Talent Acquisition Partner

UNKNOWN; Conroe (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabre Industries is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner to lead full-cycle recruiting across its diverse segments, including Utilities, Telecom, SBS, and Galvanizing.

You will develop proactive sourcing strategies, partner with hiring managers, and reinforce Sabre's employer brand. The role emphasizes data-driven decisions, compliance, and delivering a positive candidate experience across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Strong command of ATS platforms and LinkedIn Recruiter; excellent Boolean search.
• Ability to manage 15-25+ reqs with quality and stakeholder alignment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; data-driven insights.

Responsibilities

• Design proactive sourcing strategies across job boards, LinkedIn, social networks, referrals, and campus channels to build candidate pipelines.
• Own end-to-end recruiting for multiple segments and sites; calibrate role requirements and criteria with hiring managers.
• Build relationships with site managers and HR partners; advise on job descriptions, interview design, and selection best practices.
• Maintain ATS data quality, support AAP compliance, and ensure adherence to employment laws.
• Represent Sabre at career fairs and events; strengthen employer brand and candidate experience.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Sourcing

Communication

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

ATS platforms (UKG, Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS)

LinkedIn Recruiter

Microsoft Excel

HRIS

Job description

At Sabre Industries, we connect and power America's communities with world-class utility and telecom solutions. We operate across four business segments including Utilities, Telecom, Building Systems (SBS), and Galvanizing. Together, we reliably build a better world together: one customer, one team, and one community at a time.

Our teams live out our core values of integrity, commitment, innovation, and connection. People are our greatest asset, and we continuously invest in their development, well-being, and long-term success.

Summary

The Talent Acquisition Partner is a high-impact, full-cycle recruiting role responsible for attracting, engaging, and securing top talent across Sabre Industries' diverse business segments. This position serves as a trusted strategic advisor to hiring managers, build scalable sourcing pipelines, and help shape the candidate experience and employer brand at every touchpoint.

The ideal candidate brings a consultative mindset, a bias for action, and demonstrated success recruiting for both professional and skilled trades/manufacturing roles. Experience supporting multi-site, high-volume, or industrial environments is strongly preferred.

Essential Duties

Strategic Sourcing & Pipeline Development

• Design and execute proactive sourcing strategies across job boards, LinkedIn Recruiter, social media, employee referral programs, professional networks, and direct outreach to build deep candidate pipelines for corporate roles.
• Develop and maintain talent pools for critical or recurring positions (corporate functions, engineers, etc) to reduce time-to-fill.
• Partner with marketing and HR leadership to strengthen Sabre's employer brand and candidate value proposition across digital and campus channels.

Full-Cycle Recruiting Excellence

• Own the end-to-end recruiting process for assigned requisitions across multiple segments, sites and corporate functions.
• Partner closely with hiring managers to calibrate role requirements, candidate profiles, and selection criteria.

Hiring Manager & Stakeholder Partnership

• Build trusted relationships with site managers, department heads, and HR Business Partners across Sabre's Utilities, Telecom, SBS, and Galvanizing segments.
• Consult on job description development, interview panel design, candidate evaluation frameworks, and selection best practices.
• Provide regular pipeline updates, market intelligence, and recruiting metrics to stakeholders and the TA leadership team.

Compliance, Process & Systems Integrity

• Maintain accurate, timely ATS records throughout every stage of the recruiting workflow, ensuring data quality for reporting and AAP compliance.
• Provide administrative and analytical support for Affinitive Action Plan (AAP) obligations, leveraging the ATS, Excel, and HRIS to track applicant flow data.
• Ensure all recruiting activity complies with federal and state employment laws (EEOC, OFCCP, ADA, etc.) and internal policies and procedures.
• Represent Sabre at technical school and college career fairs, industry events, and community hiring initiatives.

Candidate Experience & Employer Brand

• Deliver a consistently professional, responsive, and human candidate experience from first contact through offer — reflecting Sabre's values of connection and commitment.
• Serve as a Sabre brand ambassador, communicating our culture, career development philosophy, and total rewards story with authenticity and conviction.
• Maintain confidentiality and professionalism in all candidate, employee, and vendor interactions.

Position Requirements

• 3 - 5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with demonstrated success across production & skill/trade manufacturing roles.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Strong command of ATS platforms (UKG, Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS, or similar) and LinkedIn Recruiter; ability to leverage Boolean search and advanced sourcing techniques.
• Working knowledge of federal and state employment law (EEOC, OFCCP, ADA) and AAP compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a high-volume requisition load (15 - 25+ reqs) while maintaining quality and stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident presenting data, recommendations, and market insights to business leaders.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, data tracking).
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize competing demands in a fast‑paced environment.
• Ability to travel up to 15% for site visits, job fairs, and university/technical school events.

Sabre Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.