Engineering & Manufacturing Recruiter

Overview:

We are seeking a proactive highly competitiveEngineering & Manufacturing Recruiterto drive delivery and growth across our Engineering & Skilled Trades Staffing business. This role is focused on highvolume candidate sourcing aggressive pipeline building and fullcycle recruiting for manufacturing engineering and skilled trade roles in a fastmoving productiondriven environment.

The ideal candidate thrives in a KPIheavy commissionoriented workflow is obsessive about speed and efficiency and is deeply fluent in AIpowered recruiting tools automation and modern ATS ecosystems. This recruiter operates like a hunterleveraging sourcing automation texting platforms and data to move faster than the market and consistently outperform traditional toollight recruiters.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively source engineering manufacturing and skilled trade candidates using job boards referrals LinkedIn texting platforms and AI tools

• Build and maintain a strong active candidate pipeline in manufacturing and engineering talent markets

• Recruit for roles including:

• Controls / Automation Technicians

• Machinists / CNC

• Maintenance Technicians

• Mechanics

• Mechanical & Electrical Assembly

• QA / QC Technicians

• Welders

• CDL Drivers

• Forklift & General Production

• Conduct highvolume phone and video candidate screenings

• Qualify candidates for skills experience availability and fit

• Discuss and negotiate pay rates with candidates

• Manage candidates throughout interview offer and placement stages

• Maintain strong candidate relationships to drive retention and redeployment

• Leverage ATS CRM texting tools AI (includingCoPilot) and sourcing automation to drive speed and efficiency

• Consistently meet or exceed KPIs related to outreach submittals interviews placements and starts

Required Qualifications:

• 3years ofexperience as a staffing agency recruiter

• Experience recruiting engineering manufacturing or skilled trade roles

• Proven success in a highvolume KPIdriven environment

• Strong comfort with recruiting technology including:

• ATS platforms with API integrations

• Texting platforms

• AIassisted sourcing and workflow tools

• Comfortable with outbound phone text and digital outreach

• Strong organization timemanagement and followthrough skills

• Candidates from toollight or lowtech staffing environments may struggle in this role

• Bachelors degree preferred

Salary:

• $60000-$65000(based on experience).

• This position is commission & bonus eligible.

• Comprehensive benefits and PTO package to include 401K also included.

About Onward Search

Onward Group Holdings LLC is a platform of specialized talent and workforce solutions brands that connect leading organizations with expert talent across high-demand industries. The company combines deep domain expertise proven infrastructure and an expansive talent network to deliver solutions that go beyond traditional staffing.

With nearly 20 years in business Onward Group Holdings partners with companies schools and organizations to help them build high-performing teams and thrive in the future of work. Its divisions include Onward Search (Marketing Creative & Technology) Onward Accessibility (Digital Accessibility) Onward Education (K-12 Education) and Talera (Behavioral Health).

We offer competitive compensation comprehensive medical dental and vision benefits and a 401(k) program for eligible full-time employees along with resources designed to support well-being and career development.

We have built a culture fostered on entrepreneurial spirit integrityteamworkand transparency. If you are energized by connecting people to opportunity excited by emerging technologies and motivated by measurable impact youll fit in great with our team.

Applicants must be at least 18 years old to apply.

Onward Search is an equal opportunity employer. We value a culture of inclusion and diversity within our workforce and are committed to maintaining a workplace free from prohibited employment conduct including discrimination or harassment based on race color national origin sex age religion disability genetic information sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status domestic partner status civil partnership status as a covered veteran status in the Uniformed Services of the United States citizenship and any other characteristic protected by State and Federal law.

*There is no application deadline for this posting because we are accepting applications on an ongoing basis.*

Required Experience:

Manager