Skilled Trades Recruiter for High-Volume Manufacturing

1X; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

1X is seeking a recruiting professional to build and scale its skilled trades teams in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will own the end-to-end process from initial outreach through start date, leading large hiring events and creating pipelines that feed assembly, electrical, test, quality, maintenance, and machinist roles.

The role emphasizes collaboration with manufacturing leaders to assess practical skills, implement AI-assisted pre-screening, and drive efficient interviews, offers, and

Qualifications

• Distinguishes the top 10% of skilled trades talent from the top 40%
• Curiosity about how things are built, with the ability to probe for evidence of precision, safe work practices, and hands-on problem-solving
• Resourcefulness in reaching skilled tradespeople who may not be active on traditional recruiting platforms
• Credibility with hiring managers and candidates, including the judgment to challenge assumptions and present a balanced assessment of each candidate
• Ownership, urgency, and the operational discipline to run high-volume events and many openings without dropping candidates
• Experience recruiting skilled trades or technician talent in manufacturing, industrial operations, or a comparable hands-on environment
• Demonstrated success managing multiple openings from sourcing and screening through interviews, offers, and closing
• Experience building candidate pipelines through proactive outreach and relationships beyond inbound applications
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to maintain accurate applicant tracking records and use recruiting data to guide priorities
• Experience supporting a factory launch, production ramp, or high-volume hourly hiring program
• Established relationships with trade schools, technical programs, or skilled trades communities in Los Angeles or the Bay Area
• Experience recruiting for robotics, automotive, aerospace, or other precision manufacturing environments
• Experience using AI screening or automation tools in a high-volume hiring process

Responsibilities

• Build the skilled trades teams that enable 1X to scale production
• Own recruiting from first outreach through start date, running the hiring events that bring hundreds of candidates through our doors
• Deliver hires against manufacturing plans for roles such as assembly, electrical, test, quality, and maintenance technicians, as well as machinists
• Run hiring events that convert at scale: strong show rates, same-day interview decisions, offers within days
• Build reliable candidate pipelines through trade schools, apprenticeship programs, community organizations, referrals, paid channels, and local outreach
• Align hiring managers on practical skills and clear evaluation criteria, using AI-assisted pre-screening, structured interviews, and role-relevant assessments
• Use pipeline conversion, show rates, offer acceptance, start rates, and early retention to find bottlenecks, improve hiring results, and keep leaders informed

Skills

Curiosity

Precision mindset

Resourcefulness

Credibility with managers

Ownership

Tech recruiting

Multi-opening management

Pipeline building

Communication

Factory launch experience

Trade school networks

Robotics/precision manufacturing

AI screening

Job description

1X is seeking a recruiting professional to build and scale its skilled trades teams in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will own the end-to-end process from initial outreach through start date, leading large hiring events and creating pipelines that feed assembly, electrical, test, quality, maintenance, and machinist roles.

The role emphasizes collaboration with manufacturing leaders to assess practical skills, implement AI-assisted pre-screening, and drive efficient interviews, offers, and