Senior Recruiter

Position

Senior Recruiter

Location

McLean, VA (Onsite)

Summary

As a Senior Recruiter, you are a talent consultant and a business partner. You will own and execute a comprehensive recruitment strategy, leveraging data and creativity to find top-tier talent across the country to help our team's Build What Matters. You thrive on autonomy, high-stakes networking, and driving organizational growth.

Responsibilities

Strategic Partnership & Consulting

* Business Advisor:
Serve as a strategic partner to hiring teams, providing market intelligence and competitor research to guide informed, high-impact hiring decisions.

* Compensation Strategy:
Partner with HR Business Partners to analyze internal data and external labor market trends to provide competitive, data-driven salary recommendations.

* Talent Advocacy:
Build deep relationships with internal talent to support succession planning and advise on internal career mobility.

Innovative Sourcing & Execution

* Drive Growth:
Design and implement aggressive sourcing and advertising strategies, with a heavy emphasis on targeted diversity recruitment and reducing agency reliance.

* Brand Ambassadorship:
Represent Clark at national hiring events, professional networking conferences, and industry-specific forums.

* Pipeline Building:
Proactively identify and engage passive candidates through sophisticated cold calling, social sourcing, and professional networking.

Operational Excellence

* Presence & Connection:
Based onsite at our McLean, VA office, you will frequently visit and work from Clark project sites across the DMV region to build direct relationships where the work happens.

* Process Evolution:
Own the candidate experience from end-to-end; proactively seeking continuous improvement and developing new solutions to complex problems.

* Data-Driven Insights:
Leverage our ATS and people analytics to track applicant flow, measure source effectiveness, and deliver weekly performance updates to leadership.

* Collaborative Integrity:
Work as a self-motivated team player who values interpersonal relationships, collaborates with empathy, and maintains total discretion regarding confidential information.

* Excellence in Action:
Take personal responsibility for delivering excellence in every task, from high-level strategy to meticulous administrative follow-up.

Required Qualifications

* Expertise:
Comprehensive experience in full life-cycle recruiting with a proven track record of successfully sourcing passive talent.

* Client Focus:
Exceptional customer service orientation with the ability to build high-trust relationships with internal stakeholders and external candidates.

* Technical Savvy:
Applied experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and standard business suites (Office, G Suite).

* Core

Skills:

Strong negotiation tactics, analytical thinking, and a meticulous eye for detail.

* Character & Adaptability: A self-motivated team player who acts with total integrity, maintains discretion, and has the proven ability to capitalize on challenges and successfully pivot as needed.

* Requirements & Travel: BA/BS or equivalent work experience; willingness to travel up to 10%.

Preferred Qualifications

* Dual

Experience:

5+ years recruiting experience ideally with a combination of both agency/search firm and corporate recruiting experience.

* National Reach:
Demonstrated ability to recruit on a national level for multiple geographically diverse locations.

* Assessment

Skills:

Expertise in competency-based and behavioral interviewing techniques.

* Tech Stack:
Prior experience with Workday ATS, CRMs, or labor market insight tools.

The work environment and requirements described below are representative of those necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this role.

The Physical Side of the Role:
Given that a good portion of your day will be spent at a desk, you should be comfortable with prolonged periods of focused work, whether it's collaborating with colleagues, analyzing data, or developing strategies. The role demands effective communication and sharp visual acuity for reviewing complex documents and performing detailed computer work. While there are times for quiet concentration, you'll also be expected to move actively throughout the office and travel occasionally to various locations, including dynamic construction sites, utilizing different modes of transportation.

The ability to lift and move objects up to 10 pounds regularly, and up to 25 pounds on occasion (think a box of files or small office equipment), is also required.

Your Work Environment:
Your primary workspace will be in our professional office, which has a typical, quiet-to-moderate noise and light levels. As part of your work, you may also be required to visit active construction sites. These environments are naturally more dynamic and can include exposure to outdoor weather conditions, louder noise, and moving equipment. Your safety is our top priority, and you'll be expected to follow Clark Construction's…