Talent Acquisition Partner - Restoration

Cotton•Houston, TX

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About The Position

As a Talent Acquisition Partner at Cotton, you will manage full-cycle recruitment for professional and general labor roles supporting disaster recovery and property restoration operations. You will source, identify, and secure talent for leadership and specialized roles at headquarters and for field-based storm response and restoration projects. You will also back up general labor hiring to help mobilize qualified candidates quickly when events demand it. The workforce is largely Spanish-speaking, so the role involves recruiting and communicating in English and Spanish. The position leads professional and restoration-role recruiting, partners with executives and senior leaders on hiring plans, builds talent pipelines, researches talent markets, and adapts strategies to business needs and storm activity. It also provides hiring guidance and coaching, supports employer branding and candidate engagement, and tracks recruiting metrics while improving talent acquisition processes.

Requirements

At least 6 years of talent acquisition experience, focused on leadership and general labor recruitment.
Demonstrated success partnering with executives and senior leaders to develop and execute recruiting strategies.
Strong experience with diversity recruiting and inclusive sourcing methods.
Ability to adapt quickly to changing business needs and thrive in a high-volume, fast-paced, deployment-driven environment.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a passion for candidate experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience in disaster recovery, restoration, construction, or emergency response.
Spanish fluency, spoken and written.

Responsibilities

Manage full-cycle recruitment for professional and restoration roles, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer negotiations.
Partner with executives and senior leaders to define role scope, develop assessment plans, and align hiring with business objectives and anticipated storm and catastrophe activity.
Build and manage inclusive talent pipelines for restoration, construction, and emergency-response professionals.
Research and benchmark leadership and specialized talent in disaster recovery, restoration, and mitigation, including project managers, estimators, HSE professionals, and field supervisors.
Adjust recruiting strategies to shifting business needs, seasonal surges, and market trends, using data to improve outcomes.
Lead recruiting for professional roles across the enterprise and provide backup for general labor hiring, including rapid-response hiring during storm and catastrophe events.
Develop and maintain passive and rapid-deployment candidate pools.
Work with hiring managers and operations leaders to understand staffing needs and write job descriptions for professional and general labor roles.
Guide interview panels and hiring teams to promote consistency, preparation, and alignment with company culture and role requirements.
Coach hiring managers and junior recruiters on interviewing, sourcing, and candidate evaluation.
Partner with marketing and HR to promote Cotton Holdings’ employer brand on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and industry networks.
Provide an inclusive and transparent candidate experience, with regular communication and clear expectations through onboarding.
Track and report on time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, offer acceptance rates, and speed of deployment for field roles.
Continuously improve talent acquisition practices for efficiency, surge-hiring scalability, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.