[ref. u44674818] Recruiter / Resume Sourcer - Overland Park

Human Resources Specialist - Engineering Resume Sourcer

Pay is $45.50 per hour

Contract position that could turn into a perm opportunity

Location - Hybrid Remote position - 3 days in the office

Client - Large Engineering and Construction Company

Must have engineering experience

US Citizen or Green Card Holder

Potential for conversion to FTE but that is not guaranteed and may take a while

Manager Notes:

• I am looking for an experienced sourcer or recruiter with a passion for sourcing and experience recruiting and/or sourcing hard-to-fill niche roles. Someone with experience working on engineering roles is a plus.
• Skills sourcing outside of LinkedIn and developing sourcing strategies is highly preferred. We want someone who can get creative. We will be giving them a LI recruiter seat.
• We are looking for someone with a sales and marketing mindset who can sell career opportunities to passive candidates via email, phone, and various social media platforms.
• I am looking for someone who stays up to date on sourcing techniques and enjoys continuous learning in this space.

Key Responsibilities:

• Consult and conduct recruitment strategy meetings with talent acquisition partners to understand gaps in recruiting efforts and needs
• Build long term relationships with top talent for current and future career opportunities
• Implement and execute strategic recruitment techniques for high volume, aged and hard to fill positions
• Use innovative sourcing techniques and leverage technology to find active and passive candidates
• Build strong partnerships with recruiters to develop plans for key staffing initiatives
• Post and maintain quality job descriptions and advertisements for open positions, ensuring consistency across all postings
• Source candidates through creative social media tools and developing robust networking avenues
• Initiate contact with passive candidates for openings and maintaining candidate pipelines
• Utilize internal applicant tracking system to review applications and maintain candidate progress
• Recognize and assist with any situation within our business that can be assisted with HR support
• Researching market conditions and industry trends as they relate to our competitors to assist in decision-making and marketing positions.
• Using industry knowledge, social media sources, Technical Operations, and mission-focused knowledge to seek out potential candidates that may be currently employed at peer/competitor companies, and successfully identify candidates

Skills:

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to identify and source candidates outside of job boards and LinkedIn using boolean techniques including X-ray searching preferred.
• Comfortable monitoring key metrics and making data driven decisions in respect to adjusting recruitment or sourcing strategies
• Extensive data mining of various social media to identify candidate profiles.
• Utilizing professional networks to source candidates
• Bachelors Degree is preferred
• Recruiting experience, preferably in engineering or technical roles but open to other experiences also
• Full Life Cycle Recruiting, managing hiring manager relationships

Education:

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years of talent sourcing and/or full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably specializing in the recruitment of engineers within the domains of water, wastewater treatment plants, utilities, power generation, storage, transmission, and/or distribution. Candidates with a background in technical recruitment or other recruitment specializations may also be considered. Agency recruitment background is a plus.
• Ability to quickly learn candidate profiles and identify and source candidates outside of job boards and LinkedIn using boolean techniques including X-ray searching in a fast-paced changing environment. Experience designing recruiting strategies a plus.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.