fast as they do. Nox Metals is building it, along with the tools that run it. We’re a technology company in Metro Detroit supplying aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers. We use software and automation to supply metal to American factories faster than the industry thought possible.

The role.

We're hiring a Recruiting Associate to fill our pipeline. Nox is growing fast on the floor and in the office, and every empty seat slows us down. You own the top of our hiring funnel: you take a role from approved req to a full slate of qualified candidates on the calendar. You write and post the job, find the people, reach out, screen them, and put the best ones in front of our team for interviews.

Most of your day is outbound. The best machinists, technicians, and operators aren't scrolling job boards, so you go find them. You'll recruit for the floor and the office, and as Nox opens new plants, including one in Los Angeles, you'll help staff each one. You report to our Recruiter.

If you've spent a year or two in in-house recruiting or sourcing and you like the hunt more than the paperwork, this is your role.

Shift hours:

Monday through Friday, 800 AM to 500 PM, with some early or late hours to reach second shift and weekend candidates as needed.

You will:

• Turn job descriptions into postings the right people want to apply to, and keep them live and current across our job boards
• Source candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, and our partner network of colleges, trade programs, and city workforce programs
• Run outbound: find people who aren't looking and give them a reason to talk to us
• Screen applicants, run phone screens, and decide who moves on to a first-round interview
• Schedule interviews, coordinate with hiring managers, and keep every candidate informed, so no good candidate sits waiting on us
• Keep candidate records clean in our ATS, and track where our best candidates come from and which channels are worth our time
• Build relationships with schools and workforce programs that send us good people year after year
• Follow every People Ops SOP, and tell us when one is broken so we can fix it
• Handle confidential information with discretion, every time

You are:

• 1 to 3 years in in-house recruiting or sourcing, with real outbound experience
• A hunter: you'd rather send fifty messages than wait on one applicant
• Good at writing job posts and cold messages that people actually answer
• Comfortable on the phone all day, and good at it
• A clear, direct communicator with candidates from the shop floor to the front office
• Organized and fast: you can juggle dozens of candidates across many reqs and never lose one
• A good judge of people who can explain exactly why you said yes or no
• Willing to flag it to a hiring manager when a candidate or a req doesn't add up
• Never says \"that's not my job\"

Nice to have:

• High-volume hiring experience
• Experience recruiting for manufacturing, skilled trades, or hard tech
• Experience hiring for defense or ITAR environments
• Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter and an ATS, Ashby a plus
• Comfortable using AI tools to work faster and smarter

Pay and benefits:

• $55,000 to $65,000 salary, based on experience
• Equity in Nox Metals
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance

This role is full time, either in person in Detroit or based in Los Angeles.

If you're in Los Angeles, you'll start with on-site training in Detroit and travel back as needed.

Nox Metals is an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on skill, attitude, and fit for the work, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, height, weight, marital status, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.