Recruiting Supervisor

GrowTech Industries, LLC•Phoenix, AZ

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

GTI Energy designs, engineers, and manufactures complex modular systems supporting modular data center infrastructure, energy storage platforms, power generation systems, defense, and industrial markets. Operating in a hyper-growth manufacturing environment, GTI depends on world-class talent acquisition to scale production rapidly across multiple facilities. Our operations in Arizona and Buffalo require aggressive, disciplined, high-volume hiring strategies to support fabrication, welding, paint, assembly, electrical integration, supply chain, and other critical hourly production functions. GTI Energy is seeking a Recruiting Supervisor to lead high-volume hourly staffing operations across multiple manufacturing sites. This role is responsible for managing a team of up to 8 recruiters supporting 300+ open hourly positions across Arizona and Buffalo. The Recruiting Supervisor will drive recruiter performance, improve interview activity, hold hiring teams accountable to staffing plans, and ensure labor demand is filled by required need-by dates. This role requires a hands-on leader who can operate at speed, build systems, remove bottlenecks, and execute in a metrics-driven environment. The ideal candidate has prior leadership experience in high-volume recruiting for manufacturing, fulfillment, logistics, warehousing, industrial, or skilled trades environments.

Requirements

5–8+ years of recruiting experience with strong high-volume hiring background
2+ years of leadership experience managing recruiters, staffing teams, or recruiting operations
Experience supporting manufacturing, fulfillment, warehouse, logistics, industrial, or skilled trades hiring environments
Proven success managing high req loads and multi-site staffing operations
Strong metrics orientation and ability to manage through KPIs
Experience holding hiring leaders accountable and influencing operational stakeholders
ATS experience and strong recruiting systems discipline

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting 200+ concurrent hourly openings
Background in manufacturing recruiting for welders, electricians, maintenance, assembly, or supervisors
Experience with Lever, ADP Recruiting, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, LinkedIn Recruiter, or staffing vendor management
Experience building hiring events, walk-ins, and rapid staffing campaigns
Bilingual capability preferred depending on market needs
Experience in hyper-growth environments strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Lead a team of up to 8 recruiters supporting 300+ open hourly positions across multiple GTI sites
Drive daily recruiting activity including sourcing, outreach, screening, interview scheduling, offers, and starts
Establish clear productivity expectations for recruiters including calls, interviews, offers, starts, and pipeline health
Coach recruiters to operate with urgency, ownership, and strong candidate control
Build bench strength and succession capability across recruiting team
Own staffing delivery against site labor demand plans and required need-by dates
Ensure manufacturing operations have sufficient labor to support production schedules, launches, and growth targets
Forecast hiring volume by location, department, shift, and skill set
Prioritize highest-risk openings and labor shortages with clear recovery plans
Escalate staffing risks early with data-backed recommendations
Hold plant leaders, hiring managers, and operations teams accountable to interview availability, hiring decisions, and staffing plans
Drive disciplined intake meetings, workforce planning cadence, and demand reviews
Challenge unrealistic hiring timelines or low-engagement hiring behavior
Ensure interview panels move quickly and candidate decisions are timely
Build strong partnerships while maintaining recruiting authority on process discipline
Redesign and streamline interview workflows to reduce time-to-hire and candidate drop-off
Increase interview activity across high-demand skilled labor roles including Electricians, Welders, Fabricators, Industrial Technicians, and Supervisors
Improve plant-level interview scheduling, hiring manager responsiveness, and on-site interview conversion rates
Standardize scorecards, interview questions, and selection criteria where appropriate
Remove unnecessary hiring steps that slow production staffing
Own KPIs including time-to-fill, time-to-start, interview volume, offer acceptance, starts, show rates, source effectiveness, recruiter productivity, and aging reqs
Build dashboards and executive-ready reporting for staffing progress by site and department
Drive accountability through daily standups, scorecards, and weekly business reviews
Use data to identify underperformance and implement corrective action plans
Build targeted recruiting strategies for skilled labor including Electricians, Welders, GTAW Welders, Maintenance Technicians, Production Leaders, and specialty roles
Increase sourcing effectiveness using Indeed, ZipRecruiter, LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, staffing networks, and community partnerships
Develop market intelligence around wage competitiveness and labor availability
Support relocation, travel labor, and incentive hiring programs when needed
Ensure ATS discipline, candidate tracking accuracy, and clean recruiting workflows
Improve recruiter templates, automations, scheduling tools, and reporting processes
Partner with HR and Operations on onboarding readiness and start-date execution
Maintain compliance with hiring processes, documentation, and policy standards
Support staffing needs across Arizona and Buffalo facilities, balancing recruiter resources where demand is highest
Travel to plant locations as needed for hiring events, process resets, or leadership meetings
Build consistent staffing standards across sites while adapting to local labor markets
Create a competitive, high-performance recruiting culture focused on results and service
Coach through underperformance and recognize top performers
Build strong morale while maintaining high standards and accountability
Lead by example with urgency, ownership, and resilience in a fast-growth environment