Recruiter – Manufacturing/Operations (2 openings)
Recruiter
Contract to Hire
On-site for 30 days, then hybrid (3 days onsite, 2 days remote) schedule
Office Location: Somerville, MA
Must Haves:
We are seeking an experienced Contract Recruiter to support hiring efforts across our national manufacturing facilities.
This role will serve as a full-cycle industrial recruiter, leading high-volume recruiting initiatives focused primarily on hourly operations and production talent, including machine operators, maintenance personnel, and other manufacturing professionals.
The ideal candidate has a strong background in manufacturing, industrial, plant, or operations recruiting and excels in fast-paced environments where building talent pipelines and filling critical production roles are key priorities.
Key Responsibilities
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Contract to Hire
On-site for 30 days, then hybrid (3 days onsite, 2 days remote) schedule
Office Location: Somerville, MA
Must Haves:
- 3+ years recruiting experience
- Prior experience filling non-exempt manufacturing, operations, or skilled trades roles.
- Greenhouse ATS experience
- Bachelors Degree
- Have worked for a PE backed, rapidly growing company
We are seeking an experienced Contract Recruiter to support hiring efforts across our national manufacturing facilities.
This role will serve as a full-cycle industrial recruiter, leading high-volume recruiting initiatives focused primarily on hourly operations and production talent, including machine operators, maintenance personnel, and other manufacturing professionals.
The ideal candidate has a strong background in manufacturing, industrial, plant, or operations recruiting and excels in fast-paced environments where building talent pipelines and filling critical production roles are key priorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding.
- Drive a positive candidate experience through proactive communication, timely follow-up, and constructive feedback throughout the hiring process.
- Build strong partnerships with hiring managers by understanding workforce needs, setting expectations, and providing regular recruiting updates.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on candidate selection, market trends, competitive compensation, and hiring strategies.
- Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies to identify active and passive candidates while building talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
- Source and engage qualified candidates through multiple channels, including LinkedIn, Indeed, Handshake, Circa, referrals, networking events, and other recruiting platforms.
- Maintain accurate candidate records and recruitment activity within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS), ensuring data integrity and compliance.
- Incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) best practices throughout all stages of the recruitment process.
- Partner with hiring leaders to promote fair, unbiased, and inclusive hiring decisions.
- Monitor and achieve key recruiting performance metrics, including time-to-fill, time-to-hire, quality of hire, and offer acceptance rates.
- Leverage recruiting data and analytics to identify trends, improve hiring outcomes, and enhance recruiting effectiveness.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, including EEOC and OFCCP regulations.
Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
- 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably supporting manufacturing, industrial, operations, or skilled trades hiring.
- Proven success managing high-volume recruitment efforts in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong candidate sourcing skills utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, social networking platforms, and other recruiting tools.
- Experience working with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS); Greenhouse experience preferred.
- Excellent communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple requisitions and competing priorities.
- High attention to detail and commitment to maintaining accurate recruiting data.
- Experience recruiting for manufacturing, production, plant operations, maintenance, logistics, or skilled trades positions.
- Experience supporting multiple locations or distributed operations.
- Familiarity with workforce planning, talent pipeline development, and recruitment metrics reporting.
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