Sr Talent Acquisition Engineering Recruiter

Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruiting lifecycle for engineering and design positions, from sourcing strategy through offer acceptance.
• Partner with Engineering leaders, hiring managers, and Workforce Planning to support hiring needs, workforce growth, and future talent requirements.
• Develop and execute recruiting strategies to attract engineers, designers, technical specialists, discipline leads, engineering managers, and engineering directors.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines aligned with active hiring needs, workforce forecasts, and business growth objectives.
• Conduct talent mapping and identify passive candidates within targeted engineering and industrial markets.
• Develop relationships with engineering professionals and industry networks to strengthen Zachry's employment brand and talent community.
• Use sourcing tools, talent intelligence platforms, networking events, referrals, and direct recruiting techniques to identify and engage qualified candidates.
• Screen, assess, and present qualified candidates while providing market intelligence and hiring recommendations to business leaders.
• Track recruiting effectiveness, pipeline health, talent market trends, and sourcing outcomes to continuously improve hiring results.

Qualifications

• ESSENTIAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE:
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Minimum of seven (7) years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience.
  • Minimum of three (3) years recruiting engineering, design, technical, or engineering leadership talent within EPC, industrial construction, energy, power generation, refining, petrochemical, manufacturing, or related industries.
  • Demonstrated success recruiting engineers, designers, technical specialists, discipline leads, engineering managers, and engineering directors.
  • Experience managing the full recruiting lifecycle, including sourcing, interviewing, offer negotiation, and hiring.
  • Strong understanding of engineering talent markets, talent mapping, and competitive recruiting strategies.
  • Experience partnering directly with engineering leaders and hiring managers to develop recruiting strategies and hiring plans.
  • Strong networking, relationship-building, communication, organizational, and project management skills.
  • Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, applicant tracking systems, sourcing tools, and talent intelligence platforms.
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Experience recruiting engineering and design professionals within industrial EPC, industrial construction, energy, manufacturing, or related industries.
  • Understanding of engineering organizational structures, project execution models, and engineering career paths.
  • Experience recruiting across multiple engineering disciplines, including process, mechanical, electrical, civil/structural, instrumentation and controls, and design.
  • Experience using labor market data and talent intelligence platforms to guide recruiting strategies.
  • Professional certifications such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, AIRS, CIR, CTS, or related certifications.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, and perform routine office-related activities.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, virtually, and by telephone with candidates, employees, and business leaders.
• Ability to occasionally lift or move materials weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to travel as necessary to support recruiting initiatives, candidate meetings, networking activities, conferences, and business objectives.
• Occasional visits to active construction, industrial, manufacturing, engineering, or project locations where personal protective equipment (PPE) may be requested.