Zachry Group

Sr Talent Acquisition Engineering Recruiter

Zachry Group • $78K — $98K *
Downers Grove, IL 60516In-Person
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5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 7+ years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience
  • 3+ years recruiting in engineering or related fields
  • Success in recruiting engineers, designers, and technical leaders
  • Experience with the full recruiting lifecycle
  • Strong ability to identify and engage passive candidates
  • Deep understanding of engineering talent markets
  • Proven relationship-building skills with hiring leaders
  • Experience using recruiting technologies and social media platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the entire recruiting lifecycle for engineering positions
  • Collaborate with Engineering leaders to align recruiting with workforce planning
  • Develop targeted recruiting strategies for diverse engineering roles
  • Build and maintain a pipeline of candidates aligned with business goals
  • Conduct talent mapping to find passive candidates
  • Enhance Zachry's employment brand within industry networks
  • Utilize various sourcing techniques to identify candidates
  • Assess candidates and provide insights to business leaders
  • Monitor and improve recruiting effectiveness and market trends.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage
  • Disability coverage included
  • Participation in the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • Paid time off and holiday benefits
  • Opportunities for professional development and networking activities.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Company: Zachry Group

Location: Downers Grove, IL

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.

Responsibilities

  • 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 Zachry's 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.


Qualifications

ESSENTIAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE
  • Bachelor's 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.


Salary/Pay Rate:
  • In accordance with Illinois Equal Pay Act, the expected salary range for this Illinois position, Sr Talent Acquisition Recruiter, is between $78,900.64 and $98,600.32 annually. Actual compensation will be adjusted based on experience, geographic location, and other job-related factors as permitted by law.


Benefits:
  • Sr Talent Acquisition Recruiter is eligible for participation in Zachry's Total Employee Rewards Program, which includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and other ancillary benefits. This position is also eligible for participation in the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan.


Paid Time Away:
  • The Sr Talent Acquisition Recruiter is also eligible for paid time away benefits, including company-provided paid time off and holidays, in accordance with applicable company policies.


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About Zachry Group

Zachry Group is North America's pacesetter in turnkey engineering, construction, maintenance, turnaround and fabrication services to the energy, chemicals, power, manufacturing and industrial sectors. We work with customers to plan, build and renew their most critical facilities, so they can achieve their immediate and long-term goals, all at the highest safety standards. Since 1924, we have been a purpose-driven organization, united by a shared set of values and the desire to deliver the very best outcome for our customers.
Learn more about Zachry Group
Size
20,000 employees
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Founded
1924
* Ladders Estimates

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