Sourcing Recruiter

King County • Seattle, WA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

King County Metro Transit is seeking a full-time Sourcing Recruiter (Sr. HR Analyst) who is passionate about identifying exceptional engineering talent and committed to advancing equity, diversity, and social justice. This is an opportunity to recruit the professionals whose engineering expertise will help advance the delivery of infrastructure and systems that support safe, reliable, and sustainable public transportation throughout King County. This is not a plug-and-play recruiting role. We’re looking for a bold, strategic Sourcing Recruiter to build and lead an entirely new talent sourcing program for Metro’s Capital Division. In this role, 75% of your time will be spent hunting for hard-to-find engineering and technical talent and 25% driving full-cycle recruiting. You will develop innovative sourcing strategies, cultivate talent pipelines, and recruit professionals across multiple engineering disciplines, including civil, structural, electrical, and mechanical engineering, along with other specialized technical roles essential to delivering Metro's capital programs. The Capital Division is responsible for planning, designing, and delivering the infrastructure investments that expand and improve transit throughout King County. From major transit facilities and bus rapid transit corridors to electrification initiatives, passenger amenities, and complex transportation infrastructure, your work will directly influence the team building projects that move communities toward a more connected, sustainable future. If you are highly self-motivated, enjoy solving complex talent challenges, and are energized by building something from the ground up, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact. Every engineer you recruit will help deliver projects that improve mobility, advance sustainability, and create equitable transportation options for generations to come. Your work won't simply fill positions; it will help build the future of public transportation.

Requirements

• Two or more years of experience in talent sourcing.
• Experience sourcing or recruiting engineers or other hard-to-fill technical positions.
• Three or more years of experience in full life cycle recruiting in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, while meeting tight deadlines.
• Proven ability to create strategic talent sourcing plans.
• Experience with Boolean searches.
• Experience with sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed Smart Sourcing, or other related social media platforms.
• Strong understanding and application of sourcing techniques, including online sourcing, and social media.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) systems such as NEOGOV and HRIS systems such as PeopleSoft.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, Teams, and SharePoint, with the ability to effectively create documents, manage data, collaborate, and maintain shared resources.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Knowledge and experience researching, interpreting, and applying HR employment law and HR rules, union contracts, policies, and procedures, including EEO, disability accommodation, Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, and others.

Responsibilities

• Applying equity and social justice principles is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all King County employees. In this role, you will apply equity and social justice principles that exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices to all aspects of the work.
• Collaborate with leadership and hiring managers to understand hiring needs and develop targeted sourcing strategies.
• Execute sourcing strategies to ensure a constant flow of quality leads/candidates into key pipelines and requisitions for positions for the Capital Division.
• Perform advanced sourcing through various mediums including internal and external database mining, networking, associations, universities, community agencies, social media, referrals, Boolean search strings, online and traditional directories, as well as other innovative sourcing methods.
• Conduct phone or virtual interviews to gather information to inform decisions.
• Work closely with recruiters and managers to understand staffing needs and develop a proactive, innovative sourcing/recruitment strategy to attract and recruit top talent.
• Continually evaluates sourcing strategies.
• Stays abreast of current and emerging technologies to proactively identify new venues for identifying qualified talent.
• Gather and prepare data to assess effectiveness of sourcing strategy.
• Analyzes and reports on sourcing metrics to Leadership.
• Develop and maintain network and database of potential candidates for future consideration, including pipeline of passive candidates.
• Acts as a key resource for referred candidates.
• Manage and perform full-cycle recruitment processes for hard-to-fill positions.
• Working collaboratively with leadership, hiring managers, and other human resources staff.
• Interpreting contracts and advising on setting pay.
• Generate diverse applicant pools in support of Equity and Social Justice Goals.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed