Multi-State Recruiting | English & Spanish | Construction Staffing Experience Required

Position Type: Full-Time

Department: Recruiting / Talent Acquisition

Industry: Construction Staffing & Skilled Trades

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced, results-driven Bilingual Construction Skilled Trades Recruiter with extensive experience recruiting and placing construction professionals across multiple states. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in the construction staffing industry, a thorough understanding of skilled trades, and the ability to identify, recruit, qualify, and place highly skilled craft professionals on construction projects.

This individual must be fluent in English and Spanish and knowledgeable about state-specific apprenticeship programs, journeyman classifications, trade licensing requirements, and license reciprocity between states.

The successful candidate will be comfortable working in a fast-paced staffing environment, managing multiple job openings simultaneously, and utilizing a variety of recruiting platforms, sourcing tools, and candidate management systems to build a strong pipeline of qualified construction talent.

Key Responsibilities

• Full-Cycle Recruiting: Manage the recruiting process from sourcing and screening through qualification, placement, onboarding coordination, and follow-up.
• Skilled Trades Recruitment: Recruit qualified construction tradespeople, including electricians, plumbers, pipefitters, welders, HVAC technicians, ironworkers, millwrights, carpenters, equipment operators, and other specialty craft professionals.
• Multi-State Recruiting: Source and place candidates across multiple states while understanding regional labor markets, workforce availability, and state-specific trade requirements.
• Bilingual Candidate Engagement: Communicate effectively in English and Spanish with candidates, field personnel, and hiring managers to support recruitment, screening, and placement.
• Apprenticeship & Journeyman Requirements: Understand applicable state apprenticeship programs, journeyman classifications, licensing requirements, and experience or credential verification processes.
• License Reciprocity: Research and understand which states recognize or reciprocate qualifying trade licenses and identify when additional state licensing, verification, or examination may be required.
• Recruiting Platforms & Tools: Utilize job boards, applicant tracking systems (ATS), resume databases, social media recruiting, professional networking platforms, referrals, and other sourcing tools to identify qualified candidates.
• Candidate Qualification: Screen candidates for trade experience, certifications, licenses, safety credentials, work history, project experience, travel availability, and job-specific requirements.
• Talent Pipeline Development: Maintain an active database of qualified tradespeople for current and upcoming construction projects.
• Client & Hiring Manager Support: Partner with operations, project managers, and hiring managers to understand staffing needs, workforce demands, job requirements, and hiring timelines.
• Recruiting Metrics: Track sourcing activity, candidate submissions, interviews, placements, time-to-fill, and other relevant recruiting performance indicators.
• Compliance & Documentation: Maintain accurate candidate records and coordinate required documentation, credential verification, and onboarding steps in accordance with applicable requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience recruiting construction skilled trades professionals, preferably within a construction staffing agency or workforce solutions company.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting across multiple states and supporting projects with varying trade requirements.
• Fluency in both English and Spanish, with the ability to communicate professionally and effectively in both languages.
• Working knowledge of construction trades, including the differences between apprentice, journeyman, and other trade classifications.
• Familiarity with state-specific trade licensing requirements and license reciprocity considerations.
• Experience using multiple recruiting platforms, job boards, applicant tracking systems, candidate databases, and sourcing tools.
• Strong candidate sourcing, interviewing, screening, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage multiple open requisitions, prioritize urgent staffing needs, and meet recruiting deadlines.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, follow-through, and communication abilities.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with operations and project teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior Branch Management Experience: Previous experience managing a staffing branch, recruiting office, or construction staffing operation is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated understanding of staffing branch operations, including recruiting performance, client relationship management, workforce fulfillment, business development, and operational coordination.
• Experience managing recruiters, coordinating recruiting activities, monitoring performance metrics, and driving placement results.
• Familiarity with staffing industry objectives, including revenue and gross margin performance, time-to-fill, client satisfaction, employee retention, and workforce compliance.
• Ability to balance hands-on recruiting responsibilities with operational leadership, team development, and business growth initiatives.
• Extensive experience in construction staffing, industrial staffing, or skilled trades workforce placement.
• Established network of qualified construction craft professionals.
• Experience recruiting for large-scale commercial, industrial, infrastructure, energy, or specialty construction projects.
• Familiarity with union and non-union workforces, prevailing wage projects, and applicable apprenticeship systems.
• Experience with ATS platforms, CRM systems, Boolean searches, resume databases, social recruiting, and candidate engagement tools.
• Knowledge of trade-specific certifications, safety training, and project credentialing requirements.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is more than a general recruiter. They bring extensive hands-on experience in construction skilled trades staffing, understand the demands of multi-state construction projects, and have the industry knowledge necessary to identify, qualify, and place skilled craft professionals.

They are fluent in English and Spanish, understand state-specific apprenticeship and journeyman classifications, and can navigate trade licensing requirements and reciprocity considerations across multiple states. They are also experienced with modern recruiting platforms, sourcing tools, applicant tracking systems, and candidate relationship management.

Prior staffing branch management experience would make this candidate especially valuable. The ideal individual understands not only how to recruit and place skilled trades professionals but also how to support branch operations, lead recruiting teams, manage client relationships, monitor staffing performance, and contribute to profitability and business growth.

This person is proactive, organized, accountable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where recruiting expertise, operational knowledge, and customer service are equally important.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to support diverse construction projects across multiple states.
• A collaborative, results-oriented recruiting environment.
• The opportunity to build and manage a strong skilled trades talent network.
• Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications.
• Additional benefits and performance incentives, as applicable.

How to Apply

If you have a proven track record in construction skilled trades recruiting, are fluent in English and Spanish, and understand the complexities of multi-state construction staffing, we encourage you to apply.

Please submit your resume highlighting your construction staffing experience, skilled trades recruiting background, bilingual capabilities, recruiting platforms used, and familiarity with state-specific licensing and apprenticeship requirements.