Talent Acquisition Specialist - Plant Hiring

You are a skilled and proactive Talent Acquisition Specialist with a focus on plant recruitment. Your role is critical in sourcing, screening, and hiring top talent for manufacturing facilities, requiring a deep understanding of staffing needs for industrial and plant-based roles and managing the full recruitment lifecycle from job postings to successful onboarding. You will develop and implement effective sourcing strategies to attract qualified candidates for plant operations, including skilled trades, machine operators, plant supervisors, maintenance staff, and other production roles. Using job boards, social media, recruitment agencies, and employee referrals to source candidates is essential. Your responsibilities include writing and posting clear, concise job descriptions tailored to plant-based positions, ensuring postings highlight specific skills, certifications, and experience required. You will conduct thorough resume reviews, phone screens, and in-person interviews to assess candidate qualifications, technical expertise, and cultural fit for the plant environment, administering skill assessments when necessary. Collaborating with Hiring Managers is key, as you will partner with plant managers, production supervisors, and HR leadership to understand hiring needs, job requirements, and qualifications for each role. Managing the onboarding process for new hires, including facilitating pre-employment checks, completing required certifications, and introducing new hires to plant operations is part of your role. You will build and maintain a robust pipeline of qualified candidates for ongoing and future hiring needs, attending job fairs, community outreach programs, and networking events. Ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process, providing timely feedback, clear communication, and follow-up is essential. Presenting job offers to candidates, managing offer negotiations, and working closely with HR to finalize the hiring process and ensure a smooth transition to employment are also part of your responsibilities. Maintaining accurate records of recruitment activities and metrics such as time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, and source of hire, and providing regular updates to HR leadership is important. Your qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field, along with 2-5 years of experience in talent acquisition, focusing on plant, industrial, or manufacturing recruitment. Strong knowledge of plant operations, manufacturing processes, and technical roles is required, as well as experience with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and HRIS tools. You should have the ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume hiring environment, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to assess technical skills and qualifications relevant to plant roles. Strong negotiation and problem-solving abilities are also necessary for this role.,