Senior Talent Engagement Specialist

Niowave•Lansing, MI

About The Position

The Senior Talent Engagement Specialist fosters and promotes Niowave’s core values at all levels while supporting talent engagement activities across the organization. The role builds trusted relationships and provides thoughtful guidance, supporting new hires, terminations, compensation adjustments, staff status changes, payroll auditing, and off-cycle activities that affect payroll processing. The specialist manages full-cycle recruitment for technical and professional positions, develops and executes sourcing strategies, and builds an understanding of assigned departments, business priorities, workforce needs, and organizational objectives. The role also advises hiring managers on sourcing strategy, candidate assessment, labor market conditions, recruiting challenges, and adjustments that may improve hiring outcomes. This is a full-time position with regular working hours Monday through Friday. Work time may need to be adjusted outside Niowave’s standard operating hours, and the position has on-call shifts for production accelerator troubleshooting as needed. Niowave has multiple locations in the Lansing area, and travel between locations is expected.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Employment Law, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field.
At least 8 years of progressive recruiting experience.
Experience recruiting technical and professional candidates in a 24/7/365 environment.
Experience developing hiring plans and staffing processes.
At least 5 years of experience with applicant tracking systems, internet recruiting, advertising, interviewing, and staffing assessment.
Embrace and model Niowave’s core values of Teamwork, Courage, Integrity, and Upright Zeal.
Develop and maintain good relationships, gain others’ confidence, and work effectively in a multidisciplinary matrix environment.
Understand how to integrate into a new team or organization.
Appreciate the current state of systems and processes and use sound judgment when proposing and implementing improvements.
Understand personal communication and learning styles and adapt approaches to connect effectively with others.
Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
Be relationship- and process-driven, demonstrating integration and balance between the two.
Demonstrate recruiting grit through resilience, determination, and sustained effort to achieve hiring outcomes.
Demonstrate knowledge and application of “Humble, Hungry, Smart” from Patrick Lencioni’s book Ideal Team Player.
Provide a cover letter specifically describing how the applicant’s background and experience relate to the position.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Human Resources, Employment Law, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field.
At least 10 years of progressively broader experience in the talent engagement space, including attracting, hiring, and retaining talent.
Experience working in a manufacturing or pharmaceutical organization.
SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, or related certification.
Experience within manufacturing, technical, scientific, or regulated operational environments.
Change Management training.

Responsibilities

Foster and promote Niowave’s core values at all levels while supporting talent engagement activities across the organization.
Build trusted relationships and provide thoughtful guidance.
Support new hires, terminations, compensation adjustments, staff status changes, payroll auditing, and off-cycle activities that impact payroll processing.
Manage full-cycle recruitment for technical and professional positions across the organization.
Develop and execute sourcing strategies using professional networks, social media, external partnerships, targeted outreach, and other appropriate recruiting channels.
Develop a strong understanding of assigned departments, business priorities, workforce needs, and organizational objectives.
Provide practical and informed recruiting guidance.
Advise hiring managers on sourcing strategy, candidate assessment, labor market conditions, recruiting challenges, and adjustments needed to improve hiring outcomes.
Adjust work time outside standard operating hours as needed.
Participate in on-call shifts for production accelerator troubleshooting as needed.
Travel between Niowave locations in the Lansing area.