Talent Acquisition Associate (Temporary Assignment)

solvenergy; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

SOLV Energy in San Diego, CA seeks a Talent Acquisition Associate for a temporary assignment. This hybrid role focuses on full-cycle recruitment across multiple states and roles, leveraging Workday and ATS tools to attract top talent while ensuring an excellent candidate experience.

You will partner with hiring managers, source quality candidates, screen and interview, and maintain data integrity in the ATS, supporting growth and efficiency in a dynamic energy infrastructure environment.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience managing full-cycle recruiting across multiple roles or functions.
• Experience in the construction or renewable energy industry preferred.
• Proven ability to source, screen, interview, and onboard candidates.
• Knowledge of recruiting trends, practices, and technologies.
• Basic employment law knowledge related to recruiting, screening and onboarding.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with hiring partners to understand business needs and required skills.
• Manage full lifecycle recruitment from sourcing to offer stage.
• Work with hiring managers to define role requirements and team dynamics.
• Source candidates across multiple states, including remote areas.
• Screen resumes, conduct initial interviews, and coordinate processes.
• Maintain accurate, confidential data in the ATS and build talent pipelines.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Sourcing passive candidates

Interviewing candidates

Applicant Tracking Systems

Microsoft Office proficiency

Tools

Workday

Job description

SOLV Energy is a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, designing, building and maintaining utility scale solar, battery storage and high voltage substation projects nationwide.

Job Description Summary:

Job Description: This position will be a temporary assignment with terms agreed to upon selection.

This role is hybrid, with regular in-office presence in San Diego, CA. Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

The Talent Acquisition Associate will be responsible for managing full-cycle recruitment, partnering with hiring managers, and delivering a strong candidate experience. You will play a key role in attracting, assessing, and hiring top talent to support business growth.

*This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

• Collaborate with hiring partners to understand their business needs and identify specific skills required for critical roles
• Facilitate full lifecycle recruitment for assigned roles from sourcing through offer stage
• Partner closely with hiring managers to understand hiring needs, role requirements, and team dynamics
• Source quality candidates for all positions across multiple states, including remote areas, through the use of social media, employee referrals, external hiring platforms, community outreach, and internal databases
• Screen resumes, conduct initial interviews, and coordinate interview processes
• Ensure a high-quality candidate experience throughout the hiring process
• Maintain accurate entry, integrity and confidentiality of data in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
• Build and manage a pipeline of qualified candidates for current and future hiring needs
• Assist in improving recruitment processes, employer branding, and hiring efficiency
• Develop candidate pipelines by continuously building and maintaining talent simultaneously showing responsiveness to all candidate inquiries

Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements:

• 2-3 years experience managing full-cycle recruiting across multiple roles or functions required
• Experience within the construction or renewable energy industry preferred
• Demonstrated ability in identifying, attracting/selling, screening, interviewing candidates, onboarding new hires
• Knowledge of the recruiting discipline including trends, current practices, technologies, and new developments
• Working knowledge of basic employment law surrounding recruiting, screening, and onboarding processes
• Experience in Workday and/or other Applicant Tracking Systems required
• Skilled in Microsoft Office suite of applications

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now or in the fu ture.

Compensation Range:

$34.50 - $41.40

Pay Rate Type:

Hourly

SOLV Energy Is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At SOLV Energy we celebrate the power of our differences. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces that improve our communities. SOLV Energy prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind against an employee or applicant based on race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, or ethnicity, mental or physical disability, veteran status, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please be aware that all official communications from SOLV Energy will come exclusively from email addresses ending in @solvenergy.com. Any emails originating from other domains should not be considered affiliated with or authorized by our organization.

SOLV Energy does not accept unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies. We require all third-party recruiters to communicate exclusively with our internal talent acquisition team. SOLV Energy will not pay a placement fee to any third-party recruiter or agency that has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the appropriate member of our internal talent acquisition team.

In addition, candidate introductions or resumes can only be submitted to our internal talent acquisition recruiting team if a signed vendor agreement is already on file and the third-party recruiter or agency has received formal instructions from our internal talent acquisition team to submit candidates for a particular job posting.

Any unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or resumes sent by third-party recruiters to SOLV Energy or directly to any of our employees, or received through our website or career portal, will be considered property of SOLV Energy and will not be eligible for a placement fee. In the event a third-party recruiter submits a resume or refers a candidate without a previously signed vendor agreement, SOLV Energy explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire the candidate(s) without financial liability to s