Talent Acquisition Lead

Paschal Air, Plumbing & Electric • Springdale, AR

3d

About The Position

Paschal Home Services is seeking a strategic, hands-on Talent Acquisition Lead to own and develop its talent acquisition function across HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and support teams in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. The role combines direct recruiting for priority, leadership, and hard-to-fill positions with workforce planning, recruiting technology leadership, process design, analytics, and support for hiring managers. The Talent Acquisition Lead will partner with the HR Director, Regional General Managers, and field leaders to improve hiring speed, candidate experience, and early retention.

The role will lead selection and implementation of a new applicant tracking system, evaluate and implement AI and automation in recruiting workflows, manage external recruiting partners and the recruiting budget, and maintain scalable recruiting processes and reporting. It will also support onboarding improvements, employer branding, and compliance with applicable recruiting requirements. The position offers ownership of the talent acquisition function and potential to grow into a leadership role with a recruiting team as the company expands.

Requirements

• Experience developing recruiting strategies while actively sourcing, screening, and hiring skilled-trades talent.
• Ability to improve processes, streamline work, and leverage automation.
• Self-starter who takes initiative, solves problems, and follows through without constant direction.
• Hands-on experience with ATS platforms, automation, and AI tools used to improve recruiting processes and outcomes.
• Ability to use data, spreadsheets, and dashboards to measure performance and inform decisions.
• Ability to lead system implementations, manage vendors, and drive adoption of tools and processes.
• Ability to build relationships with field leaders, influence decisions, and communicate recommendations to leadership.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, growing company, adapt to change, and value execution, accountability, and a positive candidate experience.

Responsibilities

• Personally recruit for priority, leadership, and hard-to-fill roles.
• Work with field leadership to prioritize requisitions across locations according to the annual hiring plan, open needs, and business impact.
• Build talent pipelines through trade schools, apprenticeship programs, referrals, community and military transition partnerships, and competitor talent mapping.
• Manage external recruiting partner relationships, including scope of work, service levels, quality of hire, placement guarantees, and placement costs.
• Partner with hiring managers and leaders to provide a fast, consistent, and positive candidate experience.
• Lead evaluation, selection, and implementation of a new ATS, including requirements gathering, vendor demonstrations, ROI analysis, data migration, HRIS integration, configuration, and user training.
• Identify and implement AI and automation in hiring workflows, including screening, two-way text messaging, interview scheduling, reminders, offers, and onboarding.
• Ensure responsible use of AI in hiring, including human oversight, adverse-impact monitoring, and compliance with applicable requirements.
• Own recruiting technology systems and maintain configuration, permissions, templates, integrations, and documentation.
• Design and document scalable recruiting processes, playbooks, and standard operating procedures.
• Support hiring managers with structured interview guides, scorecards, mobile-friendly tools, and training.
• Partner with HR and operations to improve onboarding and reduce 90-day turnover using early-tenure and exit data.
• Strengthen the employer brand and employment value proposition across job postings, career pages, social media, and hiring events.
• Own recruiting metrics and reporting, including time-to-fill, source of hire, cost per hire, offer acceptance, 90-day retention, and agency performance by location and job class.
• Maintain the annual hiring plan and recruiting capacity model with the HR Director, forecasting needs from headcount budgets, attrition, and seasonality.
• Manage the recruiting budget, including advertising, agency fees, technology, and events.
• Ensure recruiting practices comply with EEO, background check, I-9, recordkeeping requirements, and company policies.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with performance bonus earning opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Opportunity to build a rewarding career within a growing organization
• Privately owned company with long-term leadership stability and no private equity backing

What This Job Offers

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