Recruiting Relations Specialist - Trades (Unions)

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as support for primary point of contact for union workforce coordination and labor-related workforce support activities
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with union business agents, apprenticeship coordinators, training directors, and labor partners
• Cover union labor requests and workforce needs with field operations and project leadership
• Support manpower planning efforts for union craft staffing across multiple projects and regions
• Support compliance with union agreements, workforce reporting requirements, and labor standards
• Monitor union workforce trends, availability, market conditions, and workforce pipeline risks
• Coordinate recruiting and sourcing efforts for union craft positions across multiple trades
• Coordinate and support hiring activities, workforce outreach events, career fairs, and apprenticeship recruiting initiatives
• Build relationships with trade schools, apprenticeship programs, workforce boards, veteran organizations, community partners, and workforce development agencies
• Afford support for workforce pipeline development strategies for hard-to-fill skilled trades positions
• Afford support for craft retention initiatives
• Assist with onboarding and orientation support for union craft employees and apprentices
• Afford support for diversity, equity, inclusion, veteran transition, and second-chance workforce initiatives
• Coordinate on behalf of union apprenticeship programs and training centers to support apprentice workforce planning and development
• Coordinate apprentice rotations, workforce assignments, and project placements
• Support workforce training events, graduation ceremonies, signing days, and industry outreach programs
• Maintain accurate workforce, apprenticeship, and compliance documentation
• Track workforce development metrics including apprentice utilization, retention, recruiting activity, certifications, and workforce pipeline data
• Afford support for prevailing wage, apprentice ratio, workforce participation, and project labor agreement (PLA) compliance efforts where applicable
• Afford support for reporting requirements related to workforce participation goals, apprenticeship utilization, and labor compliance
• Afford support for workforce records, certifications, badging, and training documentation
• Afford support for audits, workforce reviews, and compliance reporting activities

Qualifications

• Associates degree or equivalent construction industry experience preferred
• 3–7 years of experience in construction operations, union labor coordination, workforce development, recruiting, apprenticeship programs, or labor relations preferred
• Experience working with union craft workforce environments required
• Familiarity with prevailing wage laws (e.g. Davis-Bacon) preferred
• Experience supporting large commercial, healthcare, advanced technology, industrial, or mission critical construction projects preferred
• Bilingual communication skills preferred in some regions
• NCCER, OSHA, apprenticeship administration, or workforce development certifications preferred
• OSHA 30 certification preferred
• Familiarity with prevailing wage requirements, PLA environments, and workforce participation reporting preferred