Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner | Build Pipelines

Kodiakgas; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kodiak Gas Services is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to identify, attract, and advance top talent across the business. This role partners with hiring managers to understand staffing needs, market conditions, and candidate pipelines, building strong relationships with internal teams and external networks.

You will go beyond posting jobs by leveraging LinkedIn, direct outreach, and targeted research to engage passive candidates and ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field preferred; equivalent recruiting experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• PHR, SHRM‑CP, AIRS, LinkedIn Talent Acquisition Specialist, or other talent acquisition certification preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders to understand staffing needs, role requirements, team dynamics, business priorities, and the profile of successful candidates.
• Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies for assigned roles, including direct outreach, LinkedIn sourcing, searches, referral generation, networking, talent mapping, and targeted market research.
• Identify and engage passive candidates who may not be actively applying, clearly communicating Kodiak’s value proposition and building long‑term relationships for current and future openings.
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for recurring, hard‑to‑fill, specialized, and business‑critical positions across the organization.
• Manage the full‑cycle recruiting process, including intake meetings, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate communication, offer support, pre‑employment steps, and transition to onboarding.
• Screen and assess candidates for experience, qualifications, motivation, compensation expectations, cultural alignment, and overall fit with the business need.
• Serve as a consultative advisor to hiring managers by providing market insight, candidate availability, sourcing feedback, pipeline updates, and recommendations to improve hiring outcomes.
• Represent Kodiak professionally with candidates, industry contacts, search partners, community organizations, technical schools, colleges, and other potential talent sources.
• Maintain accurate and timely recruiting activity, candidate status, notes, and requisition information in the applicant tracking system or other recruiting tools.
• Support employer branding initiatives by promoting Kodiak’s culture, opportunities, career paths, and employee value proposition throughout the recruiting process.
• Ensure recruiting practices comply with applicable employment laws, company policies, equal employment opportunity requirements, and internal approval processes.
• Track recruiting metrics and use data to evaluate sourcing effectiveness, pipeline health, time‑to‑fill, candidate quality, and process improvements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Proactive sourcing

LinkedIn sourcing

Networking

Relationship building

Communication

Interviewing

Time management

Attention to detail

ATS / Recruiting systems

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Communications

Tools

Workday ATS

LinkedIn Talent Solutions

Job description

Kodiak Gas Services is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to identify, attract, and advance top talent across the business. This role partners with hiring managers to understand staffing needs, market conditions, and candidate pipelines, building strong relationships with internal teams and external networks.

You will go beyond posting jobs by leveraging LinkedIn, direct outreach, and targeted research to engage passive candidates and ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the