Talent Acquisition Specialist

Fire Rock is a Birmingham-based luxury building materials company serving custom homebuilders, architects, designers, and distributors across the country. We manufacture masonry fireplaces and concrete architectural pavers and offer a broader materials portfolio that includes wood flooring, slate and cedar roofing, and other architectural products.

We are a driven team building a great business, and we are looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to help us build the team that supports our growth.

You will own recruiting searches across Fire Rock, working directly with leadership to identify, engage, and hire strong candidates. Hiring needs span sales, manufacturing and fulfillment, operations, accounting, and support.

This role requires someone who takes ownership of each search: learning the business, developing and executing targeted sourcing strategies, and thoroughly evaluating candidates’ experience, track record, capabilities, and fit for the role. You will lead the hiring process from sourcing through offer acceptance, providing leadership with well-supported recommendations and driving each search to completion.

Understand hiring priorities, role responsibilities, candidate requirements, and what success looks like in each position.

Develop job descriptions, candidate profiles, and thorough sourcing plans tailored to each role and market.

Learn Fire Rock’s products, customers, sales model, and plant environment so you can explain the opportunity accurately and assess fit.

Own the sourcing strategy for each search, identifying target companies, talent pools, and channels to find qualified candidates.

Proactively engage candidates, communicate the opportunity persuasively, and build their interest in Fire Rock.

Build qualified candidate pipelines and evaluate sourcing results, adjusting the strategy as needed to advance each search.

Own a rigorous evaluation process, using structured interviews, assessments, and reference checks to assess candidates’ capabilities, track record, judgment, and fit for the role.

Probe for specific examples of performance, validate accomplishments, and resolve gaps or concerns before recommending candidates.

Provide leadership with clear candidate evaluations and well-supported recommendations, including strengths, risks, and areas requiring further consideration.

Ensure candidates understand the role’s responsibilities, expectations, and working environment.

Maintain accurate candidate pipelines, interview notes, and next steps in a shared recruiting system.

Lead a weekly pipeline review covering qualified candidates, search progress, outstanding decisions, and priorities for the following week.

Track sourcing effectiveness, candidate conversion, time to fill, and hiring outcomes; use the results to improve future searches.

Coordinate with external recruiting partners when needed and maintain discretion with candidate and company information.

A track record of proactively sourcing candidates and managing searches from intake through hire.

Experience recruiting sales, manufacturing, operations, or professional roles; building materials or related industry experience is preferred.

Strong interviewing skills and the judgment to distinguish a polished interview from evidence of performance.

Confidence reaching out to candidates who are not actively looking and explaining why an opportunity may be worth considering.

Excellent organization, clear communication, and consistent follow-through across multiple searches.

The ability to work independently, adjust your…