Lead Corporate Recruiter

FourGen Holdings • Oak Brook, IL

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About The Position

The Lead Corporate Recruiter creates, leads, and executes recruiting strategies across the four companies of FourGen Holdings, Inc., including Continental Electrical Construction Co, Continental Energy Solutions, and Electrical Energy Experts. The role develops sourcing approaches for specialized and hard-to-fill talent needs, mentors staff involved in recruiting, evaluates tools to improve candidate targeting, leads recruiting-process improvements, analyzes metrics and market trends, and establishes best practices.

The recruiter screens candidates for nonunion roles, leads recruiting campaigns and campus recruiting programs, negotiates offers, and manages relationships with outside recruiting agencies. The position also supports workforce planning and helps ensure timely fulfillment of talent acquisition needs across the companies.

FourGen Holdings operates in the electrical and renewable energy industries and has over 900 employees. The company describes its workplace as collaborative, engaging, respectful, and values-based, and offers excellent benefits and compensation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Management, or a related field is preferred.
• 7–10 years of recruiting experience in both agency and corporate environments.
• Proven ability to develop, customize, and execute efficient recruiting strategies.
• Demonstrated success in negotiations, influencing others, and converting passive candidates into hires.
• Proficiency using tools to target candidates and build talent pools.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills, including proper grammar.
• Analytical mindset and commitment to continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of labor laws and anti-discrimination legislation.
• Leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Experience maximizing applicant tracking systems.
• Intermediate MS Office skills.

Nice To Haves

• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP certification, SHRM Talent Acquisition Specialty, or HRCI PHR or SPHR certification.
• Experience in or familiarity with the construction, electrical engineering, or solar industries.
• Experience with BambooHR.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with and advise leaders and HR/recruiting staff on recruiting methods and strategies for nonunion roles, especially specialized and hard-to-fill positions.
• Lead recruiting campaigns and campus recruiting programs.
• Assess and manage outside recruiting partners and sourcing channels.
• Ensure talent acquisition needs across the companies are met in a timely manner.
• Advise on how to position openings to attract needed talent.
• Maintain pools of qualified candidates for current and future roles.
• Source candidates through websites and internet searches.
• Screen and interview candidates for nonunion roles.
• Negotiate offers and convert candidates into hires.
• Establish and meet recruiting activity metrics, analyze market trends, and improve internal recruiting processes.
• Assess and manage electronic tools and systems that can automate candidate sourcing.
• Mentor and provide day-to-day guidance to staff involved in recruiting.
• Balance recruiting workloads among staff.
• Collaborate with leadership to develop the vision and metrics for talent acquisition.
• Align with leaders on workforce planning and recruiting plans.
• Manage relationships with outside recruiting agencies.

Benefits

• Excellent benefits and compensation.
• Collaboration, assistance, tools, and resources for success.
• An engaging and respectful workplace.
• A value-based working environment emphasizing unity, communication, accountability, relationships, growth and development, and individual contribution.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior