Technician Talent Acquisition Leader

Rite-Hite Corporation; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & well-being

Extra day off

401(k) with company match

Profit sharing

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Rite-Hite Corporation is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead the strategy and recruiting team supporting Service and Installation hiring across the organization. This role combines people leadership, workforce planning, and talent attraction to build scalable pipelines for technicians.

The successful candidate will partner with Service leadership to meet immediate hiring needs while shaping long-term workforce solutions, employer branding, and retention initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field—or equivalent experience.
• Seven or more years of recruiting and talent acquisition experience.
• Two or more years of people-leadership experience.
• Experience developing recruiting strategies and workforce plans.
• Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills.
• Experience using recruiting technology, reporting, and talent analytics.
• Preferred experience recruiting skilled trades, service technicians, field service, manufacturing, construction, industrial, or operational talent.
• Building apprenticeship, internship, technical-school partnership, or military recruiting programs.
• Knowledge of labor-market trends affecting technician talent.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive technician recruiting strategy aligned with Service business objectives, regional hiring needs, market demands, and growth initiatives.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of recruiters focused on Service and Installation hiring, with clear goals, performance expectations, and accountability measures.
• Evaluate and build effective talent pipelines through trade schools, workforce-development programs, military recruiting, apprenticeships, employee referrals, community partnerships, and emerging talent sources.
• Develop a deep understanding of the technician talent market and strengthen Rite-Hite’s employer brand through targeted branding, outreach, and engagement initiatives.
• Lead initiatives to improve technician first-year retention in partnership with Service Operations, Human Resources, Training, and Learning & Development.
• Create reporting and dashboards that measure hiring effectiveness, source performance, retention, workforce health, hiring-manager satisfaction, and recruiter performance.

Skills

Recruiting experience

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Talent analytics

Recruiting strategy

Labor market insights

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business or equivalent

Tools

Recruiting software

Analytics tools

Job description

Rite-Hite Corporation is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead the strategy and recruiting team supporting Service and Installation hiring across the organization. This role combines people leadership, workforce planning, and talent attraction to build scalable pipelines for technicians.

The successful candidate will partner with Service leadership to meet immediate hiring needs while shaping long-term workforce solutions, employer branding, and retention initiatives.