Skilled Trades Recruiter (Talent Acquisition Rep 2) - 22911

Who we are

HII-Mission Technologies has an immediate exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Skilled Trades Recruiter to join our dynamic team.  The results-oriented candidate will focus on full life cycle recruiting for various ship repair contracts to support our Fleet Sustainment Operation. 

This is a hybrid role with a flexible schedule in our NetCenter location in Hampton, VA. 

We think the right person will be motivated and a self-starter who confidently advises leaders and easily becomes a trusted partner with the business.  You want to know more about traits we think are important to be successful in our environment? 

• Customer Service Centric – You are the subject matter expert, and your focus is consulting with the business and taking care of your customers’ needs by understanding their requirements and successfully delivering quality recruits in an aggressive time bound environment.
• Motivated - You are a problem solver and thrive when you are empowered to create solutions.
• Process Oriented – You are passionate about ensuring processes are as efficient as possible and possess great attention to detail.
• Self-driven – You have superior integrity, organizational skills, and great follow through on tasks. You do not get overwhelmed easily and prefer to work with minimal supervision.
• Fun – You are a charismatic people person who can talk to anyone; you are flexible, fearless, and excited to help build something awesome and share it with the world.
• Naturally curious - You think outside the box. You are innovative, extremely creative and constantly looking for ways to improve and optimize.
• Master Juggler - You understand how to manage multiple priorities and understand how the little pieces fit together.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct interviews to recruit prospective employees and refer job applicants to specific job openings. 
• Evaluate employment factors such as job experience, education and training, skills, knowledge and abilities, physical and personal qualifications, and other data pertinent to classification, selection, and referral. 
• Prepare rating on applicants, make recommendations on starting salaries, and provide applicants with information on the company. 
• Extend formal job offers, work with outside agencies and vendors, etc.
• Responsible for full cycle recruiting process to meet the various staffing goals.
• Establish partnerships with trades schools and various trades organizations.
• Develop strong relationships and partner with hiring managers and business leaders.
• Work closely with Hiring Managers to maximize effectiveness of recruiting process.
• Develop and execute comprehensive recruiting strategies utilizing all tools such as direct sourcing, online resume databases, social networking, and job events.
• Work with hiring managers to ensure job requirements and expectations are clearly understood and candidates are assessed against appropriate criteria.
• Regular follow up with the respective hiring managers and candidates to ensure timeliness of recruitment process.

What you need to have:

• 3 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 1 year relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 7 years relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience with proactive sourcing methods to include leveraging job boards, Boolean searches, CRM, ATS, career fairs, and social media, among other methods, to maximize candidate quality and personal productivity.
• Expertise with an automated applicant tracking system.
• Experience with high volume recruiting.
• Highly proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook).
• This position requires the ability to travel for recruitment meetings and various hiring and networking events.

Bonus points for:

• Experience in recruiting with a government contractor.
• Ability to add strategic impact and influence with hiring decisions to include taking initiative on new recruiting methodology and creative approaches to hiring.
• General human resource and compensation knowledge.
• Understanding of common staffing metrics and functions.
• Knowledge of EEO, ADA and OFCCP requirement.