Senior Talent Engagement Specialist Who we are… We are a team of scientists, engineers, technicians, and innovators dedicated to changing the world by developing medical isotopes to treat and eradicate cancer. We believe in building an environment where collaboration, curiosity, and camaraderie thrive. We also enjoy darts, cornhole, ping-pong, chili cook-offs, and other fun events that makes our company a community where we make a life, not just a living. Who you are… You genuinely enjoy people and are naturally curious about their experiences, motivations, strengths, and potential. You believe we spend too much of our lives at work not to be practicing our craft, growing our skills, and enjoying the people alongside us. You are energized by helping people find work that fills their bucket in an environment where they can contribute their best and continue to grow. You bring curiosity, creativity, adaptability, and resilience to every search, knowing that different roles, people, and circumstances call for different approaches. You are perceptive and thoughtful, asking good questions, listening closely, and using sound judgment to understand both the person and the opportunity. Words that describe you include curious, engaging, adaptable, resilient, perceptive, and dependable. What you can expect to work on… The Senior Talent Engagement Specialist fosters and promotes Niowave’s core values at all levels while supporting talent engagement activities across the organization. This role builds trusted relationships and provides thoughtful guidance. Supports activities including new hires, terminations, compensation adjustments, staff status changes, payroll auditing, and off-cycle that impact payroll processing - Manages full-cycle recruitment for technical and professional positions across the organization, demonstrating persistence, creativity, urgency, and ownership throughout the hiring process.
- Develops and executes sourcing strategies using professional networks, social media, external partnerships, targeted outreach, and other recruiting channels appropriate to the position.
- Develops a strong understanding of assigned departments, business priorities, workforce needs, and organizational objectives to provide practical and informed recruiting guidance.
- Advises hiring managers on sourcing strategy, candidate assessment, labor market conditions, recruiting challenges, and adjustments needed to improve hiring outcomes.
What you need to succeed…. - Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Employment Law, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or related field
- 8+ years of progressive recruiting experience including:
- Recruitment of technical/professional candidates in a 24/7/365 environment
- Hiring plan development & staffing processes
- 5+ years of experience with applicant tracking systems, internet recruiting, advertising, interviewing, and staffing assessment
- Embraces and models the Niowave Core Values of Teamwork, Courage, Integrity, and Upright Zeal
- Develops and maintains good relationships, gains the confidence of others, and works effectively in a multidisciplinary matrix environment
- Understands how to integrate into a new team/organization
- Appreciates the current state of systems and processes and exercises sound judgment in proposing and implementing improvements
- Understands personal communication and learning styles and adapts approach to connect effectively with others
- Displays excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- Is relationship and process driven, demonstrating integration and balance between the two
- Demonstrates recruiting grit by combining resilience, determination, and sustained effort to achieve hiring outcomes.
- Demonstrates knowledge and application of Humble, Hungry, Smart from Patrick Lencioni’s book, Ideal Team Player
Great to have… - Master’s degree in Human Resources, Employment Law, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or related field
- 10+ years of progressive scope in the talent engagement space including attracting, hiring, and retaining
- Experience working in a manufacturing or pharmaceutical organization
- SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, or related certification
- Experience within manufacturing, technical, scientific, or regulated operational environments
- Change Management training
Other things to know… - Full-time position
- Niowave’s standard operating hours are Monday – Friday 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. with production related activities requiring 24/7/365 shifts
- This position will have regular working hours Monday – Friday with an expectation of adjusting work time outside of the standard operating hours as needed
- This position will have on-call shifts for performing production accelerator troubleshooting as needed
- Niowave has multiple locations within the Lansing area and travel between locations is expected in the role
Please provide a cover letter specifically describing the nature of your background and experience as it relates to this position.
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