Senior Technical Recruiter

Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering; North Charleston (SC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering, LLC (ICE) is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to support growth across ICE’s operations and acquisitions. You will manage complex searches for engineering, technical, field, and senior-level roles, partnering with executives, HR, and leaders of acquired companies to drive strategy and successful onboarding.

The role emphasizes strong sourcing abilities, discretion, and the ability to support a growing multistate organization, with a hybrid remote

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in HR/Business/Communications or related field.
• Experience in engineering, construction, or infrastructure recruiting preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive full-cycle recruiting experience for technical roles.
• Proven success filling senior-level or confidential positions.
• Experience partnering with executives and senior hiring managers.
• Advanced passive-candidate sourcing using networks, platforms, referrals, and outreach.
• Ability to manage multiple searches across disciplines, locations, and levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting from intake to onboarding for engineering and technical roles.
• Partner with executives and HR to develop recruiting strategies and searches.
• Manage acquisitions recruitment and integration during growth.
• Provide staffing updates, market intel, and recruiting progress to stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, templates, and metrics.
• Represent ICE at career fairs and industry events.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Executive partnership

Sourcing strategy

Candidate assessment

Talent pipeline development

Communication

Organization

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources/Business/Communications or related field

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Indeed

Applicant Tracking Systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering, LLC (ICE) is always looking for professionals who want to work in a team-oriented environment with dynamic people. ICE is serving our communities by offering innovative solutions to transportation challenges through engineering designs and field work that improves capacity, safety, and the overall traveling experience. We offer competitive salaries and opportunity for advancement. ICE offers a comprehensive benefits package that is designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We look forward to hearing from you! Your commitment to excellence is the strength of our future!

Remote Status: Hybrid

Senior Technical Recruiter

Position Summary

Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering, LLC is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to support continued growth across ICE’s established operations and newly acquired companies. This position will manage complex, high-priority recruiting assignments across engineering, technical, field, corporate, and senior-level administrative functions.

The Senior Technical Recruiter will partner with executive management, hiring managers, Human Resources, and leaders of acquired companies to develop recruiting strategies, identify highly qualified candidates, and guide searches from intake through offer acceptance and onboarding handoff. The successful candidate will bring strong sourcing ability, sound judgment, discretion, and the flexibility to support a growing multistate organization.

Key Responsibilities

Full Cycle Recruiting

• Manage assigned searches from intake through sourcing, screening, interview coordination, selection, offer preparation, pre-employment activities, and onboarding handoff.
• Recruit for ICE’s engineering and technical disciplines, including roadway, structures, CEI and MEI, water resources, traffic, aviation, geotechnical, surveying, utility coordination, pavement, materials, architecture, planning, and environmental services.
• Support senior corporate and administrative hiring in finance, accounting, human resources, information technology, legal, marketing, business development, operations, and executive support.
• Lead confidential searches for management, director, executive, and other sensitive positions.
• Develop targeted recruiting strategies for specialized, licensed, certified, and difficult-to-fill roles.
• Build pipelines for anticipated project awards, geographic expansion, succession needs, and future growth.

Acquisition Recruiting and Integration

• Serve as a recruiting partner to newly acquired companies during transition and integration.
• Assess immediate and long-term staffing needs, active openings, candidate pipelines, recruiting practices, and workforce challenges.
• Create recruiting plans that support each acquired company’s business objectives while aligning with ICE’s standards and approval processes.
• Learn the acquired company’s services, culture, client relationships, geographic markets, and specialized talent needs.
• Help transition job descriptions, postings, candidate records, workflows, employment branding, and reporting into ICE’s recruiting structure.
• Support hiring associated with growth, employee retention, leadership transitions, project awards, and operational expansion.

Executive and Hiring Manager Partnership

• Conduct detailed intake meetings to establish required qualifications, preferred experience, compensation considerations, priorities, and realistic timelines.
• Advise leaders on candidate availability, market conditions, titles, compensation competitiveness, sourcing challenges, and search progress.
• Present clear candidate assessments covering qualifications, motivations, compensation expectations, geographic preferences, and potential concerns.
• Guide managers through consistent, effective, and compliant interviewing and selection practices.
• Prioritize competing needs based on project impact, operational urgency, leadership direction, and business risk.
• Provide recruiting updates and market intelligence to executive management and key stakeholders.

Sourcing and Talent Intelligence

• Identify passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, professional associations, referrals, industry networks, career fairs, competitor research, and direct outreach.
• Create Boolean searches, market maps, sourcing plans, and targeted candidate lists for specialized positions.
• Research comparable titles, agency classifications, certifications, licensure requirements, and competitor organizations.
• Develop long-term relationships with prospective candidates and maintain reusable talent pipelines.
• Monitor talent-market conditions and recruiting trends affecting the architecture, engineering, construction, and transportation industries.

Recruiting Operations and Team Support

• Maintain accurate requisition, candidate, interview, offer, source, and disposition records in the applicant tracking system.
• Follow company approval processes and applicable federal, state, and local employment requirements.
• Protect confidential candidate, employee, compensation, business, and acquisition information.
• Track activity, time to fill, source effectiveness, offer acceptance, and other agreed recruiting measures.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruiting systems, processes, templates, reporting, and candidate experience.
• Share technical recruiting knowledge and provide guidance or mentoring to other recruiting team members.
• Represent ICE at career fairs, professional meetings, industry events, and other recruiting activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• AEC, civil engineering, transportation, construction, or infrastructure consulting recruiting experience.
• At least seven years of progressive full-cycle recruiting experience, including substantial responsibility for technical, engineering, construction, or other specialized professional searches.
• Demonstrated success filling difficult-to-fill, senior-level, or confidential positions.
• Experience partnering directly with executives and senior hiring managers.
• Advanced passive-candidate sourcing skills using professional networks, recruiting platforms, databases, referrals, and direct outreach.
• Ability to understand technical requirements and translate them into effective searches and candidate evaluations.
• Experience managing multiple searches across disciplines, locations, and levels of seniority.
• Excellent written communication, interviewing, organization, judgment, and relationship-management skills.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems, Microsoft Office, LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, and similar recruiting tools.
• Ability to travel periodically to ICE offices, acquired companies, career fairs, and industry events.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with engineering disciplines, professional licensure, DOT certifications, CEI classifications, and technical career paths.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, integrations, or newly established business units.
• Experience recruiting for senior corporate, administrative, and leadership positions.
• Experience improving recruiting processes, developing sourcing strategies, and using recruiting metrics.
• SHRM, HRCI, AIRS, or related professional certification.

Core Competencies

• Consultative recruiting and stakeholder partnership.
• Executive presence, discretion, and sound judgment.
• Technical curiosity and ability to learn unfamiliar disciplines.
• Proactive sourcing and pipeline development.
• Prioritization and independent execution.
• Candidate engagement and closing ability.
• Adaptability during growth and organizational change.
• Attention to detail and consistent follow-through.

Success Measures

• Quality, performance, and retention of hires.
• Progress on critical and difficult-to-fill searches.
• Strength and usability of talent pipelines.
• Hiring manager and candidate experience.
• Offer acceptance and recruiting-cycle effectiveness.
• Accurate, timely recruiting documentation and communication.
• Successful staffing support for newly acquired companies.
• Contribution to recruiting process improvement and team capability.

ICE is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs and are made without unlawful discrimination under applicable federal, state, and local requirements.