VP of Talent Acquisition - Commercial Construction

Overview

Our client is seeking a hands-on, data-driven VP of Talent Acquisition to build and scale a high-performing recruiting function for a rapidly growing construction business (commercial/EPC focus). This “player-coach” will own the TA strategy end-to-end. Standing up processes, tooling, and dashboards; elevating hiring-manager accountability; and leading a hybrid team (internal recruiters, RPO and agency partners) to deliver both speed and quality across leadership and field roles.

• Architect a scalable TA strategy aligned to aggressive headcount plans across construction disciplines (e.g., Project Management, Superintendents, Estimating, Safety, Scheduling, and other field roles).
• Lead and develop the team: mentor in-house recruiters; direct and measure RPO/agency performance; ensure capacity planning and requisition balancing.
• Enable hiring managers: set clear SLAs, provide tools/training, drive responsiveness, and escalate bottlenecks to keep hiring on track.
• Institutionalize data and reporting: build dashboards covering time-to-fill, quality-of-hire, pipeline health, offer-acceptance, interview-to-hire ratio, recruiter productivity, and hiring velocity; use analytics to forecast needs and optimize channels.
• Process and tooling: improve workflows, evaluate/modernize ATS and analytics stack. Introduce automation/AI where appropriate.
• Executive and critical hiring: directly run searches for leadership and niche roles; partner closely with senior executives and HRBPs.
• Employer brand partnership with Marketing/Comms to elevate reach and candidate experience.
• Workforce planning in collaboration with Finance and business leaders.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 10+ years in Talent Acquisition with 5+ years leading recruiting teams.
• Proven success recruiting in commercial construction/EPC or closely related engineering/industrial contexts.
• Demonstrated command of TA analytics, KPI dashboards, and workforce planning; track record driving hiring-manager accountability via SLAs and coaching.
• Expertise in modern sourcing, recruitment marketing, and candidate engagement; hands-on ATS and HR analytics experience
• Leadership presence with excellent stakeholder management; thrives in fast-moving, high-growth, and ambiguous environments.

• Advanced degree and/or HR certification (e.g., SHRM-SCP, SPHR).
• Direct experience recruiting EPC leaders and building TA in hyper-growth settings.
• Experience evaluating or implementing ATS systems
• Entrepreneurial, bias-for-action mindset with a passion for inclusive, equitable hiring.

• Base salary: $225,000–$250,000; target bonus: 30%.
• Relocation:
  Available (lump-sum approach).
• Benefits:
  Competitive package expected to include medical, retirement (e.g., 401(k)), and paid parental leave (details to be confirmed with our client).
• Paid time off:
  Competitive PTO/leave in line with market norms (specifics to be confirmed during later stages).

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