Technical Recruiter (Manufacturing - Skilled Trades) at Insight Global Phoenix, AZ

Insight Global; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is assisting a client in the Western United States with a Skilled Trade Manufacturing Recruiter role. You will manage maintenance, skilled trades, and industrial manufacturing roles across multiple plants, emphasizing proactive sourcing and passive candidate identification using Indeed.

The position involves 12-15 active requisitions and requires 2-3 days per week onsite in Phoenix, Portland, or Spanish Fork, with strong stakeholder management and a comfort level in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 3+ to 5+ years in recruiting.
• Experience recruiting in manufacturing, skilled trades, maintenance, or heavy industrial environments.
• Proactive sourcing of candidates, not just applicants.
• Strong Indeed sourcing experience.
• Recruiting hourly/skilled trades in heavy-industrial plants.
• Familiarity with industrial maintenance terms: hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanical/electrical troubleshooting, PLCs.

Responsibilities

• Source and screen maintenance technicians, electricians, mechanics, PLC techs, and other skilled trades.
• Conduct phone interviews and coordinate the interview process.
• Guide candidates through the full recruiting lifecycle.
• Partner with plant hiring managers and drive timely feedback.

Skills

Recruiting

Industrial recruiting

Sourcing

Indeed sourcing

Stakeholder mgmt

Candidate screening

Requisition mgmt

Maintenance terminology

High volume recruiting

Tools

SAP

Job description

Must-Have Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience in recruiting
• Recruiting experience within manufacturing, skilled trades, maintenance, or heavy industrial environments
• Experience proactively sourcing candidates rather than relying primarily on applicants
• Strong Indeed sourcing experience
• Comfortable supporting a heavy-industrial plant environment with experience recruiting hourly/skilled-trades talent
• Working understanding of industrial maintenance terminology, including hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanical/electrical troubleshooting, and PLC-related positions
• Able to screen candidates for technical troubleshooting competency
• Strong hiring-manager/stakeholder management skills, including the ability to push back and proactively pursue feedback
• Comfortable working with roughly 12–15 active requisitions
• Able to work 2-3 days a week onsite in Phoenix, AZ, Portland, OR, or Spanish Fork, UT

Plus Qualifications

• Previous experience personally working within a skilled trade or industrial/construction environment
• SAP experience
• Previous experience recruiting directly inside a manufacturing plant
• Bilingual in Spanish

Summary

Insight Global's client is a supplier of aluminum and other mined natural resource products across the globe. They have several locations across the US and are looking for a Skilled Trade Manufacturing Recruiter to support several of their plants in the Western United States. The Manufacturing Recruiter will manage 12-15 active requisitions at a time, focused primarily on maintenance, skilled trades, and industrial manufacturing positions across their facilities. Approximately 50% of the workload will require proactive sourcing, with a heavy emphasis on leveraging Indeed to identify passive candidates.

Day-to-day responsibilities

Day-to-day responsibilities include sourcing and screening maintenance technicians, electricians, mechanics, PLC technicians, and other skilled trades professionals; conducting phone interviews; coordinating the interview process; and guiding candidates through the full recruiting lifecycle. The recruiter will partner closely with plant hiring managers, drive timely feedback, provide market insights, and ensure positions continue moving through the hiring process.

Success in this role

This is a 6-month contract opportunity with potential for extension or conversion. The preferred candidate will be located in Phoenix, AZ (top priority), Portland, OR, or Spanish Fork, UT and be comfortable working 2-3 days per week onsite in a plant environment. Success in this role requires strong sourcing abilities, familiarity with industrial maintenance terminology (hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanical/electrical systems, and PLCs), and the confidence to hold hiring managers accountable while managing a high-volume requisition load. The ideal recruiter will thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, balancing relationship building, stakeholder management, and hands‑on recruiting while supporting approximately 1-2 hires per week across critical plant operations roles.