Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Summary: The Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for identifying, attracting, and hiring top-tier talent to meet current and future business needs. This role focuses on long-term talent pipelining, employer branding, and strategic workforce planning. This role will manage the full-cycle recruitment process, build strong relations with hiring managers, and ensure an exceptional candidate experience from first contact to onboarding. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Collaborate closely with hiring managers to define recruitment needs and strategies to identify top talent and realistic hiring timelines. Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, including sourcing, screening interviews, coordinating schedules, extending offers and facilitating onboarding Conduct candidate reference and background checks Build and maintain an active pipeline of passive candidates with a focus on identifying Field Technicians, using recruiting platforms, job boards, professional networks, and employee referrals Oversee internal and external communication, making sure that G&W Equipment maintains a positive reputation as an employer (e.g., Glassdoor, Indeed, LinkedIn and social media) Organize hiring events and participate in job fairs to network with potential candidates Create job announcements that list requirements for each job, such as desired work experience, education, and job skills Set hiring goals (e.g., quarterly, and annual) Follow up with new hires within the first 90 days of employment to identify any needs or concerns Continually create new, innovative methods to improve the recruitment process Track, analyze, and report on key recruitment metrics (e.g., time to hire, cost per hire) Ensure all recruiting practices comply with local, state and federal employment laws Maintain records within Applicant Tracking System Develop and Manage the Technician Apprenticeship Program Up to 20% of travel to Branches Education and Experience: 2 – 5 years experience of full cycle recruiting, technician/mechanical recruitment experience is a plus Previous experience recruiting for positions at various levels within an organization Hands-on experience with recruitment software and Applicant Tracking Systems Strong interviewing skills and familiarity with various interview techniques (like video or panel interviews) Experience with social media recruiting Understanding of HR practices and labor legislation Exceptional communication skills Exhibits strong computer skills and knowledge of relevant technology Must be reliable, responsible, dependable, and always act in a professional manner, showing the utmost level of integrity Ability to manage multiple open requisitions simultaneously Comply with all company policies Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to talk and hear, both in person and by telephone perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction; walk, move about the office; sit, prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer; use hands to fingers, those activities requiring data entry in multiple systems; reach with hands and arms. The employee will occasionally stoop, kneel, bend, crawl, and crouch. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus. Work Environment: Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. Must have the ability to walk short distances, lift and carry small parcels, packages and other items. The noise level is consistent with those in an office environment.