Recruiter

Skyeton

24d • Remote

About The Position

The Recruiter leads full-cycle recruiting for Skyeton’s growing U.S. organization, with primary support for the Fayetteville manufacturing operation and additional technical, engineering, corporate, and flight-operations hiring as assigned. This position partners with hiring leaders to define talent needs, develop sourcing strategies, evaluate candidates, coordinate an efficient selection process, and deliver a professional candidate experience. Success requires proactive sourcing, strong judgment, timely follow-through, accurate recruiting records, and the ability to attract talent in competitive aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and engineering markets. The Recruiter serves as a credible ambassador for Skyeton and helps ensure each hire has the qualifications, reliability, and cultural alignment needed to support the mission.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, communications, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered
• 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience with responsibility for sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate management, offers, and recruiting documentation
• Demonstrated success sourcing and closing candidates in competitive or difficult-to-fill markets
• Experience recruiting for manufacturing, skilled trades, engineering, technical, operations, or professional positions
• Ability to conduct structured interviews, evaluate job-related evidence, and provide concise candidate recommendations to hiring leaders
• Working knowledge of employment-related recruiting requirements, including EEO principles, applicant recordkeeping, consistent selection practices, and appropriate interview questions
• Experience using an applicant-tracking system, online sourcing tools, job boards, social media, and Microsoft Office applications
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage candidates and work effectively with employees, managers, and executives
• Strong organization, prioritization, attention to detail, and follow-through while managing multiple requisitions and changing business needs
• High level of integrity, discretion, professionalism, and ability to safeguard confidential information
• Ability to work on-site and travel occasionally for recruiting events or support of other Skyeton locations
• Must qualify as a U.S. Person under applicable ITAR/EAR regulations

Nice To Haves

• Recruiting experience in aerospace, defense, aviation, unmanned systems, advanced manufacturing, engineering, or another regulated industry
• Experience recruiting for a startup, greenfield manufacturing facility, rapid-growth organization, or multi-site workforce
• Experience sourcing veterans, transitioning service members, cleared professionals, engineers, and skilled manufacturing talent
• Familiarity with federal-contractor requirements, affirmative action, OFCCP, E-Verify, ITAR/EAR, CUI, or security-clearance environments
• Experience with Rippling or a comparable applicant-tracking and HR information system
• Experience with recruiting analytics, compensation research, employer branding, career events, college recruiting, or military-transition partnerships
• SHRM-CP, PHR, AIRS, Certified Internet Recruiter, or comparable HR or recruiting certification

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for hourly manufacturing, skilled trades, engineering, quality, supply chain, program management, flight operations, and corporate positions
• Partner with hiring managers to clarify role requirements, required competencies, staffing priorities, interview teams, selection criteria, and target hiring timelines
• Create and maintain accurate job descriptions and job postings that reflect position requirements, Skyeton’s culture, and applicable employment and export-control language
• Develop position-specific sourcing strategies using applicant-tracking systems, professional networks, job boards, social media, colleges, trade schools, military-transition programs, career fairs, referrals, and direct outreach
• Proactively identify and engage passive candidates for difficult-to-fill aerospace, defense, engineering, manufacturing, and leadership roles
• Review applications and resumes, conduct structured phone interviews, evaluate technical and cultural alignment, and provide clear recommendations to hiring managers
• Assess candidates consistently against role qualifications and Skyeton’s six cultural pillars while maintaining fair, job-related, and well-documented selection practices
• Coordinate interviews, candidate travel when applicable, hiring-team schedules, feedback collection, and timely candidate communications throughout the process
• Prepare interview guides, candidate summaries, compensation information, offer recommendations, and other recruiting materials for hiring leaders
• Conduct compensation research and collaborate with HR and leadership to develop competitive, internally consistent offers within approved parameters
• Extend verbal and written offers, manage negotiations within authorized limits, and maintain candidate engagement through acceptance and start date
• Coordinate pre-employment requirements, including references, background checks, drug screens, employment eligibility documentation, and other position-specific conditions
• Partner with HR and hiring managers to support a smooth transition from candidate acceptance through onboarding and first-day readiness
• Maintain complete and accurate candidate dispositions, interview documentation, requisition activity, offer data, and recruiting records in the applicant-tracking system
• Track and report recruiting metrics, including applicant flow, source effectiveness, time to fill, aging requisitions, offer acceptance, hiring progress, and recruiting risks
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for recurring and anticipated hiring needs and support workforce planning for organizational growth and new facilities
• Represent Skyeton at recruiting events, career fairs, community partnerships, military-transition events, colleges, universities, and technical training programs
• Strengthen Skyeton’s employer brand through accurate, engaging recruiting communications and consistent representation of the employee value proposition
• Support recruiting compliance, including EEO, affirmative action, OFCCP-related recordkeeping, applicant disposition, pay transparency, I-9, E-Verify, and applicable federal and state requirements
• Coordinate appropriately with HR, Security, and authorized leaders regarding U.S.-person, ITAR/EAR, clearance, confidentiality, and controlled-information requirements
• Protect confidential candidate, compensation, employee, customer, and business information and use sound judgment when communicating sensitive matters
• Identify opportunities to simplify and improve recruiting processes, candidate experience, hiring-manager service, reporting, and talent-pipeline quality
• Support other talent-acquisition and HR projects and perform other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Medical insurance: company-paid employee coverage
• Dental and vision insurance
• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience
• Career growth opportunities within a rapidly expanding aerospace organization
• Opportunity to build the workforce supporting a growing U.S. manufacturing and defense operation

What This Job Offers

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