Talent Specialist

Dimensional Innovations; Shawnee (KS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

401(k) with match

Paid time off and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Dimensional Innovations (DI) is seeking an experienced Talent Specialist to lead recruiting for manufacturing, skilled-trade, installation, and mechanical engineering roles across the DI&CO companies. You will own the full recruiting lifecycle, build strong pipelines, and partner with Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Marketing to fill hard-to-fill positions.

Reporting to the Talent Manager, you’ll be comfortable taking initiative, screening candidates, coordinating interviews, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in HR/Business/Communications.
• Minimum two years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably in manufacturing or technical environments.
• Experience building pipelines for manufacturing, skilled-trade, engineering, or field-service roles.

Responsibilities

• Owns full-cycle recruiting for manufacturing, production, skilled-trade, installation, and engineering roles.
• Sources passive candidates via LinkedIn, referrals, resume databases, and other channels.
• Coordinates interviews, collects feedback, and provides clear recommendations to hiring managers.
• Manages offers, background checks, onboarding coordination, and candidate experience.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Passive candidate sourcing

Interviewing

Relationship building

ATS (Paycom)

Onsite manufacturing experience

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, or related field

Minimum 2 years of full-cycle recruiting experience

Experience recruiting manufacturing/skilled-trade/engineering positions

Tools

Paycom / ATS

Job description

At Dimensional Innovations (DI), we exist to relieve the world of mediocre experiences and to create remarkable ones. Our people make the remarkable possible through an unwavering display of uncommon commitment each day. From the biggest names in professional sports and entertainment to groundbreaking healthcare facilities and global brands, we transform ideas into unforgettable environments. If you're energized by creativity, collaboration, and a culture that shatters the status quo - welcome home.

We’re looking for an experienced Talent Specialist to lead recruiting for our manufacturing, skilled-trade, installation, and mechanical engineering positions across the DI&CO companies. This person will own the full recruiting lifecycle, develop strong understanding of our shop and field environments, and build lasting pipelines for the roles that are often the most difficult to fill. You’ll report directly to the Talent Manager and partner closely with Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, hiring managers, schools, community organizations, and Marketing. This role is a strong fit for someone who is comfortable taking initiative, building relationships, and trying new ways to reach candidates.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES/FUNCTIONS May Include But Are Not Limited To

Full-Cycle Recruiting

• Owns full-cycle recruiting for assigned manufacturing, production, skilled-trade, installation, and engineering positions across DI&CO.
• Partners with hiring managers and spends time with Operations and Engineering teas to understand staffing needs, the work environment, career paths, position requirements, and timelines.
• Leads recruiting intake meetings and translates technical requirements into clear, accurate job descriptions and postings.
• Reviews applicants and proactively sources passive candidates through LinkedIn, Indeed, Paycom, referrals, resume databases, and other relevant channels.
• Conducts phone interviews, evaluates candidate qualifications, ad provides hiring managers with clear feedback and recommendations.
• Coordinates interviews, gathers timely hiring-manager feedback, keeps candidates informed, and maintains accurate notes, dispositions, and status updates in the Applicant Tracking System.
• Coordinates offers, supports candidate closing, initiates background checks and drug screens, and transitions hires into onboarding.

Pipeline Development and Outreach

• Develops measurable recruiting pipelines for recurring and difficult-to-fill manufacturing, skilled-trade, installation, and engineering positions.
• Builds relationships with trade schools, technical and community colleges, rural high schools, CTE programs, workforce organizations, apprenticeships, veterans’ groups, and industry associations.
• Creates recruiting plans for priority schools in partnership with the Talent Team and relevant Operations and Engineering team members.
• Coordinates career fairs, classroom presentations, school visits, facility tours, and other events that introduce students and job seekers to DI&CO opportunities.
• Maintains regular communication with school and community contacts and tracks outreach activity, candidates, interviews, and hires against established goals.

Targeted Recruiting and Employer Branding

• Recruits through Facebook groups, local job groups, trade communities, and other social channels relevant to welders, fabricators, installers, machinists, and related talent.
• Partners with Marketing to develop role‑specific recruiting campaigns, employee stories, realistic job previews, and social content.
• Tests new sourcing approaches, promotes employee referrals, maintains relationships with qualified candidates, and tracks which channels generate interviews and hires.

Internship Onboarding and Team Support

• Supports recruitment and coordination for manufacturing and engineering internships.
• Assists with onboarding logistics and ensures candidates and hiring managers receive clear, timely communication.
• Keeps assigned job descriptions current and contributes recruiting updates, activity data, and budget information as requested.
• Builds strong working relationships across the organization while maintaining confidentiality, professionalism, and appropriate discretion.
• Supports team projects and performs additional duties as assigned.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Working knowledge of manufacturing, skilled-trade, installation, engineering, construction, or related technical talent markets, with the ability to learn shop and field positions quickly.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively source and engage passive candidates through online, social, referral, school, and community channels and use results to adjust outreach efforts.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with trade schools, technical programs, colleges, workforce organizations, and internal business partners.
• Knowledge of Paycom or a similar Applicant Tracking System and the discipline to maintain accurate recruiting data.
• Strong interviewing, candidate evaluation, written recommendation, judgement, and hiring‑manager advisory skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to connect with hourly, salaried, student, and experienced candidates.
• Strong initiative, organization, follow-through, and attention to detail, with the ability to independently manage multiple searches and reprioritize as business needs change.
• Comfort working onsite and spending time in manufacturing and production environments to understand the work and build credibility.
• Working understanding of human resource principles, recruiting practices, and applicable employment requirements, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• High degree of professionalism, confidentiality, collaboration, and discretion.

Education/Certifications/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience required.
• Minimum two years of full-cycle recruiting experience required; three or more years preferred.
• Experience recruiting manufacturing, skilled-trade, engineering, construction, field-service, or related technical positions strongly preferred.
• Experience building school, community, social, or passive‑candidate recruiting pipelines strongly preferred; direct experience working in a manufacturing or skilled‑trade environment is a plus.

WHAT DEFINES US?

• We Are Curious People
• We Collaborate Through Uncertainty
• We Stay Humble + Hungry
• We have an Uncommon Commitment to Our Work and to Each Other
• We Have the Guts to Do Things Never Been Done Before
• We Are Real + We Work with Transparency

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
• Employee must be able to talk and hear

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Due to our onsite Fabrication process, the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions.

NTERESTED IN JOINING OUR TEAM?

Permission to play at DI starts with the ability to be a team player, possess a positive attitude while under a tight deadline and demonstrate an uncommon commitment to your work. Please visit our website (www.dimin.com) to see some of the amazing work we do!

This is a salary (exempt) position.

DI offers a full benefit package including:

• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Supplemental Accident
• Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity
• 401(k) with a match
• Health Savings Account match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 7 paid holidays plus an employee chosen Floating Holiday annually
• Paid Parental Leave

In 2018, DI incorporated the Great Game of Business principles into the way we do things. The program is designed to create a business of business people, provide transparency into company performance and directly tie daily behavior to impact DIs performance. GGOB allows for the potential of quarterly bonuses as company goals are achieved.

For more information about working at DI and a full list of available opportunities, please visit https://dimin.com/about/careers.