Remote Senior Technical Recruiter for Engineering Talent

Salas O’Brien, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Company shares

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Salas O'Brien is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to support hiring across engineering and architecture practices in a fully remote US role. The Recruiter will build pipelines, source passive candidates, assess credentials, and partner with hiring managers across time zones to maintain momentum.

The position requires at least five years of technical recruiting experience, proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search, and strong relationship management to fill hard-to-find roles.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of recruiting experience within AEC, engineering consulting, construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, or another technical industry.
• Demonstrated success sourcing and hiring passive, hard-to-find technical professionals across multiple disciplines, using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, referrals, professional associations, and talent-market mapping.
• Ability to quickly understand technical roles and translate business requirements into focused search strategies.
• Experience building proactive talent pipelines, together with strong candidate assessment, relationship management, and offer-closing skills.
• Working knowledge of technical credentials such as PE, EIT, RA, LEED, CxA, and other discipline-specific certifications.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Recruiting HR Account Leader to support team needs.
• Support the full recruiting lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate management, offer support, closing, and acceptance.
• Build and prioritize talent pipelines in advance of hiring demand, with emphasis on hard-to-fill disciplines and geographies.
• Develop sourcing strategies that extend beyond LinkedIn, including Boolean search, referrals, professional associations, competitor research, and geographic talent mapping.
• Identify and engage passive technical professionals through personalized outreach, and maintain those relationships for current and future hiring needs.
• Conduct thorough candidate screens assessing discipline and project experience, professional credentials, client exposure, leadership capability, career motivations, and compensation expectations.
• Present qualified, diverse candidate slates with clear recommendations and supporting market context.
• Deliver a responsive, professional candidate experience and partner with Talent Acquisition, HR compensation, and leadership to maintain search momentum.
• Use recruiting data to evaluate sourcing effectiveness and adjust approach; maintain accurate ATS records.

Skills

Recruiting

Passive sourcing

Remote collaboration

ATS proficiency

Education

Professional credentials (PE, EIT, RA, LEED, CxA)

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Boolean search

Talent mapping

Job description

Salas O'Brien is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to support hiring across engineering and architecture practices in a fully remote US role. The Recruiter will build pipelines, source passive candidates, assess credentials, and partner with hiring managers across time zones to maintain momentum.

The position requires at least five years of technical recruiting experience, proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search, and strong relationship management to fill hard-to-find roles.