Strategic Construction Recruiter

Confidential Jobs; Washington, Baltimore (District of Columbia, MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Jobs is seeking an experienced Recruiter to support hiring across professional, technical, operational, and leadership roles in the construction sector. This role owns searches from strategy through offer, partners with hiring managers and senior leaders, and develops targeted approaches for hard-to-find construction talent.

You will proactively source passive candidates, build pipelines, manage full-cycle recruiting, and provide market insights on availability and compensation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
• Construction or closely related industry recruiting experience required.
• Experience recruiting professional, technical, operational, and management-level positions.
• Demonstrated experience proactively sourcing and engaging passive candidates.
• Strong knowledge of construction roles, project teams, and career progression.
• Strong communication, interviewing, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to independently manage multiple searches and priorities.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, and recruiting tools.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for exempt, professional, technical, operational, and leadership positions.
• Recruit for roles including Project Managers, Estimators, Project Engineers, Superintendents, field and operational leaders, and other construction and corporate positions.
• Partner with hiring managers and senior leaders to translate business and workforce needs into focused recruiting and sourcing strategies.
• Proactively identify and engage passive candidates rather than relying solely on applicants and job postings.
• Research relevant talent markets and competitor organizations to identify experienced construction professionals.
• Build talent pipelines and industry relationships that support current hiring needs and anticipated growth.
• Manage searches from initial sourcing and screening through interviews, references, compensation discussions, and accepted offers.
• Provide market insight regarding candidate availability, compensation, competitors, and recruiting conditions.
• Maintain accurate candidate, requisition, and recruiting activity within the applicant tracking system and other HR systems.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Construction industry experience

Passive candidate sourcing

Relationship building

Sourcing strategy development

Negotiation

Multi-search management

ATS proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

ATS

Sourcing platforms

Recruiting tools

Job description

Confidential Jobs is seeking an experienced Recruiter to support hiring across professional, technical, operational, and leadership roles in the construction sector. This role owns searches from strategy through offer, partners with hiring managers and senior leaders, and develops targeted approaches for hard-to-find construction talent.

You will proactively source passive candidates, build pipelines, manage full-cycle recruiting, and provide market insights on availability and compensation.