Technical Recruiter

Hunter Truck; Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hunter Truck is seeking a Technical Recruiter to manage the end-to-end recruitment of skilled technical talent. The role involves strategy development, sourcing, interviewing and candidate assessment to build a strong talent pipeline.

The successful candidate will partner with the VP of HR and field hiring managers, participate in career fairs, and maintain active relationships with technical schools and industry networks to ensure a steady flow of qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of recruiting experience in a related industry preferred.
• Solid knowledge of medium/heavy duty industry.
• Strong negotiation and marketing skills.
• Professional verbal/written communication.
• Exceptional customer service skills.
• Strong relationship-building abilities.
• Exceptional organizational skills and multitasking.
• Ability to model company values and operating principles.
• Analytical and critical thinking abilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with field hiring managers to identify needs and process expectations.
• Represent Hunter Truck at technical career fairs and school events.
• Recruit and select qualified personnel for skilled technical openings, e.g., Diesel Technicians.
• Source, screen, and refer technical candidates to hiring managers.
• Maintain relationships with candidates and managers, providing feedback.
• Develop strategies to reach top technical talent and networks.

Skills

Industry knowledge

Public speaking

Negotiation

Verbal communication

Customer service

Relationship building

Organization

Values and ethics

Analytical thinking

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree & 5+ years recruiting

Tools

Microsoft Office

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Web interview tools

Job description

NOW HIRING: Technical Recruiter

Status: Full-Time

Shift: Monday - Friday 8:00am-5:00pm and weekends as needed

FLSA Status: Exempt

Pay: $80,000-$100,000 annually

Reports to: VP of HR

At Hunter Truck, our people are the heart of everything we do, and we’re excited to grow our team! Since 1938, our family‑owned Peterbilt dealership has built its reputation on integrity, teamwork, and outstanding service across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, and Vermont. If you’re looking for a place where your ideas matter, your growth is encouraged, and your work truly makes an impact, you’ll thrive here.

Come build your career with a team that invests in you from day one!

Summary

The Technical Recruiter participates in a full range of activities around the selection of technical talent for the organization. The Technical Recruiter develops recruiting strategies, identifies recruiting sources and networks, and interviews and assesses technical candidates to build the talent pipeline.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Conducts strategy meetings with field hiring managers to identify needs, expectations, clarify processes and provide regular updates
• Attends technical career fairs, technical school events, and other community and industry outreach activities as Hunter Truck technical recruiting representative
• Recruits and selects qualified personnel for skilled technical openings, particularly positions such as Diesel Technicians
• Sources, screens and refers technical candidates to hiring managers
• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with candidates and managers, providing continuous feedback throughout the process.
• Develops recruiting strategies to identify the best ways to reach top technical talent
• Identifies recruiting sources and networks to maintain the best face to face and digital presence and constantly be on the lookout for new ways to build our network.
• Identifies candidates for vacant technical positions, including assessing job postings and following up on employee referrals, screening resumes and conducting interviews by phone, in person or via Microsoft Teams.
• Creates and maintains a communication plan that promotes a partnership for acquiring the necessary technical talent
• Collaborates with the HR Team to ensure job postings are on the most relevant platforms and that open technical requisitions are filled in an effective, efficient manner with the most qualified, best fit candidate
• Actively and constructively participates in team meetings and professional development activities to remain relevant when recruiting within our industry
• Maintains current knowledge of emerging technology to stay abreast of innovative sourcing trends and best recruitment practices.
• Maintains memberships in/rapport with professional associations in diesel industry, and secondary/post- secondary education institutions.
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no direct reports

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Solid knowledge of and/or background in the medium/heavy duty industry.
• Exhibits comfort speaking in front of large groups of students, peers, vendors and potential employees
• Strong negotiation and marketing skills
• Professional verbal/written communication
• Exceptional customer service skills
• Strong relationship-building abilities
• Exceptional organizational skills, including the ability to handle multiple assignments and prioritize work.
• Ability to demonstrate the company's core values, operating principles, and service differentiators
• Analytical skills
• Critical thinking skills

EDUCATION And/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of recruiting experience in a related industry preferred

TECHNOLOGY

Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office proficiency with an emphasis on PowerPoint, Excel, and Microsoft Outlook. Must be proficient with the use of web delivery tools as an optional interviewing method.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as operating instructions and procedure manuals; ability to write routine reports and correspondence; ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization

Mathematical Skills

Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, are required. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Valid Driver’s License required with ability to pass company insurability standards

TRAVEL

This position requires approximately 70% travel, primarily consisting of day travel throughout the assigned territory to support recruiting efforts, visit branch locations, attend career fairs and recruiting events, and build relationships with technical schools and other recruiting partners. Occasional overnight travel will be required based on business and recruiting needs.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk and is frequently required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually mild to moderate

EOE