Talent Acquisition Specialist

The Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for leading full-cycle recruiting activities to identify, attract, screen, interview, and support the hiring of qualified candidates for the company’s open positions. This role partners closely with hiring managers and HR team to support hiring needs across the organization, including manufacturing, production, technical, professional, and administrative roles.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform full-cycle recruiting for all levels at both company locations, including hourly production, skilled trades, maintenance, engineering, quality, supply chain, supervisory, professional, and administrative positions.
• Manage the daily operations of the HRIS ATS (Paylocity) to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant movement of applicants through the recruiting workflow.
• Partner with hiring managers to identify staffing needs, review job requirements, develop screening criteria, create job postings, and define candidate qualifications for open positions.
• Source and attract qualified and diverse candidates using Paylocity, Indeed, LinkedIn, social media, employee referrals, community partners, schools, staffing agencies, direct sourcing, and other effective search methods.
• Build and maintain proactive talent pipelines for recurring, high-volume, and hard-to-fill manufacturing and technical positions.
• Interview applicants to evaluate position requirements, work experience, technical skills, behavioral competencies, organizational fit, and team fit.
• Coordinate interview scheduling, hiring manager feedback, candidate communication, offer preparation, offer acceptance follow-up, and onboarding handoff to HR and hiring managers.
• Coordinate pre-employment requirements, which may include background checks, employment verifications, drug screens, reference checks, and other hiring-related documentation.
• Attend and coordinate participation in local job fairs, university recruitment events, technical school events, community workforce events, and other recruiting activities.
• Build and maintain relationships with recruiting agencies, universities, technical schools, community organizations, workforce development partners, and other organizations to find and attract talent.
• Maintain accurate applicant records, recruiting documentation, interview notes, and disposition information in accordance with company policies and applicable employment laws.
• Track and report recruiting activity and metrics, including time-to-fill, source effectiveness, applicant flow, pipeline status, offer acceptance, and other measures as requested.
• Ensure recruiting practices comply with applicable employment laws, EEO requirements, recordkeeping requirements, and company policies.
• Other duties as assigned.