Senior Talent Acquisition Engineering Recruiter

Zachry Group seeks a Senior Engineering Recruiter to drive hiring for engineering and design talent across multiple U.S. markets.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle for engineering and design roles, including talent mapping, candidate engagement, and offer acceptance.
• Collaborate with Engineering leadership to meet priority hiring needs across multiple engineering disciplines in power generation, refining, petrochemical, chemical, energy, and industrial construction markets.
• Build recruiting strategies and hiring plans in partnership with engineering leaders and hiring managers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum seven (7) years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience.
• Minimum three (3) years recruiting engineering, design, technical, or engineering leadership talent within EPC, industrial construction, energy, power generation, refining, petrochemical, manufacturing, or related industries.
• Proven results recruiting engineers, designers, technical specialists, discipline leads, engineering managers, and engineering directors.
• Experience managing the full recruiting lifecycle, including sourcing, interviewing, offer negotiation, and hiring.
• Demonstrated success sourcing and recruiting passive candidates through direct sourcing and relationship-based recruiting strategies.
• Strong understanding of engineering talent markets, talent mapping, and competitive recruiting strategies.
• Experience partnering directly with engineering leaders and hiring managers to develop recruiting strategies and hiring plans.
• Strong skills in networking, relationship building, communication, organization, and project management.
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, applicant tracking systems, sourcing tools, and talent intelligence platforms.

Technology

• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Applicant tracking systems
• Sourcing tools
• Talent intelligence platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting engineering and design professionals within industrial EPC, industrial construction, energy, manufacturing, or related industries.
• Understanding of engineering organizational structures, project execution models, and engineering career paths.
• Experience recruiting across multiple engineering disciplines, including process, mechanical, electrical, civil/structural, instrumentation and controls, and design.
• Experience using labor market data and talent intelligence platforms to guide recruiting strategies.
• Professional certifications such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, AIRS, CIR, CTS, or related certifications.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, and perform routine office-related activities.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, virtually, and by telephone with candidates, employees, and business leaders.
• Ability to occasionally lift or move materials weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to travel as necessary to support recruiting initiatives, candidate meetings, networking activities, conferences, and business objectives.

Work Environment

• Hybrid work environment with regular collaboration in a Zachry office location.
• Primary support for office-based engineering and design positions.
• Recruiting responsibility may support engineering organizations in Houston and the Gulf Coast region, Omaha, Downers Grove, Charlotte, and other U.S. locations.
• Up to 25% travel for recruiting initiatives, industry conferences, networking events, training and development, and business-related activities.
• Occasional visits to active construction, industrial, manufacturing, engineering, or project locations where personal protective equipment (PPE) may be requested.