Talent Acquisition Specialist

Great opportunity to join our People Team as a Talent Acquisition Specialist. The primary responsibilities include managing the full life cycle of recruiting to hire high-quality talent aligned with business needs, ensuring equitable and consistent processes. This role can be based in the Ferndale, WA area working form our office, hybrid or remote under the direction of the People Director.  Additional responsibilities may include leading or assisting with company recruitment programs and initiatives including but not college recruitment, employee referrals, and passive sourcing programs.

Compensation: $60,000 - $80,000 *this is an anticipated salary based on time of posting.  

Key Responsibilities

• Intake meetings; define role criteria; agree on delivery schedule of candidates, recruitment and interview process, and hiring plan to meet deadlines.
• Run end-to-end recruiting: sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer management and onboarding coordination.
• Drive structured interviews; train hiring managers on best practices and risk mitigation.
• Ensure compliant documentation; maintain accurate Applicant Tracking System (ATS) data, candidate pools, complete records for all candidates/employees, and maintains legal compliance. 
• Partner with People Director on offers; negotiate within bands; close candidates.
• Lead recruitment programs: college recruitment, employee referrals, etc.
• Report on:
  • Pipeline health, bottlenecks, and forecasted fill dates
  • Time-to-fill and time-to-start 
  • Offer acceptance rate; quality of hire (e.g., 90-day retention, hiring manager satisfaction)
• May assist with other functions of human resources as required.

Job Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in human resources/business or related degree with a minimum of 4 + years related work experience, or equivalent combination of education, training and 5+ years full-cycle recruiting experience in assigned functions/industries.
• Proficiency with ATS/CRM; structured interviewing methods.
• Proficiency with sourcing passive candidates.
• Strong stakeholder management; data literacy.
• Must possess strong problem solving and communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Suite.
• Experienced in maintaining complete records for all employees and legal compliance. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Work experience in recruitment for engineering and construction industry.
• Experience with recruiting from college career fairs or managing a college recruitment program
• Experience with executing multi-channel sourcing strategies; Employee Referrals, Boolean, Linked In, Entelo/SeekOut, Rival, or other sourcing tactics.