Senior Talent Engagement Specialist

Niowave Inc. • Lansing, MI

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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. It supports activities affecting payroll processing, including new hires, terminations, compensation adjustments, staff status changes, payroll auditing, and off-cycle items. The position manages full-cycle recruitment for technical and professional roles, develops and executes sourcing strategies, builds understanding of assigned departments and organizational priorities, and advises hiring managers on sourcing, candidate assessment, labor market conditions, recruiting challenges, and adjustments to improve hiring outcomes. The position has regular Monday–Friday working hours, with work-time adjustments outside standard operating hours as needed, on-call shifts for production accelerator troubleshooting as needed, and travel between Niowave’s Lansing-area locations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Employment Law, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive recruiting experience, including recruiting technical/professional candidates in a 24/7/365 environment and hiring plan development and staffing processes.
• 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 the confidence of others, 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 in proposing and implementing improvements.
• Understand personal communication and learning styles and adapt one’s approach to connect effectively with others.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Be relationship- and process-driven, balancing both effectively.
• 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.
• Adjust work time outside standard operating hours as needed, participate in on-call shifts for production accelerator troubleshooting as needed, and travel between locations in the Lansing area.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Support activities affecting payroll processing, including new hires, terminations, compensation adjustments, staff status changes, payroll auditing, and off-cycle items.
• 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 to provide practical recruiting guidance.
• Advise hiring managers on sourcing strategy, candidate assessment, labor market conditions, recruiting challenges, and changes needed to improve hiring outcomes.
• Foster and promote Niowave’s core values and build trusted relationships across the organization.

What This Job Offers

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