Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Eichleay has built a strong talent acquisition program, and we’re looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to help us take it even further.

This is an opportunity for an experienced recruiter who enjoys both finding great talent and building what’s next. You’ll recruit engineering, technical, construction, project management, and other critical talent while helping us expand how we use AI, technology, market intelligence, and innovative sourcing strategies.

A key focus will be proactively building engineering and technical talent pipelines in the Pacific Northwest. We’re looking for someone who knows how to find and engage passive candidates, develop relationships before a position opens, understand competitive talent markets, and change course when traditional sourcing approaches aren’t delivering results.

You’ll report to the Senior Manager, Talent Management and work closely with the Managing Director of People to continue advancing our talent acquisition capabilities. We want someone who is curious about what’s next, comfortable experimenting with emerging technology, and able to turn new ideas into practical improvements and measurable recruiting results.

This role is based in the Bellingham/Ferndale, Washington area, with flexibility for a hybrid work arrangement.

Compensation: $105,000–$135,000 annually. This is the anticipated salary range at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be based on experience, qualifications, location, and other job-related factors.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition Leadership & Full-Cycle Recruiting

• Lead the Talent Acquisition function and serve as a primary recruiting partner to hiring managers and business leaders.
• Develop and execute recruiting strategies with particular emphasis on difficult-to-fill roles in the Pacific Northwest.
• Proactively identify and engage passive candidates through direct sourcing, professional networks, referrals, LinkedIn, industry organizations, recruiting databases, Boolean search, and emerging sourcing technologies.
• Screen and assess candidates for technical qualifications, career motivations, compensation expectations, work preferences, company culture, and alignment with position requirements.
• Maintain candidate momentum and provide a responsive, professional experience throughout the recruiting process.
• Partner with hiring managers on interview strategy, candidate selection, and timely decision-making.
• Partner with the People Team and leadership on offer development, compensation alignment, and candidate negotiations within established parameters.

AI, Recruiting Technology & Innovation

• Act as an advanced user of recruiting technology, including ATS, sourcing, talent intelligence, collaboration, and candidate-engagement platforms.
• Assist in the identification and implementation of opportunities to use artificial intelligence and automation throughout Talent Acquisition to improve sourcing, market research, candidate identification, communication, recruiter productivity, and hiring-manager experience.
• Build and refine AI-assisted recruiting workflows, prompts, sourcing strategies, candidate research methods, interview resources, and other reusable tools.
• Evaluate emerging recruiting and AI technologies and recommend solutions that provide measurable business value.
• Use technology to automate repetitive administrative work while preserving appropriate human judgment and candidate interaction.
• Partner with the Managing Director, People on AI initiatives and experimentation that can improve recruiting and broader People Team processes.
• Continuously evaluate recruiting workflows to eliminate unnecessary steps, improve speed, strengthen data quality, and make the hiring process easier for candidates and hiring managers.

Selection, Programs & Compliance

• Improve structured interview and candidate-assessment approaches appropriate for each position.
• Update interview guides and selection criteria that help hiring teams consistently evaluate experience, technical capability, skills, and behaviors.
• Coach hiring managers on interviewing, candidate evaluation, documentation, timely feedback, and effective selection practices.
• Lead or support recruiting programs including employee referrals, passive sourcing, university and college recruiting, talent communities, and other workforce initiatives.
• Maintain accurate ATS records, candidate dispositions, recruiting documentation, and talent pools.
• Maintain recruiting processes and documentation consistent with applicable federal, state, and local employment requirements and company practices.
• Manage relationships with external recruiting partners when needed, including candidate ownership, expectations, and effectiveness.
• Support other People Team programs and initiatives based on business needs.

Recruiting Analytics & Accountability

• Use data to drive action, including changing sourcing strategies, identifying market or compensation constraints, escalating positions at risk, and recommending improvements to the hiring process.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant professional experience.
• 5+ years of progressive full-cycle recruiting experience, including demonstrated success independently managing professional or technical searches.
• Demonstrated success identifying, engaging, and recruiting passive engineering or technical candidates in competitive talent markets.
• Experience recruiting engineering, technical, construction, or comparable difficult-to-fill professional positions.
• Strong passive sourcing capabilities, including direct outreach, Boolean search, professional networking, referrals, LinkedIn Recruiter, or comparable sourcing methods.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively use AI-enabled tools, automation, or emerging technologies to improve recruiting, sourcing, research, communication, or workflow efficiency.
• Strong working knowledge of applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, candidate relationship management tools, and recruiting technology.
• Experience conducting recruiting intake meetings and developing position-specific sourcing and hiring strategies.
• Knowledge of structured interviewing and candidate-assessment practices.
• Ability to interpret recruiting metrics and translate data into practical recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills with the ability to advise, influence, and appropriately challenge hiring managers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to independently prioritize and manage multiple searches while adjusting quickly to changing business needs.
• Strong attention to confidentiality, documentation, data accuracy, and recruiting compliance.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and related collaboration technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Recruiting experience within engineering, EPC/EPCM, industrial, energy, manufacturing, life sciences, construction, or related technical industries.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Washington and Pacific Northwest engineering and technical talent market, including experience developing local candidate networks.
• Established network of engineering, technical, construction, or project-delivery professionals in the Pacific Northwest.
• Experience successfully sourcing and closing passive engineering candidates.
• Advanced experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, talent intelligence platforms, CRM technology, or comparable sourcing tools.
• Experience implementing or significantly expanding the use of AI within recruiting or Talent Acquisition.
• Experience developing recruiting dashboards, metrics, talent pipelines, or workforce reporting.
• Experience leading or substantially improving a Talent Acquisition process, program, or function.
• Experience with employee referral, university/college recruiting, passive sourcing, or talent-community programs.

What Success Looks Like

Within the first year, the Senior Talent Acquisition Partner will have:

• Established credibility as a trusted recruiting partner with hiring managers.
• Built sustainable pipelines for Eichleay's most difficult-to-fill engineering and technical disciplines.
• Strengthened Eichleay's network of engineering talent in the Pacific Northwest.
• Improved visibility into recruiting pipelines, risks, and anticipated fill dates.
• Introduced practical uses of AI and automation that measurably improve recruiting efficiency or effectiveness.
• Improved the consistency and experience of the hiring process for candidates and hiring managers.

Core Expectations

Zero Harm - Demonstrates commitment to health, safety, and environmental performance and addresses risks to protect employees, clients, contractors, and the environment.
Action Orientation - Achieves goals, meets commitments and timelines, and responds with persistence and appropriate urgency.
Building Effective Relationships - Builds inclusive, productive relationships with clients, employees, contractors, vendors, and other stakeholders using diplomacy and tact.
Customer Focus - Understands client needs, communicates effectively, and accepts responsibility for quality and client satisfaction.
Dealing with Change - Remains effective as priorities, work processes, project conditions, and client requirements change.
Integrity and Trust - Adheres to required processes, communicates truthfully, keeps commitments, and is accountable for actions and results.
Technical and Functional Skill - Applies knowledge to produce accurate, timely, and high-quality results while continuing to develop technical capability.

Additional Industry/Project Requirements

Background screening, including verification of previous employment, education, criminal history, and driving record.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

The characteristics described below are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, employees may occasionally be required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel, talk and hear, distinguish among colors, hear safety tones or notifications, and use fingers and hands to feel objects, tools, temperature, or controls.

Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Overtime may be necessary as workload dictates, including weekdays and weekends.
Job duties may be performed at a client site, production facility, office, or industrial/construction job site.
Conditions and schedules may vary, but the conditions listed above will generally apply.
Candidates will be required to follow client site rules and protocols regarding infectious diseases.

All opportunities with Eichleay require authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship. Positions require in-person interactions and may require work in an office, field, production, or industrial environment. This position is subject to federally mandated drug and alcohol testing. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain required client badging for safety-sensitive work and/or work within process safety management governed facilities.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability (including medical condition), military or veteran status, political preference, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, or other status protected by law or regulation.

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