Senior Recruiter

About HDR

HDR believes design has the power to transform communities and improve lives. We deliver innovative solutions across various sectors including architecture, engineering, environmental, water resources, transportation infrastructure, hyper-scale data centers, power systems, water and healthcare facilities. As an employee-owned company, our people have a direct stake in our success, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and long-term vision. This ownership mindset drives us to exceed expectations, ensuring every project reflects our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and quality of life.

What To Expect

In the role of Senior Recruiter, you will partner with HDR leadership to steer the talent identification and recruitment process for roles in the North Central US. Your day-to-day duties will include driving the full life cycle recruitment process from qualifying positions, talent identification, recruiting, selection, and closing. You will join forces with leadership to map out annual recruiting plans and ensure these goals are effectively implemented and achieved. Typical positions you will work on include engineers, planners, architects, project managers, designers, environmental scientists, and construction management professionals. Market sectors range from transportation, water, architecture, infrastructure, power, solid waste, and mining. Service offerings range from traditional design, alternative delivery, construction management, program management, and advisory services.

You will be part of the dedicated global talent acquisition team (recruiters and recruiting coordinators) positioned throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. More specific duties include:

• Build strong, credible relationships with senior leadership, hiring managers, critical stakeholders, and partners, operating as a trusted advisor and talent subject matter expert
• Proactively source and manage candidates through the full life-cycle recruitment process
• Diversity and equity champion. Partner with our diversity, equity, and inclusion recruiting teams, employee network groups, and professional associations to increase diversification of our talent pool
• HDR currently leverages Taleo as our applicant tracking system (ATS)
• Leverage a wide variety of methodologies to deliver candidate sourcing results (referrals, LinkedIn, professional associations, ZoomInfo, etc.)
• Develop annual recruitment plans with business partners
• Position description refinement
• Sourcing and screening candidates
• Directing and participating in select interview processes
• Reference checks
• Negotiating and closing deals
• Being a team player
• Mentor junior recruiters
• Perform other duties as needed

What You’ll Get

The opportunity to be part of a unique, high-performing, wealth-building, employee stock program with years of strong returns. Employee-owned firms statistically outperform other ownership structures in many key performance metrics. A sense of pride seeing projects we build add value in your community. Being part of a global talent acquisition team operating in eight countries. Many other competitive benefits.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 years of hands-on recruiting / sourcing experience
• Previous experience working in a web-based applicant tracking system
• Previous experience in the architectural, engineering, and consulting industry
• Local candidates are highly preferred

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Excellent interpersonal communication and customer service skills
• Demonstrated ability to create rapport over the phone (with candidates, hiring managers, and members of recruiting team)
• Motivated and driven with the ability to excel in a growing, dynamic business environment
• Ability to independently travel (less than 10%); preference given to local/regional candidates
• Strong relationship building, organizational, and follow-up skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in an extremely demanding, fast-paced, high-volume environment
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust, and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records. HDR is committed to the principles of employment equity.

Pay Transparency

{Pay Transparency Location1}: $80,168.40 - $100,000

Primary Location

United States-Nebraska-Omaha

Other Locations

United States-Colorado-Denver

Industry

HR

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class

Marketing and Admin

Job Posting

Mar 18, 2026