Lead Recruiter, Production

Divergent is building the new industrial age. Every day, our teams design, manufacture, and assemble advanced systems for some of the world’s most demanding industries. Our integrated engineering and manufacturing platform transforms complex designs into production-ready solutions, helping customers move faster, build smarter, and deliver critical systems when they matter most. Divergent is a qualified Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs and supports leading U.S. aerospace and defense companies.

Join us and help push the boundaries of what can be built.

Divergent is seeking a Lead Recruiter, Production to serve as a player-coach for our Production Recruiting team. This role combines hands-on recruiting with day-to-day leadership of the recruiters responsible for hiring the skilled talent that supports our production operations.

The Lead Recruiter will personally own and fill production requisitions while helping the team prioritize hiring needs, build strong talent pipelines, remove recruiting roadblocks, and deliver against aggressive hiring goals. This person will partner closely with Production leadership and hiring managers to ensure recruiting resources are aligned with the most critical operational needs.

This is a hands-on leadership role for an experienced production recruiter who enjoys recruiting, developing others, and operating in a fast-paced advanced manufacturing environment.

• Own full-cycle recruiting for a portfolio of production positions from intake through offer and close.
• Recruit across roles such as CNC Machinists, Production Technicians, Manufacturing Technicians, Quality Inspectors, Metrology Technicians, Maintenance Technicians, Material Handlers, Production Supervisors, and other skilled production positions.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies for high-volume, difficult-to-fill, and specialized production talent.
• Proactively source candidates through Linked In, recruiting platforms, referrals, trade and technical schools, workforce programs, career fairs, community partnerships, and other relevant channels.
• Conduct recruiter screens to assess relevant experience, technical qualifications, schedule availability, compensation expectations, work authorization requirements, and overall alignment with the role.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for recurring and anticipated production hiring needs.
• Partner with hiring managers to establish clear requirements, candidate profiles, interview processes, and recruiting timelines.
• Manage candidates throughout the recruiting process and provide a high-quality candidate experience through offer acceptance.

• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and direction to the Production Recruiting team while maintaining an individual requisition load.
• Help recruiters prioritize workloads based on business-critical hiring needs, hiring timelines, and available recruiting capacity.
• Coach recruiters on sourcing strategy, candidate assessment, hiring manager partnership, pipeline management, and candidate closing.
• Regularly review recruiter pipelines and activity to identify gaps, aging requisitions, stalled candidates, and searches requiring additional support.
• Jump into sourcing, screening, candidate management, or hiring manager discussions when additional support is needed to move critical searches forward.
• Establish consistent recruiting practices, expectations, and service levels across the Production Recruiting team.
• Support the onboarding, training, and development of recruiters and recruiting team members.
• Create a collaborative team environment where recruiters share talent, sourcing strategies, market intelligence, and best practices.

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