Contract Recruiter - Data Center and Infrastructure

Purple, Rock, Scissors•Orlando, FL

About The Position

The Contract Recruiter will help grow PRPL & Friends, the company’s staff augmentation division for data center, telecom, and critical infrastructure staffing. The role focuses on finding, placing, and retaining skilled field talent for a telecom client that builds and supports data center environments. It involves high-volume sourcing, phone screening, credential verification, and keeping crews staffed at active job sites. The recruiter serves as PRPL’s representative to the skilled trades marketplace and new hires, using knowledge of field roles and staffing urgency to address client needs. The position requires a solutions-oriented, adaptable, resourceful, urgent, and detail-focused approach, with care taken to create value in interactions with talent and customers. It is a contract position to start, with an hourly rate determined by experience. Frequently recruited roles include ISP Data Technicians, Structured Cabling / Low Voltage Installers, Fiber Optic Technicians, Foremen, and Lead Technicians.

Requirements

2–5 years of professional staffing experience focused on recruiting utility, telecom, data center, or infrastructure field roles.
Utility, telecom, or infrastructure recruitment or staffing experience is required.
Proven high-volume and/or project-based recruiting experience, including filling multiple openings on tight timelines.
Working knowledge of structured cabling, fiber, and data center trades, including technician levels, common certifications, tools, and safety expectations.
Experience building and cultivating a skilled trades talent pipeline with a relationship-oriented approach.
Hands-on experience sourcing, phone screening, and interviewing field talent.
Ability to use creative sourcing techniques to reach talent who are not active on traditional job boards.
Ability to build rapport quickly with field talent, foremen, and client project managers.
Comfort with background checks, drug screening, and pre-employment compliance processes.
Ability to handle employee issues with utmost discretion and sensitivity.
Superior listening, writing, and speaking skills; candidate summaries must have good grammar and no spelling errors.
Initiative, dependability, and willingness to respond to urgent requests.
Proficiency with Google Suite.

Nice To Haves

Bullhorn ATS experience.
Prior experience as a technician, installer, or in a field operations role.

Responsibilities

Source skilled field talent through trade job boards, LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, Indeed, networks, trade schools, industry communities, and referrals; maintain a pipeline for ongoing and surge staffing needs.
Conduct high-volume recruiting for multiple job sites at once.
Screen candidates for technical fit, including cabling types, termination and splicing, testing and certification, rack and stack, cable management, and reading prints and drawings.
Assess foreman and lead candidates for crew leadership, job-site safety, scheduling, and client communication.
Verify credentials and certifications.
Coordinate pre-employment requirements, including background checks, drug screens, site access and badging, and travel readiness.
Schedule and coordinate internal PRPL and external client interviews.
Obtain and conduct reference checks, particularly with prior foremen, site supervisors, and project managers.
Follow up on candidate interviews and coordinate next steps or rejections.
Maintain relationships with past placements to support redeployment as projects end and new sites open.
Attend or support recruitment events, such as trade school career days, union hall events, and industry job fairs.
Enter recruitment and hiring activity data into the ATS daily.
Research and recommend tools to improve high-volume screening and scheduling, such as AI, skills assessments, and text recruiting.
Partner with the Business Development Manager, client project managers, and site leads to understand crew size, skill mix, start dates, site locations, and travel requirements.
Present talent using Candidate Bio documents and Candidate Spreadsheets, writing clear summaries of relevant technical skills, certifications, and project experience.
Coordinate client interviews and prepare talent for job-site expectations, safety requirements, and schedules.
Support smooth starts by confirming onboarding paperwork, site access, PPE, and day-one logistics.
Conduct regular client performance check-ins for placed talent and promptly address attendance or performance concerns.