Staff Recruiter

Contract-to-Hire Opportunity | Kansas City, MO

Position Overview

Our client is seeking a Staff Recruiter to join their team in Kansas City, MO. This position will partner with talent acquisition professionals and hiring managers to develop and execute recruiting strategies that identify, attract, engage, and hire top talent.

The Recruiter will primarily support Environmental Services hiring needs, while assisting with other positions as needed. A key focus will be building and maintaining strong talent pipelines to help the organization quickly respond to project and workforce demands.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies for current and anticipated hiring needs.
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines across key roles, skill sets, geographic markets, and experience levels.
• Conduct talent mapping and market research to identify qualified candidates and effective recruiting channels.
• Source candidates through direct outreach, professional networks, referrals, job boards, social media, industry associations, events, and other creative methods.
• Develop targeted candidate outreach campaigns based on talent segments, project needs, and geographic markets.
• Maintain accurate candidate information, qualifications, availability, interests, and engagement history in recruiting systems.
• Build and maintain relationships with prospective candidates and re-engage previous candidates as opportunities arise.
• Conduct initial candidate screens to assess qualifications, interest, availability, compensation expectations, and overall fit.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand position requirements, project timelines, workforce needs, and business objectives.
• Present qualified candidates to hiring managers and provide insight regarding experience, interests, availability, and fit.
• Track sourcing activity, candidate engagement, pipeline strength, and recruiting progress.
• Provide hiring managers and talent acquisition leadership with market insights related to talent availability, compensation expectations, geographic markets, and recruiting challenges.
• Promote career opportunities and benefits to attract and engage qualified candidates.
• Provide candidates with a professional, consistent, and positive recruiting experience.
• Follow established recruiting processes, company policies, and applicable employment laws.
• Maintain confidentiality of personal, confidential, and proprietary information.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field and 4+ years of recruiting or sourcing experience required.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems, recruitment CRMs, and internet-based sourcing tools.
• Experience with Yello, Taleo, and LinkedIn Recruiter preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Boolean search techniques across search engines, professional networks, ATS platforms, and candidate databases.
• Proven ability to develop targeted sourcing strategies and build pipelines for specialized and hard-to-fill positions.
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, direct outreach, cold calling, AI-enabled recruiting tools, referrals, and other sourcing methods.
• Experience recruiting technical or field-based positions, particularly in environmental services, land services, engineering, or construction, preferred.
• Experience recruiting in a high-volume or project-driven environment preferred.
• Knowledge of industry roles, terminology, project delivery methods, and relevant talent markets strongly preferred.
• Experience developing, extending, and negotiating employment offers preferred.
• Strong research, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent relationship-building, communication, and customer service skills.
• Ability to manage multiple pipelines and priorities while maintaining accurate candidate records.
• Working knowledge of federal and state employment laws and recruiting compliance requirements.
• Ability to handle confidential and proprietary information with discretion.