Talent Acquisition Specialist I

Oil--dri-Corporation-of-Americ; Blue Mountain (MS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Generous PTO and paid holidays

Work-life balance

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Oil-Dri Corporation of America is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our Human Resources team at the Blue Mountain, MS Manufacturing facility. This onsite role supports end-to-end talent acquisition, onboarding, and retention with daily onsite presence.

The position emphasizes sourcing strategies, stakeholder collaboration, and data-driven recruiting to align with long-term organizational goals in a manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred with 3–5 years of talent/resource management experience.
• Experience with creative sourcing for salaried and hourly roles in high-volume manufacturing environments is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategies to build a pipeline for potential talent.
• Handle full life cycle recruitment from staffing to onboarding and retention.
• Source and recruit for salaried and hourly roles from entry-level to senior management.
• Conduct intake meetings with hiring managers to align needs and candidate profiles.
• Screen candidates to assess suitability for current and future positions.
• Maintain hiring, retention, and succession data and analytics.

Skills

Full cycle recruiting

Sourcing strategies

Data-driven recruiting

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

ATS/HRIS familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Role Overview

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you’ll be part of our Human Resources team working onsite at the Blue Mountain, MS Manufacturing facility. This role is responsible for Talent Acquisition processes while factoring in the long-term goals of the organization. This position is based at an active mine site and requires daily onsite presence. Work conditions may include uneven terrain, climbing ladders, navigating steps, and exposure to varying weather conditions such as heat, rain, or mud. Monday - Friday onsite required.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement creative strategies, such as our brandling initiative, to build pipeline for potential talent.
• Handles full life cycle recruitment providing a full range of day-to-day Talent Acquisition support including staffing, onboarding activities, teammate relations and retention.
• Responsible for sourcing and recruiting salaried and hourly teammates including entry-level through senior management.
• Conduct intake meetings with hiring managers to understand needs, ensuring alignment between job descriptions, and target candidate profiles.
• Screen candidates to assess suitability for current and future positions.
• Develop, implement, and maintain hiring, retention, and succession data.
• Work closely with the HRIS Manager to collect and coordinate data talent pool translating data into insights through data analysis that drives deliberate action plans at the appropriate levels.
• Help identify key motivators against competitors.
• Establish and maintain meaningful relationships with management and key cross-functional stakeholders internally.
• Conduct presentations, training, and business cases.
• Assist HR team as needed including HR projects.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred with 3 – 5 years of experience with talent/resource management.
• Experience with creative sourcing of Salaried and Hourly candidates in a high-volume, fast-paced Manufacturing environment strongly preferred.

Skills & Abilities

• Great communication skills, articulate and ready to take charge of the situation.
• Recruiting metrics creation and maintenance strongly preferred
• Expertise in full-cycle recruiting
• Proficiency with handling hard to close candidates in a competitive market.
• Experience or exposure recruiting from trade schools and local community organizations.
• Manufacturing Recruiting experience, especially in adverse conditions strongly preferred.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work as part of a team and operate with strong ethical capacity.
• Possess core values of Honesty and Integrity

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive pay+annualbonus
• 401(k)with6%companymatch
• Paidparentalleave,generousPTO,&paidholidays
• Work-lifebalance
• Careergrowthwithexposuretoseniorleadership.
• Annualmeritincreaseopportunity
• Fitness&GymReimbursement
• EmployerContribution-Health,Dental

About Us

Oil-Dri Corporation of America is a leading manufacturer and supplier of specialty sorbent products for consumer and business-to-business markets that has been voted as a Top 100 workplaces in the Chicago Tribune. Oil-Dri’s products are sold in the pet care, animal health, fluids purification, agricultural, sports field, industrial and automotive markets. Oil-Dri controls millions of tons of specialty mineral reserves, including calcium bentonite, attapulgite, and diatomaceous shale. The company’s mines and manufacturing facilities are located in Georgia, Mississippi, Illinois, and California. Oil-Dri is a family-controlled and operated organization that emphasizes honesty, integrity, and accountability. The company is dedicated to fulfilling its mission to Create Value From Sorbent Minerals.

Oil-Dri is committed to providing equal opportunity for all teammates and qualified candidates without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Accordingly, all employment decisions and personnel actions or programs such as hiring, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, transfers, reductions in workforce, and training, etc. will be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity.