Talent Scout

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Full Time Professional Dallas, TX, US

10 days ago Requisition

The Talent Scout is Citadel Aviation’s dedicated in-house head hunter, responsible for proactively identifying, engaging, and recruiting high-caliber talent across all company sites, spanning technical, skilled-trade, business, and corporate functions, at every level, from entry-level technicians and crafts persons through professional and business staff, leads, supervisors, managers, directors, and senior technical, functional, and executive leadership.

This role builds and owns the enterprise recruitment strategy, drives sustained engagement with industry associations, technical schools, colleges and universities, professional and business networks, veteran organizations, and community partners, and maintains a continuously refreshed pipeline of qualified candidates ahead of hiring demand. Success in this role looks like reduced time-to-fill on hard-to-source technical, business, and leadership roles, a strong and diverse passive-candidate network in each market and in each corporate discipline, leadership vacancies filled discreetly and quickly, and hiring managers who consistently see qualified slates.

This position reports to the Sr. Director of Human Resources and works closely with hiring managers, site leadership, the Human Resources Coordinator, and Production Planning to align sourcing activity with workload, project schedules, and headcount plans.

Sourcing & Candidate Generation

• Proactively source and directly approach passive candidates for technical, business, and leadership roles across all sites, using professional networks, referrals, competitor and org mapping, industry directories, executive-search techniques, and targeted outreach campaigns.
• Build and maintain talent pools and named-candidate maps by discipline, including avionics, aircraft maintenance, cabinetry and finishing, quality, and planning, as well as business and corporate functions such as finance and accounting, human resources, IT, supply chain and procurement, program management, contracts, and sales and business development, plus a standing bench of leadership successors for key site and functional roles, so pipelines exist before requisitions open.
• Recruit at all levels and across all functions, including entry-level and skilled trades, professional and business staff, senior technical specialists, and group, site, functional, and executive leadership roles, adapting outreach, messaging, and assessment approach to each audience.
• Conduct initial screens to assess technical qualifications, certifications, licensure, relocation willingness, and cultural fit; present qualified, well-briefed slates to hiring managers.
• Run confidential and discreet searches for leadership, executive, and sensitive business roles, direct approach of sitting leaders, and management of the process with a limited internal audience.

Recruitment Strategy & Market Intelligence

• Build, own, and continuously refine the enterprise recruitment strategy, including site-specific sourcing plans for Lake Charles and Dallas that reflect each local labor market.
• Partner with the Sr. Director of Human Resources, site leadership, and hiring managers to translate headcount and project plans into prioritized, time-phased sourcing plans.
• Gather and report labor-market intelligence, including talent availability, competitor activity, compensation trends, and skill scarcity, and recommend adjustments to strategy, targeting, or positioning.
• Develop and steward the employment brand and candidate-facing…