Technical Recruiter - Skilled Trades

FlexTrades; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

FlexTrades is seeking a highly motivated Technical Recruiter (Skilled Trades) to recruit for CNC Machinists, Welders, Engineers, and other skilled trades across the nation. This remote role emphasizes high-volume outreach via phone, text, email, and social channels to build a robust candidate pipeline.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of direct recruiting experience in fast-paced environments, experience in agency recruitment, and is proficient with ATS tools.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of direct, recent recruiting experience in a high-volume environment.
• Agency recruiting experience in travel-based or project-based workforce.
• 100% remote environment experience required.
• Strong track record meeting weekly metrics and KPIs.
• Proficient with ATS, MS Word, Outlook, and MS Teams.
• Detail-oriented with excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Willingness to work occasional nights/weekends during deployments.

Responsibilities

• Create enthusiasm for FlexTrades’ traveling manufacturing trades positions.
• Interview, screen, and submit qualified candidates nationwide.
• Conduct 300+ outbound recruiting calls, texts, and emails weekly.
• Meet or exceed 10 hours of recruiting phone time per week.
• Use ATS to manage candidate and deployment data.
• Source candidates via job boards and internet channels.
• Assist candidates with inquiries about opportunities at FlexTrades.
• Perform basic administrative duties related to recruiting and deployment.
• Support metrics-driven activity and outcomes; champion company values.

Skills

High-volume recruiting

Remote work experience

ATS usage

MS Word & MS Teams

Communication skills

Organization

Tools

Bullhorn One

Job boards sourcing

Job description

FLEXTRADES is a rapidly growing national provider of production solutions recognized by Staffing Industry Analysts as a 2026 Best Place to Work. We are seeking a highly motivated Technical Recruiter (Skilled Trades) to join our team. This role recruits’ candidates for skilled industrial (CNC Machinists, Industrial Painters, Welders, Assembly Techs, Engineers, etc.) project-based work that requires travel across the country. FlexTrades will provide extensive industry training and experience.

This position requires highly effective direct, recent recruiting experience in a high-volume/fast paced environment. Experience in skilled manufacturing trades is a plus, but not a requirement. We are looking for candidates with top notch enthusiasm coupled with the desire for activity and output driven metrics-based recruiting.

FlexTrades’ recruiting team has high standards for activity and output metrics and those that excel in our high-performance environment enjoy long-term and lucrative careers with FlexTrades. Our recruitment requires high volume phone, text, email, and social media activity as our highly skilled positions generally require sourcing, screening, and interviewing multitudes of candidates for every successful assignment.

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Duties & Responsibilities:

• Create enthusiasm for FlexTrades’ unique and lucrative traveling manufacturing trades positions, including CNC Machinists, Engineers, Welders, Maintenance Technicians, Assemblers/Builders, etc.
• Interview, screen, and submit qualified candidates for skilled manufacturing job openings at client company locations throughout the nation
• Conduct 300+ weekly outbound recruiting calls, texts, and emails to build a strong pipeline of candidates with a diverse set of skills
• Meet or exceed 10 hours of recruiting phone time a week
• Determine candidate requirements by studying job descriptions, job qualifications and technical notes (provided)
• Utilize recruiting software to manage candidate and employee information to efficiently fill recruiting orders
• Utilize various job boards and the internet to source and recruit candidates for placement at various client companies
• Work with skilled industrial candidates and employees to answer questions they may have regarding job opportunities through FlexTrades
• Assign and evaluate character and skills assessments via skill reviews, character reviews, and/or reference checks
• Maintain relationships with employees by providing courteous phone customer service and reporting issues to management in a timely manner as appropriate
• Meet or preferably exceed weekly activity and output metrics
• Perform basic administrative duties associated with recruiting and deployment
• Act as a FlexTrades Core Values champion, by Moving the Line, Being the Next, Elevating Others, Pulling the Wagon, Enjoying the Journey, and Giving Back.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years of highly effective, demonstrated, direct, and recent recruiting experience in a high-volume/fast paced environment
• Experience in agency recruiting within a travel-based or project-based workforce model required
• Experience working in an 100% remote environment required
• Experience meeting high standards of weekly metrics and/or key performance indicators
• Experience using Application Tracking Systems (ATS), MS Word, Outlook, & Microsoft Teams
• Strong desire and willingness to learn new skills
• Ability to maintain strong organizational skills in fast paced environment
• Positive and productive attitude
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent phone manner
• Available to work occasional nights and weekends during large scale worker deployments or significant order backlogs.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience with Bullhorn One ATS is highly preferred.
• Make a difference every day in the lives of technicians that you place into high paying positions that offer both experiential and geographical diversity.
• Highly competitive compensation. Our combination salary and generous commission plan puts high achievers well into the top 5% of earning potential in the staffing industry.
• Fun company culture maintained through remote and in-person team building events.
• Best in Class: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life Insurance coverage offered

Equal Opportunity Employer:

FlexTrades is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.