Job Description

Position Overview

The Director of Recruiting will lead Talent Corps’ national recruiting operations for W2 project-based tradespeople across the U.S., managing both a centralized recruiting team and six field recruiters. This role ensures accurate job order intake, candidate fulfillment, and start-date execution in close partnership with the Sales team.

This position requires a leader who thrives in high-volume, fast-paced environments where priorities shift rapidly and cross-functional alignment is critical. The ideal candidate brings operational foresight, people leadership, and deep knowledge of the construction staffing landscape.

Key Responsibilities

National Recruiting Team Leadership

• Lead and scale a dual-structure recruiting team: centralized recruiters and field-based recruiters across key markets. Provide hands-on training and coaching to maximize team performance.
• Leverage lead recruiters to drive coordination, peer development, and process consistency.
• Build unified workflows while honoring the operational nuances of each team.
• Develop performance dashboards, KPIs, and coaching rhythms to drive consistent outcomes.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and urgency across the recruiting function.

Technology Champion

• Serve as the recruiting function’s lead advocate for leveraging technology to accelerate fulfillment and reduce inefficiencies.
• Maximize use of ATS, CRM platforms, and AI-enabled sourcing tools to improve workflows and candidate targeting.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and vendors to evaluate technologies that improve time-to-fill, candidate engagement, and compliance.
• Develop systems that support a “bench” of job-ready tradespeople across key markets.
• Ensure data hygiene and visibility across platforms to support redeployment and workforce planning.

Sales Partnership & Fulfillment Ownership

• Coordinate with Sales to define, qualify, and prioritize job orders.
• Structure the job intake process with required details, timelines, and escalation protocols.
• Forecast labor demand in partnership with Sales to guide sourcing and readiness planning.
• Own accuracy and timeliness of candidate delivery and start-date commitments.

Sales Integration & Fulfillment Fluidity

• Navigate varying degrees of recruiter involvement across Sales, building trust and engagement consistency.
• Resolve handoff gaps and misalignment between Sales and Recruiting.
• Manage labor order flow between field recruiters (often first point of contact) and centralized recruiters (handling overflow and direct assignments).
• Adjust team workloads proactively to address shifting priorities and prevent missed placements or duplication.

Process Design & Optimization

• Standardize the recruiting lifecycle—from job order receipt to jobsite arrival—with clear roles, timelines, and data checkpoints.
• Use ATS and CRM systems to improve recruiter efficiency and candidate tracking.
• Identify friction points in the recruiting funnel and implement solutions to improve speed and quality.

Pipeline & Candidate Readiness Strategy

• Lead sourcing strategy to maintain a steady pipeline of qualified tradespeople in high-demand roles and markets.
• Empower recruiters to build and maintain local and regional pipelines focused on jobsite readiness (e.g., compliance, availability, certifications).
• Implement systems to track candidate readiness, redeployment status, and drop-off risk.

Operational Excellence & Compliance

• Ensure all recruiting practices comply with labor law, OSHA, E-Verify, and internal W2 policies.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, and Field Ops to streamline pre-employment compliance and onboarding.
• Support diversity and inclusion through equitable sourcing strategies and bias-minimized screening.

Qualifications/Experience

• Experience : 10+ years in recruiting, including 4+ years managing teams (multi-site or remote).
• Industry : Strong preference for construction staffing or project-based recruiting environments.
• Leadership : Proven success coaching managers, leading through ambiguity, and driving accountability in distributed teams.
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• Recruitment : 10 years (Required)
• Leadership: 5 years (Required)
• Complex, real-time customer facing pressure: 5 years (Required)

Location:

• Plano, TX 75024 - In Office

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