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Associate Recruiter – Hourly Recruiting

CONAGRA
Saint Elmo, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 12/20/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/7/2026

Reporting to a Senior Recruiter, you will be an internal consultant for Hiring Managers, building strong business relationships to fill roles with qualified talent. You will primarily support our Supply Chain function, recruiting hourly roles at manufacturing plants where we produce frozen meals, baking mixes, snacks, and more. You will partner with leaders to understand team goals, assess hiring needs, and manage searches through the full recruiting lifecycle. You will also create candidate pipelines to accelerate hiring and have opportunities to develop skills, work on strategic projects, and innovate how we attract and recruit new team members. This role is onsite at one of our manufacturing locations: St Elmo, IL, Henning, IL or Centralia, IL.

Your Impact

  • Manage the full lifecycle recruiting process from sourcing and attraction through hire for a high volume of hourly roles at our production facilities.
  • Develop creative recruiting and sourcing strategies to build a robust pipeline of qualified candidates, including active and passive sourcing and leveraging CRM and ATS tools.
  • Conduct candidate interviews and summarize relevant skills and experience.
  • Partner with HR business partners to present offers to internal and external candidates.
  • Deliver a high-quality candidate experience through effective communication and consistent follow-through.
  • Consult and build relationships with Hiring Managers and HR partners through strategy meetings, status updates, and key moments.
  • Identify opportunities to enhance the candidate experience.

Your Experience

  • Bachelor's degree with 1 years of professional recruiting experience or a high school diploma/GED with 3 years of professional recruiting experience.
  • Experience working in a manufacturing facility and recruiting for production-related roles.
  • Experience using applicant tracking systems such as Workday and CRMs like Phenom.
  • Experienced in developing and maintaining effective working relationships with hiring managers and candidates.
  • Comfort using data to guide recruitment decisions.

You will be onsite 5 days a week at one of our manufacturing locations: St Elmo, IL, Henning, IL or Centralia, IL. Candidates will need flexibility to work nights, evenings, and weekends on occasion as needed.

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Compensation:

Pay Range:$59,000-$78,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee's actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees' equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

  • Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
  • Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
  • Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
  • Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000 person team across 40 locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye , Slim Jim and Reddi-Wip.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.

Salary : $59,000 - $78,000

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