Talent Acquisition Specialist

Talent Acquisition Specialist

On site hybrid in Fairborn, OH 3 days a week

W2 Only - no sponsorship offered for this position

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist II, you will be responsible for executing full-life-cycle recruitment responsibilities, building our employment brand, and collaborating with Talent Advisors to provide a world-class hiring experience for Hiring Managers and candidates. The Human Resources Strategic Capabilities Unit develops, retains, rewards and attracts talent needed for the business to attain strategic and operational goals.

• Hybrid schedule:
• Tuesday-Thursday in office
• Monday & Friday work from home
• Standard 40-hour work week
• Occasional overtime (approximately 2 hours)

• Supporting engineering recruiting
• Team is growing rapidly
• Initial contract expected to be at least 6 months with intention for a 1-year engagement
• Hiring due to increased workload and need for additional bandwidth to support business growth
• Significant hiring ramp-up underway

• Heavy sourcing responsibilities
• Additional focus on candidate engagement and recruiting support
• AI scheduling tool assists with interview scheduling
• Responsible for:
  • Sourcing candidates
  • Interview coordination
  • Offer recommendations
  • Extending offers
• Recruiter's involvement ends once the candidate accepts the offer

• Mix of high-volume and niche recruiting
• Some roles attract many applicants
• Other positions are highly specialized and difficult to fill

• Linked In Recruiter
• Phenom CRM
• Indeed

• Typically 20-30 requisitions
• Recruiters expected to source heavily
• Similar requisitions across the business

• Aerospace & Defense (very strong preference)
• Manufacturing
• Technology companies
• IT organizations
• Healthcare organizations

• Staffing industry recruiting backgrounds have historically been most successful
• Technical recruiting experience strongly preferred
• Experience recruiting engineers and candidates with security clearances

• Ability to read and understand technical job descriptions
• Conduct effective intake calls with hiring managers
• Evaluate resumes independently
• Understand technical backgrounds

• Strong communication skills
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to respectfully push back on hiring managers
• Ability to build strong relationships with candidates and peers

• Process-heavy environment
• Detailed process documentation exists for all tasks
• Need to ensure approximately 50 different fields are completed correctly
• Strong accuracy and compliance mindset required

• Highly collaborative team
• Looking for someone who works well with peers
• Strong support system in place

• Dedicated strategic sourcing efforts for difficult skill sets
• Conference recruiting and specialized outreach strategies
• Significant team collaboration on hard-to-fill positions

• Formal training program provided
• First 3 weeks focused on training
• Hybrid attendance required during training
• By Week 3, recruiters are expected to begin handling phone screens

• Contract currently planned for one year
• Growth dependent on awarded bids and program work
• Company generally does not pre-hire ahead of awarded work due to budget constraints
• Often hiring reactively after winning new programs

• Hundreds of active programs
• Ability to move strong employees between programs
• Conversion opportunities for top performers

• Collaborate with Talent Advisors to provide a seamless and exceptional hiring experience for Hiring Managers and candidates by participating in activities including candidate sourcing, pre-screening, offer creation, and salary negotiation.
• Develop and implement effective sourcing and outreach strategies to attract top talent for strategic positions.
• Build and maintain our employment brand through networking, social media, and community outreach.
• Maintain accountability for key recruitment metrics, such as time-to-hire, to optimize recruitment results, reduce hiring cycles, and improve overall talent acquisition performance.
• Interface with management and employees, communicating and interpreting established policies, procedures, and laws.
• Ensure adherence to established hiring processes and procedures.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site three or more days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.