[Remote] Senior Technical Recruiter

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and technical consulting firm. The Senior Technical Recruiter supports hiring across its engineering and architecture practices by managing full-cycle searches, sourcing specialized technical professionals, and building talent pipelines. The role partners with hiring managers and recruiting stakeholders across multiple business units and offices.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Recruiting HR Account Leader to support team needs
• Support the full recruiting lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate management, offer support, closing, and acceptance
• Build and prioritize talent pipelines in advance of hiring demand, with emphasis on hard-to-fill disciplines and geographies
• Develop sourcing strategies that extend beyond LinkedIn, including Boolean search, referrals, professional associations, competitor research, and geographic talent mapping
• Identify and engage passive technical professionals through personalized, credible outreach, and maintain those relationships to support current and future hiring needs
• Conduct thorough candidate screens assessing discipline and project experience, professional credentials, client exposure, leadership capability, career motivations, and compensation expectations
• Present qualified, diverse candidate slates with clear recommendations and supporting market context
• Deliver a responsive, professional candidate experience and partner closely with Talent Acquisition, HR, compensation, and business leadership to maintain search momentum
• Use recruiting data, including response rates, conversion, and pipeline health, to evaluate sourcing effectiveness and adjust your approach. Maintain accurate and timely records in the applicant tracking system

Skills

• Five or more years of recruiting experience within AEC, engineering consulting, construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, or another technical industry
• Demonstrated success sourcing and hiring passive, hard-to-find technical professionals across multiple disciplines, using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, referrals, professional associations, and talent-market mapping
• Ability to quickly understand technical roles and translate business requirements into focused search strategies
• Experience building proactive talent pipelines, together with strong candidate assessment, relationship management, and offer-closing skills
• Working knowledge of technical credentials such as PE, EIT, RA, LEED, CxA, and other discipline-specific certifications, or the ability to learn them quickly
• Fluency with an ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, and sourcing or talent-intelligence tools
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities with strong organization and consistent follow-through
• Sound judgment and the confidence to constructively challenge assumptions or recommend an alternative approach when market conditions warrant
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a remote environment and maintain close working relationships with hiring managers across multiple time zones
• You are genuinely interested in engineering and building systems, and you develop technical credibility with the professionals you recruit
• You take ownership of difficult searches and adjust your approach based on data and market feedback
• You work effectively across a decentralized organization with multiple offices, disciplines, and leadership styles
• You are open, direct, and respectful in how you communicate, and you take accountability for your commitments

Benefits

• Remote position
• A 401(k) match provided in company shares
• Comprehensive benefits

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