McKinstry

Talent Acquisition Partner - Craft & Skilled Trades

McKinstry • $72K — $119K *
Seattle, WA 98115In-Person
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Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in recruiting skilled-trades or union craft talent
  • Strong knowledge of union construction and related environments
  • Proven ability to build talent pipelines for hard-to-fill positions
  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or similar field
  • Exceptional networking skills and familiarity with search practices
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality and uphold HR regulations

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain talent networks in skilled-trades communities
  • Source, interview, and hire candidates for open positions
  • Create proactive recruiting strategies for various skilled trades
  • Collaborate with leadership to understand workforce needs
  • Manage partnerships with training programs and trade schools
  • Provide labor market intelligence and insights to business leaders
  • Enhance candidate experience and streamline hiring processes

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with employer-matched 401(k) and profit-sharing
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Paid time off, holidays, and up to 16 weeks of parental leave
  • Family formation benefits, including adoption and IVF assistance
  • Transgender inclusive benefits and commuter support
  • Onsite gyms and remote worker reimbursements for fitness
  • Opportunities for professional development via McKinstry University
Full Job Description
The Opportunity with McKinstry

We're seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner - Craft & Skilled Trades to join our recruiting team in Seattle, WA.

This role will have a strong focus on recruiting union craft and skilled-trades talent across McKinstry's construction and service businesses, including electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, and other field-based positions. You'll partner closely with operations and field leadership to understand workforce needs, develop proactive recruiting strategies, and build strong talent pipelines to support McKinstry's continued growth.

What's in it for you?
  • Your voice is heard - you will be able to serve as an influencer. McKinstry is the place to be if you seek an opportunity to build and maintain trustworthy relationships with your business units.
  • Our business leaders rely on us as talent strategists, and you will be partnered closely with them to solve talent challenges, learn their businesses from the ground up, and collaborate with other HR partners across our dynamic and established HR team.
  • You will play a key role in supporting McKinstry's union craft, skilled-trades, field, and service workforce, helping our leaders anticipate workforce needs and develop recruiting strategies to support current and future growth.
  • In joining McKinstry, you will be walking into an established team that cares about you, your opinion, and your added expertise and provides opportunities to coach and mentor junior recruiters. Here you can be part of a work community representing a brand committed to making a positive impact and building a thriving planet.
  • We believe that career development is a way of life. Our team learns from each other, mentors each other, and seeks additional learning opportunities through conferences, shared learning opportunities, outside groups, and mentors.

Your responsibilities will include:

Recruit
  • Builds talent networks within business-specific practitioner and skilled-trades communities.
  • Selects and directly sources, interviews, qualifies, negotiates offers, and hires candidates to fill open requisitions.
  • Develops and executes proactive recruiting strategies for union craft, skilled-trades, field, and service positions through direct sourcing, industry networking, employee referrals, and community outreach.
  • Partners closely with operations leaders, field leadership, superintendents, service leaders, HR Business Partners, and labor relations partners to understand current and future workforce needs.
  • Develops and manages partnerships with apprenticeship and training programs, trade schools, industry organizations, and community partners to build sustainable skilled-trades and craft talent pipelines.
  • Develops a working understanding of applicable collective bargaining environments, craft classifications, apprenticeship programs, union hiring and dispatch practices, and other requirements impacting craft recruiting.
  • Maintains a consistent focus on the marketplace and provides business leaders with relevant labor market intelligence, including skilled-trades availability, competitive hiring activity, wage trends, and recruiting challenges.
  • Proactively networks and establishes effective working relationships with candidates, business leaders, and industry partners.
  • Addresses legal and compliance issues related to talent acquisition.
  • Trains HR staff on the Applicant Tracking System.
  • Pursues conscious cost-containment efforts in recruiting.
  • Researches new and innovative ways to leverage the Internet, social media, and professional networking sites to identify and source candidates.
  • Adds value during the offer stage by ensuring candidate decision triggers are clearly understood.
  • Takes the lead and is resourceful and persistent in driving solutions to recruiting challenges.
  • Demonstrates a strong client focus and commitment to continuous improvement.
  • Drives continuous enhancements to candidate site(s).
  • Screens, interviews, and manages active candidates throughout the recruiting process.
  • Ensures that McKinstry's employment value proposition is communicated effectively by providing information on specific job and career advancement opportunities.
  • Tracks candidate workflows, source data, pre-screen information, and all other required recruiting metrics.
  • Creates Boolean and other complex search strings in both paid web boards and standard search engines.
  • Individually and collaboratively streamlines processes and drives measurable results.
  • Maintains all pertinent applicant and interview data in the Applicant Tracking System.
  • Manages additional HR projects as required.

Development
  • Develops search plans and works within a contact management system.
  • Develops creative approaches to delivering quality candidates.
  • Develops a strong understanding of assigned business groups' structure, strategies, field operations, workforce composition, project pipelines, geographic labor markets, and critical skill requirements.
  • Partners with business and HR leadership to anticipate future craft and skilled-trades workforce needs and develops sourcing strategies ahead of demand.
  • Builds trusted relationships with field and operations leadership and serves as a recruiting resource on talent availability, market conditions, and workforce recruiting strategies.
  • Possess a reputation for exceptional at candidate generation by forging dynamic relationships with business leaders, hiring managers, and HR business partners to meet talent needs.
  • Provides the highest quality of customer service for the organization and builds long-term, high-potential talent pipelines to support future growth projections.

What You Need to Succeed at McKinstry
  • Demonstrated experience recruiting skilled-trades, union craft, construction, field, and/or service talent.
  • Experience recruiting electricians, pipefitters, plumbers, sheet metal workers, fire protection professionals, HVAC/service technicians, or similar skilled-trades populations strongly preferred.
  • Experience recruiting within a union construction, specialty contractor, MEP, electrical, mechanical, fire protection, or similar skilled-trades environment preferred.
  • Working knowledge of union/craft recruiting practices, collective bargaining environments, apprenticeship programs, craft classifications, and union hiring/dispatch practices preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to proactively source and build pipelines for difficult-to-fill craft and skilled-trades positions rather than relying solely on active applicants.
  • Experience partnering with construction operations, field leadership, superintendents, service managers, or similar operational leaders to understand and deliver against workforce needs preferred.
  • A Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • Proficiency in networking and familiarity with best search practices.
  • Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and discretion.
  • Some knowledge of multi-state and federal employment laws and regulations, including EEO, ADA, OFCCP, and general HR practices preferred.

PeopleFirst Benefits

When it comes to the basics, we have you covered:
  • Competitive pay
  • 401(k) with employer match and profit-sharing plan
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision with low or zero deductible options and low out of pocket maximums

People come first at McKinstry, and we go beyond the basic benefits with:
  • Family formation benefits, including adoption and IVF assistance
  • Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
  • Transgender inclusive benefits
  • Commuter benefits
  • Pet insurance
  • "Building Good" paid community service time
  • Learning and advancement opportunities via McKinstry University
  • McKinstry Moves onsite gyms or reimbursement for remote workers

See benefit plan documents for complete details.

If you're driven by our vision to build a thriving planet together, McKinstry is the place to build your career.

The pay range for this position is $72,090 - $119,300 per year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base pay information is based on market location. A bonus may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered.

About McKinstry

McKinstry is an engineering company specializing in designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining high-performing buildings. Its professional staff and tradespeople deliver consulting, construction, energy, and facility services. As an early adopter of the DBOM process, the company advocates collaborative and sustainable solutions that are designed to ensure occupant comfort, improve systems efficiency, reduce facility operational costs, and ultimately optimize client profitability for the life of their building. McKinstry works with school districts, universities, municipalities, hospitals, and private companies nationwide. Its clients care about long-term planning, saving energy, and driving out waste, and have sophisticated facilities that require nothing but the best. The company was established in 1960 in Seattle, Washington.

McKinstry Careers

Joining McKinstry presents a prime opportunity to be part of a team that values innovation, leadership, and diversity training. McKinstry, a leader in designing, constructing, and managing efficient buildings, offers a variety of job opportunities that cater to professionals eager to drive sustainable changes in the industry.

Explore Job Opportunities

McKinstry is actively hiring and offers a range of positions that suit different skills and career aspirations. From engineering to project management, McKinstry seeks passionate, curious, and solution-driven team players. Explore open positions that match your professional interests and skills.

Internship Programs

McKinstry provides robust internship programs designed to foster growth and offer real-world experience in a supportive environment. Internships are a cornerstone of McKinstry’s commitment to professional development, helping interns to enhance their resumes and prepare for full-time roles through hands-on projects and mentorship.

Employee Benefits and Company Culture

McKinstry is dedicated to supporting its team members not only in their professional lives but also in their personal growth and well-being. The company offers competitive benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, alongside opportunities for leadership development and diversity training. The culture at McKinstry is built on a foundation of respect and inclusion, where every team member’s contribution is valued.

Professional Growth and Development

Career growth at McKinstry is propelled by continuous learning and innovation. Employees are encouraged to take leadership roles within projects, participate in networking events, and engage in ongoing education programs. McKinstry supports career advancement through professional development courses and certifications.

Networking and Innovation

At McKinstry, networking and innovation go hand in hand. Employees are encouraged to collaborate across teams and disciplines, driving innovation that leads to industry-leading solutions and practices. McKinstry’s commitment to sustainability and efficient building solutions offers a unique platform for professionals to impact the future of the built environment.

Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity training and inclusion are integral to McKinstry’s ethos. The company strives to create a workplace where diverse perspectives are embraced, and everyone has the opportunity to succeed. McKinstry believes that a diverse workforce fosters creativity and innovation, which are critical for leadership in the industry.

Applying for a Position

When applying for a position at McKinstry, candidates are advised to tailor their resumes to highlight relevant experience and skills. The interview process is designed to assess not only professional qualifications but also a candidate’s fit within McKinstry’s culture and values.

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Industry
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