Senior Strategic Sourcer, Skilled Trades (Hybrid)

ABM Industries; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

ABM Industries is seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcer, Skilled Trades to lead advanced sourcing for hard-to-fill trades across Manufacturing, Electrical Power Services, Critical Facilities, and Data Centers. The role partners with recruiters to map talent, identify market challenges, and build proactive pipelines in a hybrid in-office setting in Irving, Texas.

The successful candidate will leverage LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Boolean search, and various databases to engage passive candidates,

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.

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.

Skills

LinkedIn Recruiter

Boolean search

Resume databases

CRM tools

Applicant tracking systems

Sourcing platforms

Communication

Stakeholder partnership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Indeed

Job description

ABM Industries is seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcer, Skilled Trades to lead advanced sourcing for hard-to-fill trades across Manufacturing, Electrical Power Services, Critical Facilities, and Data Centers. The role partners with recruiters to map talent, identify market challenges, and build proactive pipelines in a hybrid in-office setting in Irving, Texas.

The successful candidate will leverage LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Boolean search, and various databases to engage passive candidates,