Recruiter — Bilingual English/Spanish

Take a hands-on, bilingual recruiting role supporting full life cycle hiring across multiple operational teams in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage full life cycle recruiting for hourly and salaried openings across multiple departments and locations.
• Partner with hiring managers to clarify staffing needs, job requirements, schedules, qualifications, and hiring urgency.
• Draft and post job advertisements using the company’s applicant tracking and advertising tools.
• Source candidates through job boards, resume databases, referrals, community contacts, walk-ins, job fairs, and other recruiting channels.
• Conduct bilingual phone screens and initial interviews in English and Spanish.
• Coordinate interviews between candidates and hiring managers.
• Assess candidate qualifications and support hiring managers in practical hiring decisions.
• Prepare and extend employment offers aligned with approved pay ranges, internal equity, and company guidelines.
• Coordinate post-offer steps, including background checks, drug screens, employment eligibility, onboarding paperwork, and related new hire requirements in partnership with HR Admin and other HR team members.
• Track candidate progress through onboarding and follow up to support timely completion.
• Maintain accurate candidate, requisition, and hiring records in Taleo and related HR systems.
• Provide clear, professional candidate communication throughout the process.
• Improve recruiting efficiency, candidate flow, candidate communication, and hiring manager follow-up.
• Support onsite hiring events, community recruiting, and other recruiting initiatives as needed.
• Represent SMS in alignment with company values: quality, integrity, service, and reliability.
• Ensure recruiting practices follow company policy and applicable employment law.

Requirements

• Bilingual English/Spanish required, including ability to speak with candidates and employees in both languages.
• Comfort recruiting for hourly and salaried positions.
• Strong phone screening, interviewing, follow-up, and candidate communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple open positions at the same time.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to keep candidate and requisition records current.
• Practical judgment and ability to work effectively with busy hiring managers.
• Comfort using applicant tracking systems, HR systems, job boards, Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Excel.
• Taleo and Dayforce experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with I-9, E-Verify, background checks, drug screens, and onboarding processes is a plus.
• Prior recruiting, HR, staffing agency, or high-volume hiring experience preferred.
• Strongly preferred: recruiting experience for warehouse, production, transportation, logistics, food distribution, manufacturing, or similar operational roles.

Technologies

• Taleo
• Dayforce
• I-9
• E-Verify
• Microsoft Office
• Outlook
• Excel

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Benefits
• Paid time off
• Career growth and training opportunities
• Employee discounts and perks
• Safety-first culture
• Opportunity to support a company with a long history and continued growth
• Plus eligibility for incentive compensation under the company’s applicable incentive program

Job Details

• Location: Los Angeles, CA (hybrid)
• Onsite schedule: three days onsite per week at Rancho Dominguez headquarters
• Additional onsite time: may be needed for hiring events, interviews, onboarding, business needs, or meetings
• Salary: USD 70,000 - 75,000 per year
• Focus: full life cycle recruiting for warehouse, production, delivery driver, administrative, customer service, sales support, and other operational roles
• Team fit: partners directly with hiring managers to fill critical openings and support candidates from first contact through onboarding