About INS Engineering

Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, INS Engineering is a privately held power systems engineering firm with offices in Houston and Albany, New York. We help utilities, developers, grid operators and data center teams connect new generation, energy storage and large loads to the grid, from studies through commissioning, across all major U.S. power markets.

Our work has supported projects like a 400 MW / 1 GWh battery storage facility in Texas and a 100 MW solar project in Ohio. We're a growing, remote team that regularly gets together in person, guided by three values: Reliability, Innovation and Commitment. Our senior engineers mentor the next generation, and we stay with clients from kickoff to commissioning.

The Role

INS is growing rapidly, mostly in senior engineering, director and business development roles. As Technical Talent Acquisition Manager, you'll lead that hiring and build the function behind it.

This role starts as an individual contributor with functional ownership of recruiting: you'll run hard-to-fill searches yourself while building the process, tools and metrics a growing firm needs. As hiring grows, it may expand to include leading recruiters.

What You'll Do

Recruit for hard-to-fill technical roles

Run full-cycle searches for senior engineering, director and business development roles, including PE-licensed, protection, SCADA, NERC and commissioning talent.
Source passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, job boards and university and industry events, with broad, inclusive outreach.
Prepare offers with HR using approved templates and approvals, then hand new hires to HR for onboarding.

Build the talent acquisition function

Own and optimize Greenhouse recruiting workflows, including requisitions, sourcing pipelines, interview scorecards, approvals and reporting.
Standardize job descriptions, structured interviews, scorecards and interview kits.
Recommend recruiting tools, job boards and sourcing channels, track their results, and reduce reliance on agencies.
Report time to fill, source of hire and cost per hire to leadership.
Build our employer brand, careers page, referral program and candidate experience.
As the function grows and new roles are approved, help hire and lead future recruiters and coordinators.

Partner with hiring managers and HR

Train hiring managers on structured interviewing and compliant offers, including leaving compensation terms to the approved offer.
Keep hiring compliant with pay transparency, fair hiring, background check, employment eligibility and privacy rules, with accurate records.
Support other People & Talent projects.

What You Bring

Required

About 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting, including in-house at a high-growth company.
Strong sourcing skills and a record of filling senior, hard-to-fill roles.
Experience administering Greenhouse or a similar applicant tracking system and building recruiting processes.
Credibility with senior technical leaders and hiring managers.
Working knowledge of U.S. hiring compliance, including pay transparency and fair hiring.
Sound judgment with confidential information.

Nice to have

Recruiting experience in energy, utilities or power engineering.
An agency recruiting or sales background, or recruiting experience at a large technology company.
Experience leading recruiters or coordinators.
Experience with an HRIS.

Tools you'll use

Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, HRIS and Microsoft 365.

Don't check every box? If you meet most of the requirements and this role excites you, we encourage you to apply.

What Success Looks Like

First 30 days: You've met leadership and hiring managers, learned INS's services, reviewed open roles and our Greenhouse setup, and started sourcing urgent searches.
60 days: You're running priority searches with structured interview kits and scorecards, and reporting basic recruiting metrics.
90 days: You've made first hires, standardized offers with HR, reviewed agency terms, and recommended sourcing tools and channels for 2027 hiring.
6 months: Hiring managers follow a consistent, compliant process, and direct sourcing is reducing agency spend.
12 months: You've filled key senior roles and built a scalable recruiting function that could support additional recruiters if approved.

Where You'll Work

This is a remote role based in the United States, with periodic travel to our Austin headquarters and to hiring and industry events.

Life at INS

We hire good people, give them the tools and support they need, and trust them to do great work, with no micromanagement. Your ideas are heard and your contributions are recognized. We work remotely and make time to reconnect in person at team gatherings, where families are welcome too. You'll work alongside experienced Ph.D. and P.E. engineers who invest in mentorship, training and knowledge-sharing, and as INS grows, there's real room to grow with the company.

Compensation

Annual bonus opportunities may be available, subject to plan terms. The final offer will depend on your experience, skills and location.

Benefits

Medical. Nationwide Core Value plan, administered by Allied Benefit Systems and HSA-eligible; INS pays 70% of your medical premium at every coverage level and you pay 30%.
Care support. Pharmacy benefits, virtual urgent care and counseling, joint care, caregiver support and cancer coaching.
Extra protection. Dental, vision, group life/AD&D, and short- and long-term disability through UnitedHealthcare.
401(k). Put in 5%, INS adds 4% (100% of the first 3% plus 50% of the next 2%). You're automatically enrolled at 6% unless you choose otherwise; the safe-harbor match is 100% vested immediately, with pre-tax and Roth options.
Time away. Paid time off, paid holidays and paid parental leave.
Growth. Training and approved certification reimbursement may be available, depending on your role.
Rewards & flexibility. Commission opportunity and remote work, by position and client needs.

Accommodations

INS Engineering is committed to an accessible, inclusive hiring process. If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point during the application or interview process, for example because of a disability, religious belief or pregnancy, please contact talent@ins-engineering.com. We'll work with you to find an arrangement that works.

Equal Opportunity

INS Engineering is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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