Senior Technical Recruiter (hybrid schedule)

Eversource Energy•Berlin, CT

10d•$113,330 - $125,920•Hybrid

About The Position

Eversource is seeking a full-time Senior Technical Recruiter to support its IT organization. This is a hybrid role, based in Berlin, Connecticut. The company is looking for a highly motivated and results-driven Technical Recruiter to attract, engage, and hire top technical talent across IT, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Business Applications, Digital, and Emerging Technology functions. The role involves identifying and selecting candidates with the competencies to be successful at Eversource Energy. The Senior Technical Recruiter will collaborate with hiring managers and the HR team to implement strategies for recruiting active and passive talent through sourcing, outreach, and network building. A key aspect of the role is ensuring an industry-best hiring experience for candidates and hiring managers. The ideal candidate will have in-depth knowledge of technical skill sets to match candidates with complex job requirements, utilizing platforms like LinkedIn, Workday ATS, Boolean searches, and AI-driven sourcing tools such as HireEZ.

Requirements

Technical Fluency: Understanding of information technology technical jargon, skill sets, and industry trends.
Sourcing Techniques: Proficiency in Boolean search strings, AI technology and advanced search techniques.
Stakeholder Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers on market trends, compensation, talent availability and recruiting strategies. Facilitate intake meetings, interview planning, candidate debriefs and hiring decisions.
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications or a related field, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience in IT or technical recruiting, preferably with a combination of recruiting agency and corporate setting.
Knowledge of recruitment best practices, interviewing techniques, and employment laws.
Strong interpersonal skills for building candidate pipelines and managing relationships.
Must be available to work emergency restoration assignment as required.
Must be available to travel between MA/CT/NH as necessary.

Nice To Haves

SHRM Certification [PHR, SPHR] or certification in Talent Acquisition preferred

Responsibilities

Proactively develop talent pipeline, seeking out talent, nurturing relationships, and assessing talent ahead of business demand to meet strategic talent goals.
Define and reinforce a consistent recruiting process that results in an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience, including robust manager kick-off sessions, interview team prep/debrief sessions, and behavior-based interviewing.
Ensure compliance with all regulations and reporting regarding the full cycle process.
Manage the entire hiring process from requisition creation, intake meetings, sourcing and screening to interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding.
Coordinate interview preparation and post-interview debrief sessions, and partner with all roles and all levels across the organization to provide a positive hiring experience for Hiring Managers and candidates.
Identify passive and active candidates through networking, social media, specialized communities, and applicant tracking systems (ATS) and AI technology.
Build and maintain talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill technical positions.
Conduct candidate outreach campaigns and build relationships with high-potential technical professionals.
Evaluate candidates’ technical abilities and map them to job requirements (e.g., programming languages, software engineering, systems architecture).
Partner with stakeholders to define roles and develop effective candidate sourcing and hiring strategies.
Support projects to improve or enhance the Talent Acquisition process and systems.
Be available to work emergency restoration assignment as required.
Be available to travel between MA/CT/NH as necessary.