Senior Strategic Sourcer, Skilled Trades

ABM Industries; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ABM Industries is hiring a Senior Strategic Sourcer, Skilled Trades to lead high-priority, hard-to-fill roles in Manufacturing and Data Centers. Hybrid role in Irving, TX, partnering with recruiters to identify passive talent and build robust pipelines.

Responsibilities include developing targeted strategies, market research, outreach messaging, and mentoring Portfolio Sourcers. Requires 8+ years and a bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing or recruiting.
• Experience sourcing passive talent for hard-to-fill or specialized roles.
• Strong skills with LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Boolean search, resume databases and ATS.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute advanced sourcing strategies for high-priority roles.
• Identify, engage, and qualify passive candidates across channels.
• Build and maintain targeted talent pipelines and talent communities.
• Partner with recruiters to align on role requirements and priorities.
• Conduct market research on target companies and geographic considerations.
• Create outreach messaging to improve engagement and response rates.
• Provide recruiters with qualified candidate leads and market insights.
• Track sourcing activity, conversion, and pipeline progress.
• Support diversity sourcing through market mapping and inclusive outreach.
• Mentor Portfolio Sourcers with tools, search strings and outreach approaches.
• Recommend process improvements to boost productivity and quality.
• Serve as a resource for complex searches and specialized challenges.
• Contribute to sourcing reporting and leadership updates as needed.

Skills

Sourcing strategy

Passive candidate outreach

Stakeholder partnership

Market research

Boolean search

LinkedIn Recruiter

Multichannel outreach

Diversity sourcing

Mentoring

Sourcing analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CRM tools

Applicant Tracking Systems

Sourcing platforms

Resume databases

Job description

ABM is hiring a Senior Strategic Sourcer, Skilled Trades to support high-priority and difficult-to-fill hiring skilled trades needs within Manufacturing, Electrical Power Services, Critical Facilities, and Data Centers through advanced sourcing strategy, proactive talent identification, passive candidate outreach, and pipeline development. This role serves as a sourcing subject matter expert and partners closely with recruiters and hiring teams to deliver qualified candidates, talent maps, and market insight for critical roles.

This will be a Hybrid Role (in-office Mon-Thu) located at 2020 Westridge Drive, Irving TX 75038.

Benefit Information: ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM's benefits, visit ABM 2026 Employee Benefits | Staff & Management

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute advanced sourcing strategies for specialized, high-priority, and difficult-to-fill roles.
• Identify, engage, and qualify passive candidates through multiple sourcing channels.
• Build and maintain targeted talent pipelines and talent communities for current and future hiring needs.
• Partner with recruiters to understand role requirements, candidate profiles, market challenges, and hiring priorities.
• Conduct market research to identify target companies, talent availability, competitor hiring activity, and geographic considerations.
• Create targeted outreach messaging to improve passive candidate engagement and response rates.
• Partner with Talent Intelligence Analyst and Recruitment Marketing Specialist to provide recruiters with qualified candidate leads, talent market insights, and recommended sourcing approaches.
• Track sourcing activity, candidate conversion, response rates, and pipeline progress.
• Support diversity sourcing efforts through intentional market mapping and inclusive outreach strategies.
• Mentor the Portfolio Sourcers by sharing tools, techniques, search strings, outreach strategies, and best practices.
• Recommend process improvements to strengthen sourcing productivity and candidate quality.
• Serve as a resource for complex searches and specialized sourcing challenges.
• Contribute to sourcing reporting and leadership updates as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience
• Advanced experience sourcing passive talent for hard-to-fill or specialized roles.
• Strong command of LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Boolean search, resume databases, CRM tools, applicant tracking systems, and sourcing platforms.
• Ability to conduct initial candidate qualifications and assess skills, experience, interest, availability, and compensation expectations.
• Strong communication, research, relationship-building, and stakeholder partnership skills.
• Ability to manage multiple searches with urgency, quality, and accuracy.
• Experience supporting technical, skilled trades or specialized hiring.
• Ability to lead functional projects or sourcing initiatives with limited guidance.