Recruiter

About the role

The Recruiting & Onboarding Specialist leads full-cycle recruiting and onboarding activities for Harmon’s manufacturing operations. This role has primary responsibility for talent acquisition at our Dallas, Texas plant and also provides recruiting support to the Cincinnati, Ohio plant based on business needs. The position partners closely with hiring managers, plant leadership, and Human Resources to attract, select, hire, and successfully integrate high-quality talent. This role supports high-volume hourly manufacturing recruitment as well as skilled labor and entry-level management positions. The incumbent owns the candidate and new-hire experience from workforce planning and sourcing through orientation and early employment follow-up, while building consistent, scalable practices across both plants.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for high-volume hourly manufacturing, manufacturing supervisors, and skilled trades.
• Partner with hiring managers, plant leadership, and HR partners to understand workforce plans, position requirements, business priorities, and ideal candidate profiles.
• Develop and execute recruiting strategies using diverse channels, including online sourcing databases, employee referrals, direct outreach, professional organizations, community partnerships, educational institutions, and recruiting events.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for recurring, critical, and hard-to-fill roles across Dallas and Cincinnati.
• Conduct candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection coordination, reference checks, and offer support activities.
• Advise hiring managers on labor-market conditions, candidate availability, selection practices, and recruiting approaches.
• Create a timely, consistent, and positive candidate experience throughout the recruiting and hiring process.
• Support employer-branding efforts and represent Harmon at career fairs, hiring events, schools, and community workforce partnerships.
• Manage relationships with staffing when applicable.
• Champion equal employment opportunities and inclusive recruiting practices that attract broad, qualified candidate pools.
• Own and coordinate the onboarding process for employees from accepted offer through successful transition into the workplace.
• Coordinate pre-employment requirements, new-hire communications, documentation, background checks, screenings, and first-day readiness in partnership with HR and hiring managers.
• Facilitate and continuously improve new-hire orientation for hourly and salaried employees.
• Partner with Operations, Safety, Quality, HR, and training resources to coordinate required orientation, site introductions, job-specific training, and compliance activities.
• Develop, maintain, and standardize onboarding materials, checklists, schedules, leader resources, and employee communications across supported plants.
• Track onboarding milestones and completion of required activities, escalating gaps and removing barriers to a successful start.
• Conduct structured new-hire and manager follow-up during the first 30, 60, and 90 days to identify support needs and improve retention.
• Use feedback and early turnover insights to recommend improvements to the recruiting and onboarding experience.
• Establish strong working relationships and regular communication routines with leaders and HR partners across the Dallas and Cincinnati plants.