Sr Talent Acquisition Engineering Recruiter

Zachry Group is seeking a Senior Engineering Recruiter to help grow our engineering organization by identifying attracting and hiring top engineering and design talent across the United States. This role partners closely with Engineering leadership to support critical hiring needs across multiple engineering disciplines within the power generation refining petrochemical chemical energy and industrial construction markets.

The Senior Engineering Recruiter owns the full recruiting lifecycle for engineering and design positions from talent mapping and candidate engagement through offer acceptance. Success in this role requires strong sourcing and networking capabilities an understanding of engineering talent markets and the ability to build trusted relationships with both hiring leaders and highly sought-after engineering professionals.

• Manage the full recruiting lifecycle for engineering and design positions from sourcing strategy through offer acceptance.

• Partner with Engineering leaders hiring managers and Workforce Planning to support hiring needs workforce growth and future talent requirements.

• Develop and execute recruiting strategies to attract engineers designers technical specialists discipline leads engineering managers and engineering directors.

• Build and maintain talent pipelines aligned with active hiring needs workforce forecasts and business growth objectives.

• Conduct talent mapping and identify passive candidates within targeted engineering and industrial markets.

• Develop relationships with engineering professionals and industry networks to strengthen Zachrys employment brand and talent community.

• Use sourcing tools talent intelligence platforms networking events referrals and direct recruiting techniques to identify and engage qualified candidates.

• Screen assess and present qualified candidates while providing market intelligence and hiring recommendations to business leaders.

• Track recruiting effectiveness pipeline health talent market trends and sourcing outcomes to continuously improve hiring results.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Minimum of seven (7) years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience.

• Minimum of three (3) years recruiting engineering design technical or engineering leadership talent within EPC industrial construction energy power generation refining petrochemical manufacturing or related industries.

• Demonstrated success 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.

• Proven success identifying 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 networking relationship-building communication organizational and project management skills.

• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter applicant tracking systems sourcing tools and 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.

• Positions supported by this role are primarily 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.

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