The Senior Craft Talent Acquisition Specialist drives high-volume hiring for skilled trades and select professional roles across multiple projects and facilities, with an emphasis on workforce readiness. This role leads end-to-end craft recruiting, partnering closely with hiring leaders to support staffing plans through timely sourcing, selection, and start-date preparation.
Role Purpose
The Craft Talent Acquisition Specialist owns full lifecycle craft recruiting, from intake and approvals through sourcing, selection, offer, and start date readiness. The role focuses on speed, quality, and workforce readiness, helping ensure projects are staffed on time and that a qualified bench is maintained for core trades. Success includes building trusted, partnership-based relationships with field and business leaders through consistent communication, market insight, and reliable hiring delivery.
Location
The Woodlands, TX (onsite)
Responsibilities
- Lead full lifecycle requisition management from intake and approvals through sourcing, selection, offer, and start date readiness.
- Build and maintain a ready now bench for craft roles including welders, pipefitters, fitters, electricians, riggers, material handlers, helpers, and general labor.
- Execute a scalable, multi-channel sourcing strategy to support high-volume craft recruiting needs.
- Attend hiring events, job fairs, and community outreach programs supporting multi-channel craft recruitment.
- Partner with hiring leaders across departments to identify hiring requirements and align recruiting goals with business objectives.
- Ensure recruiting activities comply with applicable state and federal employment laws and align with organizational compliance standards.
- Serve as a brand ambassador by delivering an exceptional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
- Collaborate with internal teams to streamline and improve recruitment processes and procedures.
- Maintain accurate ATS data, notes, and dispositions.
- Track and report funnel metrics, including pipeline health, aging, fills, and starts.
- Stay current on recruitment industry trends and best practices to continuously improve talent acquisition strategies.
Role Scope
This position primarily supports craft and skilled trades recruiting across multiple locations and projects. Professional recruiting support may be required based on business demand. The role serves as the primary recruiting partner for field leaders and hiring managers and is accountable for delivery against agreed hiring plans.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field (preferred).
- Minimum 5 years of craft or skilled trades recruiting, preferably in industrial construction, EPC, infrastructure, or fabrication.
- Proven experience supporting craft hiring needs for multiple sites and large-scale projects.
- Strong knowledge of common craft roles, skill levels, and pay dynamics.
- Demonstrated success building proactive talent pipelines.
- Ability to work directly with field leadership and operate in fast-paced environments.
- In-depth knowledge of recruitment techniques, sourcing strategies, and candidate assessment methods.
- Strong understanding of technical skills required for craft roles and familiarity with professional hiring practices.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Applicant tracking systems proficiency; Workforce Now-ADP experience preferred.
- Willingness to travel regularly to jobsites and hiring events as needed.
Technologies
- Applicant tracking systems (ATS)
- Workforce Now-ADP
What Success Looks Like
- Craft roles filled on or ahead of project need dates.
- A maintained bench of qualified craft talent aligned to forecasted demands.
- High show rate, start rate, and 30-day retention.
- Trusted partnerships with hiring leaders built on consistent communication, market insight, and hiring delivery.
- Accurate, compliant, and audit-ready recruiting data and documentation.
Physical Requirements
Ability to reach, stand, walk, finger, grasp, feel, talk, hear, see, and perform repetitive motions.
