HR Field Recruiter (Temporary)
Location: Spring, Texas
Department: Human Resources
Reports To: Senior HR Manager
Schedule: Hybrid Minimum of 3 days per week in office
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced and results-driven
HR Field Recruiter to support high-volume hiring efforts for refinery turnarounds, shutdowns, and outage projects. This temporary position plays a critical role in ensuring projects are fully staffed with qualified, safety-focused craft professionals within aggressive timelines.
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, excels at building talent pipelines, and can effectively balance urgency, quality, compliance, and workforce planning. This is an excellent opportunity for a recruiter with industrial, construction, refinery, or skilled trades recruiting experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage full-cycle, high-volume recruiting for refinery turnaround and outage positions, including skilled craft and supervisory personnel.
- Partner with field operations and HR teams to understand project scopes, staffing forecasts, workforce requirements, and critical hiring timelines.
- Develop and maintain talent pipelines of qualified craft professionals for upcoming projects.
- Source, screen, interview, and qualify candidates based on experience, certifications, safety requirements, and client expectations.
- Coordinate pre-employment and mobilization activities, including:
- Drug and alcohol testing
- Background screenings
- Site onboarding and badging
- Verification of certifications and credentials
- Scheduling and deployment logistics
- Monitor staffing progress and headcount fulfillment, providing real-time updates to leadership.
- Support workforce redeployment efforts following project completion to retain top-performing personnel.
- Maintain accurate candidate, recruiting, and workforce data within applicant tracking and workforce management systems.
- Ensure recruiting activities remain compliant with company policies, client requirements, and applicable regulations.
Qualifications
Required
- 3+ years of recruiting experience in industrial staffing, skilled trades, construction, refinery turnarounds, or similar environments.
- Proven success managing high-volume recruiting initiatives under tight deadlines.
- Strong understanding of refinery operations, outage staffing, and turnaround workforce requirements.
- Experience verifying and managing industry-required certifications and credentials.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and coordination skills.
- Ability to work with a high degree of urgency while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
- Proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), Microsoft Excel, and workforce planning tools.
Preferred
- Experience recruiting for refinery turnaround personnel, including craft, foremen, and QA/QC roles.
- Familiarity with:
- TWIC Cards
- OSHA Training Requirements
- NCCER Certifications
- Client-specific safety and site access requirements
Working Conditions
- Office-based environment with a hybrid schedule.
- Minimum of three days per week in the office, with additional in-person attendance required for key meetings, hiring events, and project support activities as needed.
What We're Looking For
The successful candidate is highly organized, adaptable, and capable of working in a deadline-driven environment. They are skilled at building relationships with candidates and operations teams, maintaining strong talent pipelines, and delivering workforce solutions that keep critical projects on schedule.
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