Recruiter

This position requires someone who can manage multiple priorities, communicate clearly, and keep hiring managers and candidates moving through the process. You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced, growing organization where priorities can change quickly and where strong follow-through is critical.
This position requires working on-site 5 days a week in our Irving, TX office.

What you'll do:

- Own the full-cycle recruiting process from intake through hire, including job description development, posting, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer negotiations, background checks, and onboarding coordination.

- Conduct thorough recruiting intake meetings with hiring managers to understand the role, expectations, must-have qualifications, compensation, interview process, and hiring timeline before launching a search.

- Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies, particularly for hard-to-fill and niche positions.

- Proactively source and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn and other recruiting channels.

- Conduct initial candidate screens and provide hiring managers with concise, relevant candidate summaries and recommendations.

- Manage interview scheduling and ensure candidates and hiring managers have the information they need before each interview.

- Drive the hiring process forward by following up with hiring managers for feedback, next steps, interview availability, and decisions.

- Maintain consistent communication with candidates throughout the process, including when hiring manager feedback or decisions are pending.

- Manage multiple searches simultaneously across different companies, functions, locations, and levels.

- Initiate and manage candidate background checks and coordinate any required pre-employment steps.

- Prepare and manage offers, including coordinating internal approvals and offer negotiations.

- Maintain accurate and timely candidate and requisition information in Lever, our ATS.

- Ensure recruiting activity, interview feedback, candidate status, and other required information is documented accurately.

- Partner with hiring managers and leadership at all levels while building strong, professional relationships.

- Identify potential roadblocks early and proactively communicate issues rather than waiting for them to become problems.

- Follow established recruiting processes while also being comfortable adapting when business needs change.

What you’ll navigate:

- A niche talent landscape, particularly for positions requiring water/wastewater, industrial, engineering, manufacturing, or related industry experience.

- Limited candidate pools in certain markets, requiring creativity, persistence, and the ability to think beyond traditional job boards.

- Multiple hiring managers with different communication styles, expectations, and levels of recruiting experience.

- A fast-growing organization where priorities can shift quickly and new positions may be added frequently.

- Recruiting across multiple UFT companies and functions, requiring the ability to quickly understand different businesses, roles, and hiring needs.

- Competing priorities where strong time management, organization, and follow-through are essential.

- The need to balance speed with a high-quality candidate experience and thorough recruiting process.

What you bring:

- 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience

- Experience managing recruiting processes from intake through hire with minimal oversight

- Experience recruiting for industrial, construction, engineering, manufacturing, water/wastewater, or other technical roles is a plus

- Strong sourcing skills, including experience using LinkedIn and other recruiting tools to identify and engage passive candidates

- Experience working directly with hiring managers and managing multiple searches simultaneously

- Strong ATS experience; Lever experience is a plus

- Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail

- Strong follow-through and the ability to consistently close the loop with candidates and hiring managers

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- Comfortable having direct conversations with hiring managers and respectfully pushing for feedback, decisions, and next steps

- Proactive problem-solver who doesn't wait to be told what needs to be done

- Able to prioritize effectively and stay focused in a fast-paced, changing environment

Join our team to innovate the future of water and wastewater. You’ll collaborate with coworkers who are the best and the brightest, challenge yourself on exciting work, and help build the best water and wastewater platform company in the U.S. 
 
UFT is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.