Director of Talent Acquisition, Field Operations
About The Position
The Director of Talent Acquisition will lead, scale, and optimize the company's Craft recruiting function across nuclear services, construction, power generation, DoD, industrial maintenance, commercial projects, and specialty technical services. This is a hands-on, strategic and operationally engaged leadership role requiring close partnership with project and operational leaders and proactive workforce planning to support company growth. The Director is expected to hold the recruiting organization accountable and personally work through difficult staffing requirements with Operations, while optimizing ATS functionality and recruiting processes. This is a fully remote position with occasional travel to the corporate office and/or project sites. The role supports multiple business units and large project portfolios, recruiting skilled craft, specialty technical, field supervision, and project leadership personnel. It involves workforce planning, recruiting execution, sourcing and headhunting, process improvement, recruiting analytics, employer branding, and compliance with applicable DoD, nuclear, and other regulated-industry requirements.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive recruiting and workforce leadership experience, including direct accountability for leading and developing recruiting teams in construction, power, nuclear, DoD, or heavy industrial sectors.
- Demonstrated understanding of field operations, craft qualifications, and complex project workforce requirements.
- Demonstrated success leading recruiting teams to deliver qualified, job-ready personnel for large, complex, and time-sensitive projects, including identifying staffing shortfalls, establishing ownership, and driving recovery.
- Strong hands-on recruiting and sourcing capability, with established industry relationships across skilled craft and specialty technical labor markets.
- Ability to engage, attract, and close candidates for diverse field roles, including traditional trades, mechanical and electrical maintenance, specialty valve services, and instrumentation and controls (I&C).
- Familiarity with UKG, SmartSearch, or similar ATS platforms.
- Proven ability to build and lead high-performing recruiting teams with clear performance accountability in fast-moving, project-driven environments.
- Strong coaching and mentoring skills.
- Ability to work alongside recruiters, personally source qualified talent, and remove staffing barriers.
- Highly collaborative approach and ability to influence leaders across operations, corporate functions, and project teams.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, assign ownership, remove obstacles, and drive measurable recovery actions in complex and highly regulated environments.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience building scalable recruiting processes that support rapid project mobilization and long-term workforce planning.
- Understanding of staffing models for nuclear outages, long-term maintenance contracts, power generation, construction, industrial projects, DoD work, and specialty technical services.
- Ability to analyze workforce data and labor market conditions, anticipate talent shortages, and drive practical staffing solutions.
- Experience improving ATS workflows, reporting, sourcing pipelines, and recruiter productivity.
- Bachelor's degree preferred; applicable experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Nice To Haves
- Prior operations experience in power, nuclear, or industrial environments is strongly preferred.
- Experience with UKG and SmartSearch is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead, develop, and hold the Talent Acquisition team accountable for staffing execution across multiple business units and large project portfolios.
- Build and scale recruitment strategies for current and future workforce demands, including skilled craft, specialty technical, field supervision, and project leadership positions.
- Partner with operations leaders, HR, project managers, and corporate leadership to translate field execution needs, qualification requirements, and project forecasts into staffing plans.
- Drive workforce planning that reflects project schedules, staffing needs, and market conditions.
- Streamline and optimize recruiting processes, tools, workflows, and reporting to improve efficiency, consistency, and candidate experience.
- Personally source and headhunt for hard-to-fill roles and take ownership of difficult staffing needs when standard methods fall short.
- Build and maintain relationships with technical schools, trade programs, workforce development organizations, industry partners, and craft and specialty technical talent networks.
- Ensure compliance with applicable DoD, nuclear, and other regulated-industry requirements.
- Use data and reporting to guide decisions and track qualified talent pipelines, staffing fulfillment, mobilization readiness, workforce quality, and recruiting performance.
- Collaborate with HRIS teams to leverage and enhance ATS functionality.
- Champion employer branding initiatives to strengthen pipeline development and market presence.
- Promote accountability, problem-solving, and collaboration across the Talent Acquisition team.
- Coach and mentor team members, develop their capabilities, and foster career growth.
- Analyze workforce data and labor market conditions, anticipate talent shortages across concurrent projects, and drive practical staffing solutions.
- Map and improve recruiting processes and implement best practices across recruiting operations.
- Lead long-term workforce planning while remaining involved in day-to-day recruiting execution.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
