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Sr Talent Acquisition Specialist

MalaceHR
Troy, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 10/14/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/21/2027

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Facility Management & Skilled Trades Recruiting

(No Business Development/Outside Sales responsibilities required)

About Us

We are a specialized staffing and recruiting agency focused on facility management, building operations, and skilled trades placements. We focus on a full-time, permanent positoins, not temporary or short termed roles. Our clients rely on us to deliver top-tier talent across commercial, industrial, healthcare, manufacturing, and mission-critical environments. We recruit for highly skilled roles including HVAC Technicians, Refrigeration Specialists, Journeyman Electricians, Plumbers, Controls Engineers, Maintenance Managers, Mechanical Designers, and related technical professionals.

We are growing and looking for a high-performing Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist who understands the skilled trades market, thrives in a fast-paced recruiting environment, and knows how to leverage modern AI and sourcing technology to identify and engage top talent.

Position Summary

The Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist will lead full-cycle recruiting efforts for skilled trades and facility management positions nationwide. This role is ideal for a recruiter who already has experience recruiting within HVAC, MEP, building automation, facilities maintenance, construction trades, or industrial maintenance sectors.

You will be responsible for sourcing, attracting, screening, and placing highly qualified candidates while building long-term relationships with both clients and talent pipelines. The ideal candidate is proactive, resourceful, tech-savvy, and highly motivated by commission-based earnings.

This role offers commission from day one, with strong earning potential well into six figures.

Compensation

  • Base Salary: $55,000–$60,000
  • Uncapped Commission Structure
  • Six-Figure Earning Potential

Key Responsibilities

Full-Cycle Recruiting

  • Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing through placement
  • Recruit for skilled trade and facility management roles including:
    • HVAC Technicians
    • Refrigeration Technicians
    • Journeyman Electricians
    • Journeyman Plumbers/Pipefitters
    • Controls Engineers
    • BAS/BMS Technicians
    • Maintenance Managers
    • Mechanical Designers
    • Industrial Maintenance Technicians
    • Building Engineers
  • Conduct candidate screening, interviewing, qualification, and presentation to clients
  • Coordinate interview scheduling, offer negotiations, and onboarding support

Candidate Sourcing & Talent Pipeline Development

  • Utilize advanced sourcing strategies across job boards, LinkedIn, networking, referrals, databases, and trade-specific platforms
  • Build and maintain active pipelines of skilled trade professionals
  • Engage passive candidates through creative outreach campaigns
  • Develop long-term relationships with candidates and industry professionals

AI & Recruiting Technology

  • Leverage AI-powered sourcing and recruiting tools to improve efficiency and candidate engagement
  • Use automation, Boolean search strategies, CRM/ATS systems, and data-driven recruiting techniques
  • Continuously identify new technologies and recruiting methods to gain a competitive advantage

Client & Market Partnership

  • Collaborate with sales/account managers and leadership to understand client hiring needs
  • Maintain knowledge of labor market trends, compensation benchmarks, and trade industry demands
  • Provide consultative hiring recommendations and talent market insight

Qualifications

Required Experience

  • 5 years of recruiting experience within:
    • Skilled trades
    • Facility management
    • MEP/construction
    • Industrial maintenance
    • Building automation
    • Mechanical/electrical recruiting
  • Proven success recruiting technical and trade professionals
  • Strong sourcing and candidate generation experience
  • Experience using ATS, CRM systems, LinkedIn Recruiter, and modern sourcing platforms
  • Familiarity with AI recruiting tools and automation technologies
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
  • Strong sense of urgency and ability to work independently

Preferred

  • Existing network within facility management or skilled trades industries
  • Agency recruiting experience
  • Experience working in a commission-driven environment
  • Advanced Boolean sourcing and internet recruiting skills

What Success Looks Like

  • Consistently generating qualified candidate pipelines
  • Making successful placements across technical and skilled trade roles
  • Building repeat candidate and client relationships
  • Leveraging AI and sourcing tools to outperform traditional recruiting methods
  • Contributing to team revenue growth and market expansion

Why Join Us

  • Uncapped earning potential
  • High-demand niche market with consistent hiring activity
  • Entrepreneurial and growth-focused environment
  • Access to modern recruiting technology and sourcing tools
  • Opportunity to become a key player in a rapidly growing staffing firm

Ideal Candidate Profile

You are a competitive, relationship-driven recruiter who understands the skilled trades industry and enjoys the challenge of finding hard-to-reach talent. You know how to blend traditional recruiting instincts with modern AI-powered sourcing techniques to produce results quickly and efficiently. You are motivated by performance, autonomy, and the opportunity to build a substantial book of business and income

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