Senior Construction Recruiting Partner
Reports To: Director of Human Resources
Salary Range: $100,000 Base Salary + Commission Incentive Plan
Who We Are
Callahan Construction Managers is a full-service construction management company based in Bridgewater, MA, with regional offices in White Plains, NY. Callahan has served the New England and Northeast regions as a family business for over 70 years. As one of the region's largest open shop construction firms, Callahan provides a wide range of preconstruction and construction management services. Visit www.callahan-inc.com for more information.
Position Summary
Callahan, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated, results-driven Senior Construction Recruiting Partner to lead full-cycle recruiting efforts across New York and New England. The successful candidate will possess deep construction industry knowledge, extensive sourcing expertise, strong networking capabilities, and a proven track record of recruiting passive candidates through direct outreach, market mapping, networking, and relationship-building. Existing industry relationships are highly valued; however, all activities must comply with confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-compete, and other legal obligations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead full-cycle recruitment for field, professional, management, and executive-level positions.
- Develop sourcing strategies for difficult-to-fill construction roles.
- Conduct direct outreach, market mapping, cold calling, and passive candidate sourcing.
- Build and maintain talent pipelines throughout New York and New England.
- Partner with hiring managers on workforce planning and staffing strategies.
- Manage employee referral programs and recruiting campaigns.
- Develop trade school, military, apprenticeship, and workforce development partnerships.
- Attend career fairs, industry events, association meetings, and networking functions.
- Support employer branding and recruitment marketing initiatives.
- Track and report recruiting metrics and hiring outcomes.
Technology, AI & Recruiting Optimization
Utilize ADP Workforce Now, LinkedIn Recruiter, Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Demonstrated ability to leverage Artificial Intelligence, automation tools, sourcing technologies, and recruiting analytics to improve hiring outcomes, increase recruiter productivity, enhance candidate engagement, and support workforce planning initiatives.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, Construction Management, or a related field preferred. Equivalent combinations of education and relevant recruiting experience will be considered.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including 3 years in construction recruiting.
- Experience with ADP Workforce Now, LinkedIn Recruiter, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Office.
- Demonstrated success recruiting Project Managers, Superintendents, Estimators, Engineers, Safety Professionals, and Operations Leaders.
- Experience utilizing ATS, CRM, and recruiting analytics tools.
- Experience developing employee referral programs.
- Understanding of commercial, multifamily, life sciences, healthcare, educational, and mixed-use construction environments.
- Knowledge of union, open-shop, and prevailing wage environments.
- Valid driver's license and willingness to travel throughout New England and New York.
Preferred Qualifications
7+ years of recruiting experience; agency or staffing experience; established network in New York and New England construction markets; familiarity with prevailing wage construction; demonstrated use of AI tools to improve recruiting outcomes.
Desired Competencies
- Relationship-building and networking
- Business development and cold-calling
- Passive candidate sourcing and talent pipelining
- Negotiation and candidate closing
- Data-driven decision making
- AI and recruiting technology proficiency
- Professionalism and sound judgment
- Influencing and stakeholder management
- Organizational agility and prioritization
Preferred Certifications
Human Resources & Talent Acquisition Certifications
- SHRM
- S/PHR
- AIRS Certified Internet Recruiter (CIR)
- LinkedIn Certified Professional Recruiter
- SHRM Talent Acquisition Specialty Credential
Performance Expectations
- Time-to-fill metrics
- Quality of hire
- Hiring manager satisfaction
- Candidate experience
- Passive candidate pipeline growth
- Referral program participation
- Retention of new hires
- Achievement of annual hiring goals
Professional Standards & Compliance
Conduct all recruiting activities ethically and legally. Recruiters must not use confidential information, proprietary databases, trade secrets, or candidate information obtained in violation of non-compete, non-solicitation, confidentiality, or restrictive covenant agreements.
Compensation
Salary Range: $100,000 annually plus performance-based commission opportunities. This position is eligible for a commission incentive program tied to recruiting performance, successful placements, quality of hire, hiring volume, and retention milestones.
Ideal Candidate
A highly networked construction recruiting professional who thrives on sourcing talent, building relationships, leveraging technology and AI tools, and delivering measurable recruiting results.
Callahan Construction Managers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
This is a full-time, exempt position that generally works during standard business hours, Monday through Friday. Due to the nature of recruiting and workforce development activities, flexibility is required. Occasional early morning, evening, and weekend hours may be necessary to attend job fairs, recruiting events, industry networking functions, trade school programs, community outreach activities, and other business-related events throughout New England and New York.