Manager of Talent Acquisition, Placement

Overview

Position Summary

At Geo Stabilization International (GSI) we solve some of the toughest infrastructure challenges in North America stabilizing slopes preventing landslides and protecting communities from natural hazards. Our engineers and field experts work in extreme conditions to deliver fast safe and lasting solutions.

We’re looking for a Manager of Talent Acquisition High Volume Placement a high-impact recruiting leader who can drive coordinated on-time delivery of construction crew hires against revenue forecasts.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-moving results-driven culture and can develop the systems discipline and talent pipelines needed to fill critical roles in a growing high-demand environment.

You’ll personally recruit while coaching a small team of front-line recruiters managing hiring needs across the front line operational units within the GSI portfolio. You’ll set standards for sourcing quality interviewing discipline and talent calibration across the business.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead mentor and coach a team of 3-5 recruiters and an offshore sourcing team while supporting front-line hiring.
• Set clear performance expectations driving accountability through daily visual management pipeline reviews and continuous improvement.
• Partner closely with the Head of Talent Acquisition to design and execute strategies that raise the problem-solving skills learning agility and career-mindedness of our front-line crews.
• Build and manage recruiter playbooks interview frameworks and scorecards to ensure consistent selection quality.
• Drive adoption of structured interviews and data integrity in our ATS ensuring every hire meets GSIs performance and leadership potential standards.

Hands-On Recruiting Execution

• Personally recruit for senior-level crew and operations roles.
• Partner directly with business and operations leaders to continue refining our workforce plan demand plan and hiring success models.
• Ideate test and manage a variety of tools and programs designed to increase the volume and quality of the front-line applicant funnel based on specific business requirements.
• Manage the candidate journey to maximize speed pull-through rates and quality.

Operational Excellence Analytics & Insights

• Use various KPI and operational data to discover investigate and launch improvements in areas of opportunity in collaboration with the team customers and other stakeholders.
• Partner with Recruitment Marketing to align brand messaging job postings and candidate engagement campaigns.
• Continuously evaluate tools technology and processes to improve recruiter efficiency and candidate quality.
• Serve as a culture carrier for the TA function modeling professionalism ownership and data-driven decision-making.

Required:

• 610 years of progressive recruiting experience including high-volume workforce demand driven recruiting.
• Minimum 2 years leading or mentoring recruiters sources or talent specialists.
• Proven success improving fill rates attrition and other critical high-volume KPIs.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a fluid requisition demand and projects while maintaining quality and speed for both you and the team.
• Strong command of recruitment process tools and systems related to high-volume recruitment.
• Excellent interpersonal and storytelling skills with the ability to influence both senior leaders and top-tier candidates.
• Analytical mindset comfortable using recruiting data to identify gaps coach team members and improve performance.

Preferred:

• Experience recruiting high volume in the construction manufacturing trades or similar environments.
• Strong understanding of behavioral and competency-based interview frameworks.
• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business or Engineering-related field.
• Demonstrated career progression and leadership trajectory within Talent Acquisition.

What Success Looks Like

Within your first 90 days you will

• Understand the business work job structures and workforce/demand planning process.
• Establish rhythm and performance expectations with your recruiter team daily and weekly pipeline and metric reviews.
• Partner with TA leadership and recruitment…