5+ years recruiting experience in AEC, engineering consulting, construction, or similar technical fields.
Proficient in sourcing passive candidates using tools like LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search strategies.
Ability to translate technical roles into focused recruiting strategies quickly.
Strong candidate management and relationship-building skills, with a proven record in closing offers.
Familiarity with technical credentials such as PE, LEED, and RA, or capacity to learn quickly.
Expertise in managing multiple priorities with effective organizational skills.
Experience working in a remote setting while collaborating across time zones.
Responsibilities
Partner with HR Leaders to identify recruitment needs across disciplines.
Facilitate the complete recruiting lifecycle from sourcing to closing.
Develop talent pipelines for hard-to-fill roles and locations.
Create innovative sourcing strategies that extend beyond conventional platforms.
Engage passive candidates through personalized outreach and maintain ongoing relationships.
Conduct in-depth candidate screenings to evaluate fit and credentials.
Provide actionable insights to enhance candidate experience and ensure recruitment efficiency.
Benefits
Make a meaningful impact in advancing the built environment and human experience.
Enjoy visibility and leadership recognition for your recruitment contributions.
Specialize in specific engineering disciplines and markets.
Opportunity to innovate with new sourcing strategies and tools.
Work for a reputable firm with numerous industry accolades and rankings.
Experience growth within a stable, employee-owned organization.
Receive competitive rewards, including a 401(k) match in company shares.
Full Job Description
Technical Recruiter (Remote US)
The Opportunity
Salas O'Brien is a supermajority employee-owned engineering and technical consulting firm operating from locations across North America, ranked No. 31 on Engineering News-Record's 2026 Top 500 Design Firms list. We are seeking a Technical Recruiter to support hiring across our engineering and architecture practices. This is a remote position reporting to the Director, Technical Recruiting.
In this role, you will recruit the engineers, architects, and technical professionals who design data centers, healthcare facilities, laboratories, and the infrastructure that supports them. These are specialized disciplines with limited candidate pools, and most qualified professionals are currently employed and not actively seeking new opportunities. Success in this role depends on proactive sourcing, credible outreach, and sustained relationship building.
The firm continues to grow through both organic expansion and mergers, which means hiring demand is continuous and the disciplines you support will evolve. You will manage searches across architecture, engineering, construction, and professional services, partnering with hiring managers across multiple business units and offices. You will also develop substantive knowledge of the disciplines you support, including credentials, project types, and the factors that determine candidate fit.
What You'll Recruit For
You will recruit across a broad range of engineering, architecture, technology, and design disciplines. The specific disciplines and markets you support will vary with business needs and may shift over time.
What You'll Do
Partner with the Recruiting HR Account Leader to support team needs.
Support the full recruiting lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate management, offer support, closing, and acceptance.
Build and prioritize talent pipelines in advance of hiring demand, with emphasis on hard-to-fill disciplines and geographies.
Develop sourcing strategies that extend beyond LinkedIn, including Boolean search, referrals, professional associations, competitor research, and geographic talent mapping.
Identify and engage passive technical professionals through personalized, credible outreach, and maintain those relationships to support current and future hiring needs.
Conduct thorough candidate screens assessing discipline and project experience, professional credentials, client exposure, leadership capability, career motivations, and compensation expectations.
Present qualified, diverse candidate slates with clear recommendations and supporting market context.
Deliver a responsive, professional candidate experience and partner closely with Talent Acquisition, HR, compensation, and business leadership to maintain search momentum.
Use recruiting data, including response rates, conversion, and pipeline health, to evaluate sourcing effectiveness and adjust your approach. Maintain accurate and timely records in the applicant tracking system.
What We're Looking For
Five or more years of recruiting experience within AEC, engineering consulting, construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, or another technical industry.
Demonstrated success sourcing and hiring passive, hard-to-find technical professionals across multiple disciplines, using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, referrals, professional associations, and talent-market mapping.
Ability to quickly understand technical roles and translate business requirements into focused search strategies.
Experience building proactive talent pipelines, together with strong candidate assessment, relationship management, and offer-closing skills.
Working knowledge of technical credentials such as PE, EIT, RA, LEED, CxA, and other discipline-specific certifications, or the ability to learn them quickly.
Fluency with an ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, and sourcing or talent-intelligence tools.
Ability to manage multiple competing priorities with strong organization and consistent follow-through.
Sound judgment and the confidence to constructively challenge assumptions or recommend an alternative approach when market conditions warrant.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a remote environment and maintain close working relationships with hiring managers across multiple time zones.
You'll Be Successful Here If You
You are genuinely interested in engineering and building systems, and you develop technical credibility with the professionals you recruit.
You take ownership of difficult searches and adjust your approach based on data and market feedback.
You work effectively across a decentralized organization with multiple offices, disciplines, and leadership styles.
You are open, direct, and respectful in how you communicate, and you take accountability for your commitments.
Why Salas O'Brien
Meaningful impact: Our work advances the human experience through the built environment, from ensuring hospitals have reliable power to improving pharmaceutical production quality and conserving resources. You will recruit the professionals who deliver it.
Ownership and visibility: Your work is visible to leadership and directly supports the growth of the business.
Opportunity to specialize: Develop deep expertise in specific engineering disciplines, markets, and technical talent communities.
Room to innovate: Bring new sourcing strategies, tools, insights, and ideas to the Talent Acquisition team.
Industry standing: Salas O'Brien ranked No. 31 on Engineering News-Record's 2026 Top 500 Design Firms list, No. 7 among MEP Giants in North America, and No. 3 on Building Design + Construction's Giants 400 Top 80 Engineering Firms list. The firm is also a 14-time Inc. 5000 honoree.
Growth with stability: Join an established, supermajority employee-owned firm that continues to invest in its people and future.
Competitive rewards: Competitive compensation, a 401(k) match provided in company shares, and comprehensive benefits.
Compensation
The expected base salary range for this position is $85,000 to $105,000 and eligible for a performance bonus.
Actual compensation will be based on relevant experience, skills, qualifications, geographic location, business needs, and internal equity.
