Role Purpose
The Craft Talent Acquisition Specialist drives high volume hiring for skilled trades and select professional roles across multiple projects and facilities. This role owns full lifecycle craft recruiting from intake through start date, with a strong focus on speed, quality, and workforce readiness. Success in this role ensures projects are staffed on time, a ready now bench is maintained for core trades, and strong, trust-based partnerships are built with field and business leaders.
Role Scope
This role focuses primarily on craft and skilled trades recruiting across multiple locations and projects. Professional hiring support may be required based on business demand. You operate as the primary recruiting partner for field leaders and hiring managers and are accountable for delivery against agreed hiring plans.
What Success looks like
- Craft roles filled on or ahead of project need dates
- A maintained bench of qualified craft talent aligned to forecasted demands,
- High show rate, start rate, and 30-day retention
- Trusted, partnerships with hiring leaders built on consistent communication, market insight, and hiring delivery
- Accurate, compliant, and audit ready recruiting data and documentation
Key Responsibilities
- Lead full lifecycle requisition management from intake and approvals through sourcing, selection, offer, and start date readiness.
- Build and maintain a ready now bench for craft roles (ex. welders, pipefitters, fitters, electricians, riggers, material handlers, helpers and general labor)
- Execute a scalable, multi-channel sourcing strategy for high-volume craft recruiting needs.
- Attend hiring events, job fairs, and community outreach programs that support multi-channel craft recruitment.
- Attend hiring events, job fairs, and community outreach programs
- Partner with hiring leaders across departments to identify hiring requirements and align recruitment goals with business objectives.
- Ensure all hiring activities comply with applicable state and federal employment laws and align with organizational compliance standards.
- Act as a brand ambassador for the company by providing an exceptional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
- Collaborate with internal teams to streamline and improve recruitment processes and procedures.
- Maintain accurate ATS data, notes, and dispositions
- Track and report funnel metrics including pipeline health, aging, fills, and starts
- Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in recruitment to continually improve talent acquisition strategies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field preferred
- Minimum of 5 years of craft or skilled trades recruiting preferably in industrial construction, EPC, infrastructure, or fabrication.
- Proven experience supporting craft hiring needs for multiple sites and large-scale projects
- Strong knowledge of common craft roles, skill levels, and pay dynamics
- Demonstrated success building proactive talent pipelines
- Ability to work directly with field leadership and operate in fast-paced environments.
- In-depth knowledge of recruitment techniques, sourcing strategies, and candidate assessment methods.
- Strong understanding of technical skills required for craft roles and familiarity with professional hiring practices.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Proficiency in applicant tracking systems (ATS) Workforce Now-ADP experience preferred.
- Willingness to travel regularly to jobsites and hiring events as needed.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to reach, stand, walk, finger, grasp, feel, talk, hear, see, and perform repetitive motions.