Staff Recruiter

Staff Recruiter

Location: Kansas City, MO

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 6 months (with potential for extension)
• Pay Rate: $43.00 $45.00 / Hour (USD)
• Shift / Schedule: 8:00 AM 5:00 PM
• Travel Requirements: Not required
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

The Staff Recruiter partners with talent acquisition professionals and hiring managers to develop and execute recruitment strategies that identify, attract, and hire top talent. This role primarily supports the Construction Global Practice, collaborating with recruiters and hiring managers across estimating, procurement, construction management, and project controls. This is a full life cycle recruiting role supporting a rapidly growing Construction Group, with main areas of focus including Project Management, Procurement, and Safety. The position involves heavy interaction with both hiring managers and candidates, and is based onsite in Kansas City, MO, with some work-from-home flexibility available.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and executing sourcing strategies to identify the top talent for current and future needs.
• Conduct initial screening of potential candidates to evaluate and assess their interest level, qualifications, geographic preference, salary expectations, etc.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand specific position requirements, job responsibilities, and how they relate to business goals.
• Recommend qualified candidates to hiring managers.
• Sell the client culture and benefits to engage and recruit top talent to the organization.
• Understand, follow and ensure compliance with all established policies, processes and procedures.
• Maintains confidentiality of personal, confidential and proprietary information.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• Generate and maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates through LinkedIn, cold calling, AI-enabled recruiting and other available resources.
• Managing approximately 30 60 requisitions at a time.

Required Skills

• Advanced Boolean search expertise; understanding of Boolean search language and how those search principles apply to both Internet and database searches.
• Strong LinkedIn sourcing and passive candidate outreach experience.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Internet-based sourcing tools.
• Comfortable leveraging AI tools within the recruiting process.
• Strong people and relationship-building skills; demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and provide excellent customer service.
• Ability to manage a high-volume recruiting workload.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and research skills.
• Knowledge of federal and state employment laws.
• Understand, follow and ensure compliance with all established policies, processes and procedures.

Preferred Skills

• Previous experience recruiting or sourcing for technical positions, particularly in the field of engineering or construction, within a high-volume recruiting environment.
• Experience recruiting within engineering, industrial, construction, or other adjacent environments.
• Experience developing, extending and negotiating employment offers.
• Strong knowledge of construction roles, terminology, project delivery methods and industry talent markets.
• Proven ability to develop targeted sourcing strategies and build diverse pipelines for specialized and hard-to-fill positions.
• Stable work history; demonstrated tenure and consistency across roles.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, or related field required. (Note: Degree completion must be verified prior to submission degree must be completed, not in progress.)

Required Experience

• Minimum 4 years of sourcing or recruiting experience required.
• Ideal experience range: 5 15 years.

Nice-to-Have Experience

• Experience recruiting or sourcing for technical positions in engineering or construction.
• Experience recruiting for roles such as Project Management, Procurement, and Safety within a construction or design-build environment.
• Familiarity with construction/design/build (CDB) language and comparable environments (e.g., Kiewit or similar firms).

Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• High-volume recruiting environment managing approximately 30 60 requisitions at a time.
• Significant emphasis on candidate screening, LinkedIn outreach, passive candidate recruitment, and candidate sourcing.
• Onsite position based in Kansas City, MO; some work-from-home flexibility available.

Important Notes

• Success will be measured by: passive recruiting effectiveness, LinkedIn sourcing activity, ability to keep up with application volume, quality and thoroughness of screening notes, overall requisition management and throughput, and fill volume and hiring outcomes.
• Manager expects approximately 30 fills per year; 20 fills per year would not be considered sufficient.
• Strong performers may be considered for permanent conversion.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About the Client

This client is a 100% employee-owned infrastructure engineering, architecture, and construction firm with more than 125 years of history building critical infrastructure across the energy, aviation, water, telecommunications, transportation, and healthcare sectors. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, and operating from 75 offices across the country and internationally, the firm employs more than 14,500 employee-owners and generates over $7.4 billion in annual revenue. Every full-time employee participates in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), creating a culture of accountability and shared investment in outcomes that is recognized year after year including a 4.2 out of 5 stars on Glassdoor across more than 1,800 reviews, with 87% of employees recommending it as a workplace and multiple Glassdoor Best Places to Work designations. Teams here include civil and structural engineers, architects, environmental scientists, construction managers, program management professionals, recruiters, and project controls specialists who collaborate on complex, consequential infrastructure projects across the country and around the world.

About GTT

GTT is an NMSDC-certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. GTT is a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, an Alaska-based company and one of the largest Alaska Native-owned corporations. An Inc. 5000 honoree and one of SIA's Best Staffing Firms to Work For, GTT connects professionals with Fortune 500 organizations across IT, engineering, construction, utilities, life sciences, financial services, and healthcare throughout the U.S. and Canada. We're committed to diverse, inclusive workplaces and to placing people in roles where they can do their best work.

Job Number: 26-11524

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