Recruiting Manager | Norfolk, VA

Nsc-Staffing; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NSC Marine in Norfolk, VA, is seeking a Recruiting Manager to lead a five-plus recruiter team supporting skilled-trade and technical workforce needs nationwide.

You will own recruiter performance, pipeline health, and hiring outcomes, ensure process discipline, mentor staff, and serve as final recruiting approver before deployment.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of recruitment or talent acquisition experience.
• Experience leading and developing recruiting teams.
• Experience managing high-volume recruiting and rapid workforce deployment.
• Strong understanding of recruiting KPIs, pipeline management, and hiring outcomes.
• Experience using an ATS to manage workflows, records, activity, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and manage a team of five or more recruiters, including remote direct reports.
• Set priorities, delegate effectively, establish clear expectations, and hold recruiters accountable for results.
• Manage recruiter activity, pipeline health, candidate quality, hiring outcomes, and follow-through through the candidate's start date.
• Support high-volume workforce surges requiring the rapid recruitment and deployment of more than 100 workers.
• Reinforce consistent recruiting workflows, documentation standards, and ATS discipline.
• Use Bullhorn and reporting tools to monitor activity, identify gaps, and improve team performance.
• Support recruiting needs across multiple regions based on division priorities.
• Consistently identify and interview prospective recruiter candidates.
• Hire, onboard, train, mentor, and develop recruiters to support current and future workforce needs.
• Partner with Safety and Compliance and serve as the final recruiting-level approver before deployment.
• Confirm that candidate qualifications, documentation, required safety training, PPE readiness, and other pre-deployment requirements are complete.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Recruitment

High-volume recruitment

Performance management

Tools

Bullhorn

ATS systems

Job description

Recruiting Manager - Marine Division

Location: Norfolk, VA

Work Arrangement: 100% in-office. Remote and hybrid work are not available.

Priority: ASAP

Position Summary

The Recruiting Manager leads a team of five or more recruiters supporting skilled-trade and technical workforce needs at the local, regional, and national levels. This role owns recruiter performance, pipeline execution, hiring outcomes, process discipline, team development, and final recruiting approval before workers are deployed.

NSC Marine supports defense and commercial shipbuilding, ship repair, maintenance, modernization, overhaul, conversion, and major project-based workforce requirements across the United States.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and manage a team of five or more recruiters, including remote direct reports
• Set priorities, delegate effectively, establish clear expectations, and hold recruiters accountable for results
• Manage recruiter activity, pipeline health, candidate quality, hiring outcomes, and follow-through through the candidate's start date
• Support high-volume workforce surges requiring the rapid recruitment and deployment of more than 100 workers
• Reinforce consistent recruiting workflows, documentation standards, and ATS discipline
• Use Bullhorn and reporting tools to monitor activity, identify gaps, and improve team performance
• Support recruiting needs across multiple regions based on division priorities
• Consistently identify and interview prospective recruiter candidates
• Hire, onboard, train, mentor, and develop recruiters to support current and future workforce needs
• Partner with Safety and Compliance and serve as the final recruiting-level approver before deployment
• Confirm that candidate qualifications, documentation, required safety training, PPE readiness, and other pre-deployment requirements are complete

Required Experience

• Previous recruiting manager or recruiting team lead experience
• Minimum of five years of recruitment or talent acquisition experience
• Proven experience leading and developing recruiting teams
• Experience managing high-volume recruiting and rapid workforce deploymentStrong understanding of recruiting KPIs, pipeline management, candidate qualification, and completed hiring outcomes
• Experience using an ATS to manage workflows, records, activity, and reporting
• Ability to create structure, accountability, urgency, and consistent execution in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Experience

• Agency staffing experience
• Bullhorn experience
• Recruiting experience within marine, shipbuilding, ship repair, light industrial, manufacturing, or skilled trades

Industry Environment

Recruiting within the marine industry requires speed, accuracy, compliance, and an understanding of skilled-trade labor markets, travel assignments, credentialing, shipyard conditions, and changing project schedules. Workforce demand may shift quickly based on vessel schedules, contract awards, maintenance periods, production milestones, and urgent repair needs.

This role is well suited for a hands-on recruiting leader who can develop people, drive performance, and deliver qualified, deployment-ready talent across a nationwide operation.