Senior Recruiter

About HDR

We believe design has the power to transform communities and improve lives. From architecture and engineering to environmental and water resources, our work shapes the spaces where people live, work, and thrive. We deliver innovative solutions in transportation infrastructure, hyper-scale data centers, power systems, water and healthcare facilities, and creating resilient environments for future generations. 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

• Partner with HDR leadership to steer the talent identification and recruitment process for roles in the Southeast & Northeast US.
• Drive the full life cycle recruitment process from qualifying positions, talent identification, recruiting, selection, and closing.
• Join forces with leadership to map out annual recruiting plans and assure the recruitment goals set therein are being effectively implemented and achieved.
• Typical positions the Senior Recruiter will work on are 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.
• Part of the dedicated global talent acquisition team (recruiters and recruiting coordinators) positioned throughout North America, Europe, and Australia.
• 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.
• Negotiating and closing deals.
• Being a team player.
• Mentor junior recruiters.
• Perform other duties as needed.

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.