Sr Talent Acquisition Engineering Recruiter

Zachry Group; Omaha (NE); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachry Group in Omaha, NE seeks a Senior Engineering Recruiter to lead full lifecycle recruiting for engineering and design talent across the United States. You will partner with Engineering leadership to map talent needs, build pipelines, and present qualified candidates for critical roles.

The role requires strong sourcing, networking, and market analytics, with travel up to 25% for conferences and onsite assessments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7+ years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience.
• 3+ years recruiting engineering, design or leadership talent in EPC/industrial sectors.
• Proven success recruiting engineers, designers, and leaders.
• Experience managing full recruiting lifecycle (sourcing, interviewing, negotiations, hiring).
• Proven ability to identify passive candidates via direct sourcing.

Responsibilities

• Manage full recruiting lifecycle for engineering and design positions from sourcing to offer."
• Partner with engineering leaders to support hiring needs and workforce growth.
• Develop and execute strategies to attract engineers, designers, and technical specialists.
• Build pipelines aligned with active hiring needs and business growth.
• Conduct talent mapping and engage passive candidates in targeted markets.
• Build relationships with engineering professionals and industry networks to strengthen employer branding.
• Use sourcing tools and platforms to identify and engage qualified candidates.
• Screen, assess, and present candidates with market intelligence and hiring recommendations.
• Track recruiting metrics and market trends to improve hiring results.

Skills

Networking

Relationship-building

Communication

Organizational skills

Project management

LinkedIn Recruiter experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Applicant tracking systems

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Job Description

Company: Zachry Group

Location: Omaha, NE

Zachry Group is seeking a Senior Engineering Recruiter to help grow our engineering organization by identifying, attracting, and hiring top engineering and design talent across the United States. This role partners closely with Engineering leadership to support critical hiring needs across multiple engineering disciplines within the power generation, refining, petrochemical, chemical, energy, and industrial construction markets.

The Senior Engineering Recruiter owns the full recruiting lifecycle for engineering and design positions, from talent mapping and candidate engagement through offer acceptance. Success in this role requires strong sourcing and networking capabilities, an understanding of engineering talent markets, and the ability to build trusted relationships with both hiring leaders and highly sought-after engineering professionals.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruiting lifecycle for engineering and design positions, from sourcing strategy through offer acceptance.
• Partner with Engineering leaders, hiring managers, and Workforce Planning to support hiring needs, workforce growth, and future talent requirements.
• Develop and execute recruiting strategies to attract engineers, designers, technical specialists, discipline leads, engineering managers, and engineering directors.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines aligned with active hiring needs, workforce forecasts, and business growth objectives.
• Conduct talent mapping and identify passive candidates within targeted engineering and industrial markets.
• Develop relationships with engineering professionals and industry networks to strengthen Zachry's employment brand and talent community.
• Use sourcing tools, talent intelligence platforms, networking events, referrals, and direct recruiting techniques to identify and engage qualified candidates.
• Screen, assess, and present qualified candidates while providing market intelligence and hiring recommendations to business leaders.
• Track recruiting effectiveness, pipeline health, talent market trends, and sourcing outcomes to continuously improve hiring results.

Qualifications

ESSENTIAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years recruiting engineering, design, technical, or engineering leadership talent within EPC, industrial construction, energy, power generation, refining, petrochemical, manufacturing, or related industries.
• Demonstrated success recruiting engineers, designers, technical specialists, discipline leads, engineering managers, and engineering directors.
• Experience managing the full recruiting lifecycle, including sourcing, interviewing, offer negotiation, and hiring.
• Proven success identifying and recruiting passive candidates through direct sourcing and relationship-based recruiting strategies.
• Strong understanding of engineering talent markets, talent mapping, and competitive recruiting strategies.
• Experience partnering directly with engineering leaders and hiring managers to develop recruiting strategies and hiring plans.
• Strong networking, relationship-building, communication, organizational, and project management skills.
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, applicant tracking systems, sourcing tools, and talent intelligence platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting engineering and design professionals within industrial EPC, industrial construction, energy, manufacturing, or related industries.
• Understanding of engineering organizational structures, project execution models, and engineering career paths.
• Experience recruiting across multiple engineering disciplines, including process, mechanical, electrical, civil/structural, instrumentation and controls, and design.
• Experience using labor market data and talent intelligence platforms to guide recruiting strategies.
• Professional certifications such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, AIRS, CIR, CTS, or related certifications.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, and perform routine office-related activities.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, virtually, and by telephone with candidates, employees, and business leaders.
• Ability to occasionally lift or move materials weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to travel as necessary to support recruiting initiatives, candidate meetings, networking activities, conferences, and business objectives.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Hybrid work environment with regular collaboration in a Zachry office location.
• Positions supported by this role are primarily office-based engineering and design positions.
• Recruiting responsibility may support engineering organizations in Houston and the Gulf Coast region, Omaha, Downers Grove, Charlotte, and other U.S. locations.
• Up to 25% travel for recruiting initiatives, industry conferences, networking events, training and development, and business-related activities.
• Occasional visits to active construction, industrial, manufacturing, engineering, or project locations where personal protective equipment (PPE) may be requested.