Senior Recruiter

HDR; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR seeks a Senior Recruiter to lead recruitment efforts across Southeastern US, focusing on positions such as engineers and architects. The role involves full life-cycle recruitment, including candidate sourcing, selection, and strategic partnership with leaders. Join HDR and contribute to a culture of diversity and collaboration.

Benefits

Employee stock program

Competitive benefits

Qualifications

• 5 years of hands-on recruiting/sourcing experience.
• Experience working in a web-based applicant tracking system.
• Experience in architectural, engineering and consulting industry.

Responsibilities

• Drive the full life cycle recruitment process.
• Build strong relationships with senior leadership and hiring managers.
• Mentor junior recruiters.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Customer service skills

Relationship building

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Taleo

Job description

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At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

Watch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'

Our inspiring team of over 13,500 consulting professionals provides clean drinking water to millions of people every day; world-class healthcare facilities for people in need of care; transform energy production to neutralize carbon emissions for a better tomorrow and advances socially and environmentally conscious transportation solutions, ultimately helping people get to their destinations every day. At employee-owned HDR, we know that the work we do adds meaning and value to the world. That ideas inspire positive change. Above all, we believe that collaboration is the best way forward.

The heart of everything we do at HDR is the people of the communities we serve. We are focused on bringing inclusive social equity and a better life to people through transforming the built environment. Our teams of professionals drive toward improving the environment and inclusive social justice through our innovative planning, design, and community engagement solutions.

HDR is a 100% employee-owned, top 10 ranked global architectural, engineering and planning firm. The work we do matters to everyone.

The Position

In the role of the Senior Recruiter, you will partner with HDR leadership to steer the talent identification and recruitment process for roles in the Southeastern US. Your day-to-day duties will be driving the full life cycle recruitment process from qualifying positions, talent identification, recruiting, selection and closing. You will join forces with leadership to map out annual recruiting plans and assure the recruitment goals set therein are being effectively implemented and achieved.

Typical positions the Senior Recruiter will work on are engineers, planners, architects, project managers, designers, environmental scientists and construction management professionals. Market sectors range from transportation, water, architecture, infrastructure, power, solid waste and mining. Service offerings range from traditional design, alternative delivery, construction management, program management and advisory services.

You will be part of the dedicated global talent acquisition team of 35+ professionals (recruiters and recruiting coordinators) positioned throughout North America, Europe and Australia.

More specific duties include:

• Build strong, credible relationships with senior leadership, hiring managers, critical stakeholders and partners, operating as a trusted advisor and talent subject matter expert
• Proactively sourcing and managing candidates through the full life-cycle recruitment process
• HDR currently leverages Taleo as our applicant tracking system (ATS)
• Leverage a wide variety of methodologies to deliver candidate sourcing results (referrals, LinkedIn, professional associations, ZoomInfo, etc.)
• Developing annual recruitment plans with business partners
• Position description refinement
• Sourcing and screening candidates
• Directing and participating in select interview processes.
• Reference checks
• Negotiating and closing deals
• Being a team player
• Mentor junior recruiters
• Perform other duties as needed
  
  

What You’ll Get

• The opportunity to be part of a unique, high-performing, wealth-building, employee stock program with years of strong returns.
• Employee-owned firms statistically outperform other ownership structures in many key performance metrics.
• A sense of pride seeing projects we build add value in your community.
• Being part of global talent acquisition team operating in eight countries.
• Many other competitive benefits
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years of hands-on recruiting / sourcing experience
• Previous experience working in a web-based applicant tracking system
• Previous experience in the architectural, engineering and consulting industry
• Local candidates are highly preferred
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Must have excellent interpersonal communication and customer service skills
• Demonstrated ability to create rapport over the phone (with candidates, hiring managers, and members of recruiting team)
• Must be motivated and driven with the ability to excel in a growing, dynamic business environment
• Ability to independently travel (less than 10%); preference given to local/regional candidates
• Strong relationship building, organizational and follow-up skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in an extremely demanding, fast-paced, high-volume environment
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
  
  

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Primary Location:

United States-Florida-Tampa

Other Locations:

United States-Georgia-Atlanta, United States-Florida-Orlando, United States-Tennessee-Nashville

Industry:

HR

Schedule:

Full-time

Employee Status:

Regular

BusinessClass:

Marketing and Admin

Job Posting:

Jun 4, 2025
At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Human Resources Services, Civil Engineering, and Architecture and Planning

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