Technical Recruiter

Why Join Our Team?

FLEXTRADES is a rapidly growing national provider of production solutions recognized by Staffing Industry Analysts as a 2026 Best Place to Work. We are seeking a highly motivated Technical Recruiter (Skilled Trades) to join our team. This role recruits’ candidates for skilled industrial (CNC Machinists, Industrial Painters, Welders, Assembly Techs, Engineers, etc) project-based work that requires travel across the country. FlexTrades will provide extensive industry training and experience.

This position requires highly effective direct, recent recruiting experience in a high-volume/fast paced environment. Experience in skilled manufacturing trades is a plus, but not a requirement. We are looking for candidates with top notch enthusiasm coupled with the desire for activity and output driven metrics-based recruiting.

FlexTrades’ recruiting team has high standards for activity and output metrics and those that excel in our high-performance environment enjoy long-term and lucrative careers with FlexTrades. Our recruitment requires high volume phone, text, email, and social media activity as our highly skilled positions generally require sourcing, screening, and interviewing multitudes of candidates for every successful assignment.

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Duties & Responsibilities:

• Create enthusiasm for FlexTrades’ unique and lucrative traveling manufacturing trades positions, including CNC Machinists, Engineers, Welders, Maintenance Technicians, Assemblers/Builders, etc.
• Interview, screen, and submit qualified candidates for skilled manufacturing job openings at client company locations throughout the nation
• Conduct 300+ weekly outbound recruiting calls, texts, and emails to build a strong pipeline of candidates with a diverse set of skills
• Meet or exceed 10 hours of recruiting phone time a week
• Determine candidate requirements by studying job descriptions, job qualifications and technical notes (provided)
• Utilize recruiting software to manage candidate and employee information to efficiently fill recruiting orders
• Utilize various job boards and the internet to source and recruit candidates for placement at various client companies
• Work with skilled industrial candidates and employees to answer questions they may have regarding job opportunities through FlexTrades
• Assign and evaluate character and skills assessments via skill reviews, character reviews, and/or reference checks
• Maintain relationships with employees by providing courteous phone customer service and reporting issues to management in a timely manner as appropriate
• Meet or preferably exceed weekly activity and output metrics
• Perform basic administrative duties associated with recruiting and deployment
• Act as a FlexTrades Core Values champion, by Moving the Line, Being the Next, Elevating Others, Pulling the Wagon, Enjoying the Journey, and Giving Back.
• All other duties as assigned.