Senior Technical Recruiter, Engineering & Architecture (Remote United States)

Salas O'Brien; United States; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Salas O’Brien is seeking a Technical Recruiter to support engineering and architecture staffing on a remote basis across the United States. This role reports to the Director, Talent Acquisition.

You will recruit engineers and architects for data centers, healthcare facilities, laboratories, and related infrastructure, managing sourcing, screening, interviews, offers, and onboarding while building proactive pipelines and credible outreach.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of recruiting experience in AEC, engineering consulting, construction, infrastructure, or related technical field.
• Ability to recruit passive, hard-to-find professionals across multiple disciplines.
• Strong understanding of technical credentials and certifications.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Recruiting HR Account Leader to align with team needs.
• Support full lifecycle recruiting: sourcing, screening, interviewing, offers, and onboarding.
• Build and prioritize talent pipelines ahead of demand.
• Develop sourcing strategies beyond LinkedIn, including Boolean searches, referrals, and market mapping.
• Identify passive professionals and engage them with credible outreach.
• Conduct thorough candidate screens covering discipline, credentials, and compensation.
• Present qualified slate with market context and recommendations.
• Maintain strong candidate experience and accurate ATS records.
• Use data to measure sourcing effectiveness and adjust approaches.

Skills

Sourcing strategies

Candidate relationship management

Interview coordination

Multitasking

Communication skills

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS

Boolean search

Job description

Technical Recruiter, Engineering & Architecture (Remote)

At Salas O’Brien we tell our clients that we’re engineered for impact. This passion for making a difference applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. That’s why we’re committed to living our values every day: inspiring, achieving, and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future.

Building for the long-term means that all of our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people-first approach to problem solving. It also means that each member of our team has truly limitless potential to build a unique, meaningful, and high-impact career—and they’ll receive great total rewards along the way.

About Us

Founded in 1975, Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for our clients, our team, and the world. We know that tomorrow’s requirements are today’s opportunities, and we are here to design lasting solutions for pressing challenges.

We work across a variety of industries providing integrated engineering and consulting services. Our specialized experience includes design for data centers, healthcare, science and technology, high-rise buildings, clean energy, education, and other building types as well as structural and building sciences, infrastructure asset management, advanced robotics, and more.

Our technical expertise is paired with an exceptional team of business development, human resources, finance and accounting, information technology, and marketing professionals, all of whom play a key role in bringing our commitments to life every day.

The Opportunity

Salas O'Brien is a supermajority employee-owned engineering and technical consulting firm operating from locations across North America, ranked No. 31 on Engineering News-Record's 2026 Top 500 Design Firms list. We are seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to support hiring across our engineering and architecture practices. This is a remote position reporting to the Director, Technical Recruiting.

In this role, you will recruit the engineers, architects, and technical professionals who design data centers, healthcare facilities, laboratories, and the infrastructure that supports them. These are specialized disciplines with limited candidate pools, and most qualified professionals are currently employed and not actively seeking new opportunities. Success in this role depends on proactive sourcing, credible outreach, and sustained relationship building.

The firm continues to grow through both organic expansion and mergers, which means hiring demand is continuous and the disciplines you support will evolve. You will manage searches across architecture, engineering, construction, and professional services, partnering with hiring managers across multiple business units and offices. You will also develop substantive knowledge of the disciplines you support, including credentials, project types, and the factors that determine candidate fit.

What You'll Recruit For

You will recruit across a broad range of engineering, architecture, technology, and design disciplines. The specific disciplines and markets you support will vary with business needs and may shift over time.

What You'll Do

• Partner with the Recruiting HR Account Leader to support team needs.
• Support the full recruiting lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate management, offer support, closing, and acceptance.
• Build and prioritize talent pipelines in advance of hiring demand, with emphasis on hard-to-fill disciplines and geographies.
• Develop sourcing strategies that extend beyond LinkedIn, including Boolean search, referrals, professional associations, competitor research, and geographic talent mapping.
• Identify and engage passive technical professionals through personalized, credible outreach, and maintain those relationships to support current and future hiring needs.
• Conduct thorough candidate screens assessing discipline and project experience, professional credentials, client exposure, leadership capability, career motivations, and compensation expectations.
• Present qualified, diverse candidate slates with clear recommendations and supporting market context.
• Deliver a responsive, professional candidate experience and partner closely with Talent Acquisition, HR, compensation, and business leadership to maintain search momentum.
• Use recruiting data, including response rates, conversion, and pipeline health, to evaluate sourcing effectiveness and adjust your approach. Maintain accurate and timely records in the applicant tracking system.

What We're Looking For

• Five or more years of recruiting experience within AEC, engineering consulting, construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, or another technical industry.
• Demonstrated success sourcing and hiring passive, hard‑to‑find technical professionals across multiple disciplines, using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, referrals, professional associations, and talent‑market mapping.
• Ability to quickly understand technical roles and translate business requirements into focused search strategies.
• Experience building proactive talent pipelines, together with strong candidate assessment, relationship management, and offer‑closing skills.
• Working knowledge of technical credentials such as PE, EIT, RA, LEED, CxA, and other discipline‑specific certifications, or the ability to learn them quickly.
• Fluency with an ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, and sourcing or talent‑intelligence tools.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities with strong organization and consistent follow-through.
• Sound judgment and the confidence to constructively challenge assumptions or recommend an alternate approach when market conditions warrant.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a remote environment and maintain close working relationships with hiring managers across multiple time zones.

You’ll Be Successful Here If

• You are genuinely interested in engineering and building systems, and you develop technical credibility with the professionals you recruit.
• You take ownership of difficult searches and adjust your approach based on data and market feedback.
• You work effectively across a decentralized organization with multiple offices, disciplines, and leadership styles.
• You are open, direct, and respectful in how you communicate, and you take accountability for your commitments.

Why Salas O'Brien

• Meaningful impact: Our work advances the human experience through the built environment, from ensuring hospitals have reliable power to improving pharmaceutical production quality and conserving resources. You will recruit the professionals who deliver it.
• Ownership and visibility: Your work is visible to leadership and directly supports the growth of the business.
• Opportunity to specialize: Develop deep expertise in specific engineering disciplines, markets, and technical talent communities.
• Room to innovate: Bring new sourcing strategies, tools, insights, and ideas to the Talent Acquisition team.
• Industry standing: Salas O'Brien ranked No. 31 on Engineering News-Record's 2026 Top 500 Design Firms list, No. 7 among MEP Giants in North America, and No. 3 on Building