Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

UNKNOWN; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Profit-sharing opportunities

Job summary

Kinzler Construction Services in Ankeny, IA, seeks a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to act as a strategic recruiting advisor to leaders across the organization. This role develops and executes talent strategies for field, professional, technical, operational, sales, and leadership roles.

You will own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing through onboarding, directly sourcing professional and leadership talent, and leveraging LinkedIn Recruiter, market research, and internal networks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Communications, Marketing, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive talent acquisition or recruiting experience.
• Proven success recruiting across multiple job functions and levels.
• Experience sourcing and engaging passive candidates through proactive outreach strategies.
• Strong interviewing, candidate assessment, and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers and business leaders as a trusted recruiting advisor—helping define talent needs, recruiting strategy, candidate profiles, and market approach.
• Own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing and screening through interviewing, offer development, closing candidates, and onboarding handoff.
• Directly source professional, technical, management, and leadership talent, including passive candidates who may not be actively looking for a new opportunity.
• Use LinkedIn Recruiter, professional networking, referrals, industry groups, market research, talent mapping, and other sourcing tools to identify and engage hard-to-find candidates.
• Develop sourcing strategies for positions such as Project Managers, Sales Leaders, IT professionals, operational leadership, and other specialized roles.
• Build proactive pipelines for recurring and high-volume field and skilled-trade positions.
• Reduce dependence on external recruiting agencies by developing strong internal sourcing capabilities and long-term talent networks.
• Manage recruiting activity through UKG Ready, ensuring timely candidate movement, communication, and documentation, and hiring-manager visibility.
• Help optimize recruiting workflows, automation, reporting, and candidate experience within UKG Ready.
• Build relationships with trade schools, technical programs, colleges, workforce development organizations, professional associations, and industry networks.
• Support employer branding efforts, career fairs, recruiting campaigns, social sourcing, and community engagement.
• Use recruiting metrics such as time-to-fill, source effectiveness, cost-per-hire, agency spend, and offer acceptance to identify opportunities and improve results.
• Support recruiting and workforce integration during company acquisitions.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Candidate sourcing

Stakeholder management

Interviewing

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or related

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

UKG Ready

Job description

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Kinzler Construction Services of Ankeny, IA is looking to hire a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to serve as a strategic recruiting advisor to leaders across Kinzler Corporation. This role is responsible for developing and executing talent acquisition strategies that attract, engage, and hire top talent for field, professional, technical, operational, sales, and leadership support positions.

About Kinzler Construction Services

We are a family- and employee-owned subcontractor that installs insulation products into new-build residential, commercial, and agricultural projects. Founded in 1984, we went from a small, garage-based business to a leading provider of construction supplies and services with locations across America's heartland. We strive to build strong relationships with our customers and community in order to increase company value for our employee-owners. We do what we say and finish on time.

We have a long track record of hiring, promoting, and retaining exceptional team members who match our core values. A job in construction can be extremely rewarding! You play a role in building the stuff people depend on. Every day is something new, every job site brings different, interesting challenges. Using both your mind and your hands, you have the chance to learn new things every day and advance your career!

Roles & Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers and business leaders as a trusted recruiting advisor — helping define talent needs, recruiting strategy, candidate profiles, and market approach.
• Own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing and screening through interviewing, offer development, closing candidates, and onboarding handoff.
• Directly source professional, technical, management, and leadership talent, including passive candidates who may not be actively looking for a new opportunity.
• Use LinkedIn Recruiter, professional networking, referrals, industry groups, market research, talent mapping, and other sourcing tools to identify and engage hard-to-find candidates.
• Develop sourcing strategies for positions such as Project Managers, Sales Leaders, IT professionals, operational leadership, and other specialized roles.
• Build proactive pipelines for recurring and high-volume field and skilled-trade positions.
• Reduce dependence on external recruiting agencies by developing strong internal sourcing capabilities and long-term talent networks.
• Manage recruiting activity through UKG Ready, our applicant tracking system, ensuring timely candidate movement, communication, and documentation, and hiring-manager visibility.
• Help optimize recruiting workflows, automation, reporting, and candidate experience within UKG Ready.
• Build relationships with trade schools, technical programs, colleges, workforce development organizations, professional associations, and industry networks.
• Support employer branding efforts, career fairs, recruiting campaigns, social sourcing, and community engagement.
• Use recruiting metrics such as time-to-fill, source effectiveness, cost-per-hire, agency spend, and offer acceptance to identify opportunities and improve results.
• Support recruiting and workforce integration during company acquisitions.

Benefits & Perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Quarterly profit-sharing opportunities through our Great Game program

As an employee-owned company, you'll have the opportunity to share in Kinzler's success through our ESOP and profit-sharing programs while building your career alongside a team committed to our core values.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Seven (7) or more years of progressive talent acquisition or recruiting experience.
• Proven success recruiting across multiple job functions and levels, including professional, technical, operational, sales, and skilled-trade positions.
• Experience sourcing and engaging passive candidates through proactive outreach strategies.
• Strong interviewing, candidate assessment, and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.