Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a leading technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops produces and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products related systems and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets including household and personal care paper foundry steel construction and environmental solutions around the world. The company reported global sales of $2.1 billion in 2024.

MTI focuses on two major segments Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions.

Our Consumer & Specialties segment offers technologically enhanced products to consumer-driven end markets plus specialty additives that become functional components in a variety of consumer and industrial goods. This segment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines. The Household & Personal Care product line provides mineral-to-market products that serve consumer-oriented end markets including Pet Care Personal Care Fabric Care Edible Oil and Renewable Fuel Purification. Our Specialty Additives product line provides mineral-based technologies serving Paper Packaging Sealants & Adhesives Paint & Coatings Ceramics Plastics Food & Pharmaceutical markets.

Our Engineered Solutions segment offers advanced process technologies and solutions that are designed to improve our customers manufacturing processes and projects. This segment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines. Our High-Temperature Technologies product line offers specially-formulated blends and technologies primarily for Foundry and Steelmaking industries. Our Environmental & Infrastructure product line provides waterproofing water purification remediation and other fluid management technologies for critical projects for Remediation Water Purification and Infrastructure.

MTIis committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment for all our offices around the world our differences are respected and valued as essential to MTIs continued growth and innovation. Our goal is to ensure that all employees at MTI experience our workplace as a welcoming and respectful environment where they can achieve their full potential.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership
  • Develop and implement a comprehensive and effective talent acquisition strategy aligned with business goals.
  • Partner with executive leadership to forecast hiring needs and workforce planning.
  • Drive employer branding initiatives to position the company as an employer of choice.
• Team Management
  • Lead mentor and develop a high-performing talent acquisition team.
  • Set performance goals provide coaching and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Recruitment Operations
  • Oversee full-cycle recruitment for all levels including executive roles.
  • Optimize recruitment processes and tools to improve efficiency and candidate experience.
  • Develop and execute networking strategy with colleges universities and trade schools for effective and efficient talent pipeline.
  • Ensure compliance with employment laws and internal policies.
• Data & Analytics
  • Track and analyze key recruiting metrics (e.g. time-to-fill quality of hire offer approval rate cost to hire diversity metrics).
  • Provide regular reporting and insights to senior leadership.
  • Maintain and optimized applicant tracking system and HR tech tools
  • Leverage data analytics to improve sourcing strategies and recruitment outcomes
• Compliance & Reporting
  • Ensure recruitment practices comply with federal state and local employment laws.
  • Maintain accurate records and generate reports on hiring metrics time to fill and diversity hiring.
• Diversity Equity & Inclusion
  • Champion inclusive hiring practices and support DEI initiatives across the organization.
  • Build diverse candidate pipelines through strategic sourcing and partnerships.
• Employee relations
  • Responsible for oversight of the employee experience at MTI. Monitor the overall employee-employer relationship and work with management to ensure a positive relationship to keep employees motivated and highly productive.

OE/Lean

• Actively participates in all aspects of Operational Excellence including but not limited to Leader Standard Work 5S Kaizen Daily Management Control Standard Work and Problem Solving.

Qualifications/Requirements

The requirements listed in the sections that follow are representative of the knowledge skills and/or abilities required to perform the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (primary duties) of the job.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration or related field.
• 5 years of progressive experience in talent acquisition including 2 years in a leadership role.

• Proven success in developing and executing talent strategies in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong knowledge of recruitment best practices employment law HR technologies applicant tracking systems (iCIMS preferred) sourcing tools and recruitment marketing.
• Excellent communication stakeholder management and organizational skills.
• Passion for people culture and building inclusive teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office PeopleSoft Office 365 ADP and Oracle preferred.

• Must have the ability to work independently be dependable maintain confidential information integrity and composure at all times communicate effectively with all individuals internal and external to the organization be adaptable/flexible to changing work assignments analytical organized and detail oriented. Must be able to multitask compose correspondence and other documentation in a professional manner express ideas constructively use judgment in decision making and use creativity persistence persuasion and negotiation when necessary to accomplish necessary duties. Must actively listen to others coach/instruct others manage time effectively and efficiently to meet deadlines be able to identify/judge the urgency of a situation learn and memorize procedures display a cooperative demeanor read understand and follow all company job specific and safety policies/procedures and attend/use all required training.

Travel:

• Travel may occur on an intermittent basis required for career fair coordination and participation.

EOE