Regional Hiring Specialist

Who We Are

Ruppert Landscape is a leading provider of commercial landscape maintenance and installation services with more than 3,500 employees serving customers from 55+ branches across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeastern US. We take pride in delivering reliable, high-quality services on a wide range of commercial properties and construction projects. For over 50 years, our mission has been to provide opportunities for our people, take care of our customers, and be good stewards of the environment and our community.

Where You Fit In

The Regional Hiring Specialist serves as the primary recruiting resource for South Carolina branches, providing hands-on recruiting and training support for drivers, field managers, assistant field managers, and crew members. In this role, you’ll partner closely with branch and regional leadership and the Talent Acquisition team to bring recruiting strategies and priorities to life across the region. While the Talent Acquisition team sets the overall corporate recruiting strategy, processes, and direction, you’ll play a key role in putting those strategies into action at the branch level.

Responsibilities

• Partner with branch and regional leadership to understand workforce needs and prioritize recruiting efforts.
• Serve as the primary recruiting resource in South Carolina for drivers, field managers, assistant field managers, and crew.
• Source, attract, screen, and engage candidates through job boards, referrals, social media, community outreach, networking, and other channels.
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines aligned with branch and regional needs.
• Pre-screen candidates, provide hiring managers with candidate insights, and support interview coordination and timely communication.
• Maintain accurate candidate information and activity in the Applicant Tracking System and follow established recruiting processes.
• Provide hands-on recruiting guidance and coaching to branch leaders and employees.
• Execute Talent Acquisition strategies based on local branch needs and labor market conditions.
• Represent the company at job fairs, recruiting events, community events, and other talent-related activities.

Training & Development Support

• Provide recruiting training, coaching, and guidance to branch leaders and employees in partnership with Talent Acquisition.
• Support employee training and development needs identified by branch and regional leadership.
• Support onboarding and training of new employees, including partnering with Area Managers to identify opportunities for additional support.
• Partner with Human Resources, Training, Talent Acquisition, and Operations on training initiatives.

Partnership & Continuous Improvement

• Participate in recruiting and management meetings to discuss staffing needs, activity, challenges, and priorities.
• Build strong partnerships with branch and regional leadership and Talent Acquisition to align local recruiting efforts with company priorities and best practices.
• Monitor local labor market trends, share insights, and identify opportunities to improve recruiting, onboarding, and training.
• Track recruiting activity and results and provide recommendations to improve regional recruiting support.

Reports to: Regional Vice President – South Carolina
Functional partnership with: Director of Talent Acquisition
Collaborates with: Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Training, and Branch & Regional Operations

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in recruiting, talent sourcing, or a related field; experience with hourly or field-based hiring preferred.