Senior Recruiter

Responsibilities

The Senior Recruiter manages the end-to-end recruitment process for various roles, including manufacturing, engineering, and leadership positions. They act as a strategic partner to hiring managers, driving sourcing efforts and utilizing market insights to meet workforce planning needs.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience within manufacturing or operational environments. A bachelor's degree in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Skills

• Full-cycle recruiting
• Talent sourcing
• Pipeline development
• Hiring manager partnership
• Manufacturing recruitment
• Behavioral interviewing
• Recruiting metrics
• Applicant tracking system
• LinkedIn recruiter
• Relationship building
• Workforce planning
• Market intelligence
• Candidate experience
• High-volume recruiting
• Strategic planning
• Communication

About this role

The Recruiter is responsible for leading full-cycle recruiting activities across
manufacturing, operations, engineering, skilled trades, professional, and
leadership positions. This role serves as a strategic partner to hiring
managers, driving recruitment efforts with a strong sense of urgency to ensure
critical positions are filled quickly with high-quality talent.

The Recruiter proactively sources candidates, builds talent pipelines, manages
the hiring process from intake through onboarding, and provides market insights
that support workforce planning. Success in this role requires strong recruiting
expertise, the ability to thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment,
excellent relationship-building skills, and a commitment to delivering an
exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.

Full Cycle Recruiting

* Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for hourly, salaried, technical,
skilled trades, and leadership positions.
* Partner with hiring managers to develop recruiting strategies, define
position requirements, and establish candidate selection criteria.
* Conduct intake meetings to gain a thorough understanding of hiring needs,
business objectives, and workforce priorities.
* Develop and execute recruiting plans that support both immediate hiring
demands and long-term workforce needs.
* Maintain a strong sense of urgency to fill critical roles while ensuring
quality-of-hire standards are met.
* Drive recruitment efforts for high-volume and difficult-to-fill positions
across manufacturing and operational functions.

Talent Sourcing & Pipeline Development

* Proactively source passive and active candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter,
job boards, networking, referrals, community partnerships, social media,
industry associations, and other sourcing channels.
* Build and maintain ongoing talent pipelines for critical and recurring
positions.
* Develop relationships with technical schools, colleges, workforce agencies,
veterans' organizations, and community partners to strengthen candidate
pipelines.
* Utilize market intelligence to identify talent trends, competitive hiring
practices, and sourcing opportunities.
* Maintain a database of qualified candidates for future openings.

Candidate Management

* Review resumes and applications to identify qualified candidates.
* Conduct phone screens and behavioral interviews to evaluate skills,
experience, qualifications, and organizational fit.
* Coordinate and facilitate interviews between candidates and hiring teams.
* Prepare candidates throughout the interview process and ensure a positive
candidate experience.
* Maintain consistent communication with candidates regarding application
status and next steps.
* Manage candidate offers, negotiations, pre-employment requirements, and
onboarding activities.
* Ensure timely movement of candidates through the hiring process to minimize
time-to-fill.

Hiring Manager Partnership

* Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers regarding recruiting best
practices, labor market conditions, compensation trends, and talent
availability.
* Coach hiring managers on interviewing techniques, candidate evaluation, and
selection decisions.
* Provide regular recruiting updates, candidate pipeline status, and
forecasting information to leadership.
* Challenge unnecessary hiring barriers and recommend alternative approaches to
attract qualified talent.

Recruiting Analytics & Continuous Improvement

* Track and analyze recruiting metrics including: 
* Time-to-fill
* Time-to-hire
* Source effectiveness
* Offer acceptance rates
* Candidate pipeline health
* Hiring manager satisfaction
* Develop and present recruiting reports and hiring forecasts to leadership.
* Identify recruitment process improvements that increase efficiency, quality,
and hiring outcomes.
* Recommend innovative sourcing and recruiting strategies to improve hiring
results.

Employer Branding & Community Engagement

* Represent the company at career fairs, industry events, networking functions,
workforce development initiatives, and recruiting events.
* Promote the organization's employment brand through social media, community
partnerships, and candidate interactions.
* Support initiatives that improve candidate attraction, engagement, and
retention.

Compliance & Administration

* Ensure recruiting activities comply with federal, state, and local employment
laws and company policies.
* Maintain accurate candidate records within the Applicant Tracking System
(ATS).
* Support affirmative action, diversity recruitment, and equal employment
opportunity initiatives.
* Adhere to and represent the company's values and behaviors as defined by the
TPI Mission, Core Values, and Competencies.

Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration,
Communications, Marketing, or a related field; or an equivalent combination
of education and experience.
* 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in manufacturing, industrial,
engineering, skilled trades, supply chain, or similar operational
environments.
* Proven success filling high-volume and hard-to-fill positions through
proactive sourcing, networking, and talent pipeline development utilizing ATS
platforms, LinkedIn Recruiter, and other recruiting tools.
* Strong ability to manage multiple priorities, partner with hiring managers,
influence hiring decisions, analyze recruiting metrics, and deliver results
in a fast-paced environment.
* Excellent communication, organization, and relationship-building skills, with
a demonstrated ability to balance urgency, quality of hire, and candidate
experience.

About TPI Composites Inc

Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing · 5,001-10,000 employees · headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 1968