Craft Recruiter

PCL Construction • Edmonton, AB

4d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Craft Recruiter for PCL Energy Inc. in Edmonton, Alberta (Energy), you’ll have the opportunity to provide end-to-end recruitment support for skilled trades, aligning talent with project-specific needs. PCL Energy Inc., part of the PCL Family of Companies (PCL), focuses on building opportunities, careers, and communities. They invest in their people and projects, driving their growth and leadership in the construction industry. PCL is a team of builders who care about their work and their colleagues, shaping the future of construction and employee careers.

Requirements

• Journeyman certificate or postsecondary diploma / degree in a related discipline preferred
• 3 years of progressive recruitment experience in the construction or a related industry preferred.
• Aware of all labor-agreement and government legislation, and PCL policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated experience with full-cycle recruitment process.
• Intermediate knowledge of the local and regional apprenticeship and labor programs.
• Ability to act with discretion when handling confidential information.
• Seen as a trusted advisor with the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Screens résumés and conducts interviews for available job opportunities, and maintains an accurate and current pipeline of potential workers.
• Actively sources candidates through a variety of channels to improve candidate quality and maintain a healthy pipeline of candidates for hard-to-fill roles.
• Maintains contact with the labor pool to recruit, interview, and hire the best-qualified candidates available to fill job requirements.
• Creates, implements, and analyzes recruitment metrics to ensure efficient and effective recruitment practices. Identifies opportunities to continuously improve recruitment processes, approaches, tools, and outcomes.
• Confirms technical qualifications with various apprenticeship and/or labor boards and other certificate-issuing authorities, and works to collect apprenticeship documents.
• Collects and files all workforce documentation, including résumés, personal and jobsite information, apprenticeship, safety tickets, etc. in a confidential manner and in accordance with PCL policies and guidelines.
• Works closely with the craft recruiter and workforce manager to review project demands and evaluate department planning and needs.
• Understands and effectively communicates the compensation structure and benefits offered to new hires.
• Interprets collective agreements, pre-job conference reports, site documentation, client-project-specific guidelines, etc. and applies them to hiring practices accordingly.
• Assists the workforce manager with interpretation of various documentation including collective agreements, pre-job conference reports, site memorandums, client- /project-specific guidelines.
• Assists with training and coaching new craft recruiters.
• Develops and maintains strong, customer-focused relationships with key stakeholders.

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Comprehensive benefits program, including mental health and wellness support through Employee Assistance Programs
• Access to world-class training through PCL’s College of Construction
• Clear growth pathways

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree