Recruitment Manager

At RES, we’re looking for purpose-driven individuals who are passionate about restoration and sustainability, and who want their work to make a lasting environmental impact. Our team members go above and beyond, bringing initiative, integrity, and a strong work ethic to every project. Collaboration is key—we thrive on teamwork, open communication, and diverse perspectives. In a field that constantly changes, we value those who are resilient, adaptable, and resourceful in the face of challenges.

If you're intellectually curious, eager to learn, and ready to help restore ecosystems and protect natural resources, you’ll find your place here.

RES is the nation’s largest dedicated provider of Nature-based Solutions. We restore land and waters, build natural resilience into communities, and stay with our projects until they are thriving. That work requires talented people across science, engineering, construction, land management, operations, and business functions. Finding those people is critical to our continued success.

We are looking for a Recruitment Manager who can strengthen how we find and select that talent while leading and developing our recruiting capability across RES.

This is a player-coach role. You will lead and develop our internal recruiting team and manage our external recruiting resources as an extension of that team. You will improve how recruiting operates across RES while personally managing a portfolio of searches. You will work closely and transparently with our Field HR team, bringing recruiting expertise and talent-market insight to the broader HR partnership with the business.

Meaningful work: The people you help bring to RES restore streams, wetlands, forests, and landscapes and deliver projects that improve resilience, water quality, and habitat.

Connected partnership: You will work closely with Field HR and business leaders, bringing recruiting expertise and market insight to a broader partnership focused on business needs.

Opportunity to improve how we work: You will strengthen recruiting operations and candidate experience while improving how we use reporting, assessment tools, and recruiting technology.

Variety: Our hiring needs span multiple regions and levels, with roles across environmental, engineering, construction, project management, sales, and corporate functions.

Recruiting Leadership & Delivery

You are accountable for the overall effectiveness of recruiting while remaining actively engaged in the work. You will lead our internal recruiting team and manage external recruiting resources as an extension of that team. You will set priorities, allocate work, and ensure we have the right capacity and results. You will also manage a portfolio of searches and step into high-priority or difficult searches when needed.

Recruiting Operations & Technology

You will serve as the recruiting systems expert and own how the team uses its applicant tracking system and related technology. Greenhouse is our current ATS, and you will lead the recruiting workstream as RES transitions to Rippling ATS in Q1 2027. You will help design practical workflows that work for recruiters and hiring managers while keeping Field HR and the candidate experience in mind.

Recruiting Intelligence & Business Partnership

You will maintain an open and transparent relationship with Field HR, which holds the broader people partnership with the business. You will proactively share what Recruiting is seeing, including progress, market conditions, hiring-manager issues, and emerging risks. Just as important, you will seek the HRGs’ perspective and knowledge of their businesses. You will ensure Recruiting and Field HR remain connected in supporting regional…