What are the responsibilities and job description for the Talent Acquisition Specialist position at MEC (Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.)?
Leads full-cycle recruiting for professional exempt roles, with a strong emphasis on passive talent strategies and talent advising. Partners closely with hiring managers and HR leadership to attract, assess, and hire high-caliber talent while strengthening the organization’s employee value proposition (EVP) and employer brand. As a trusted advisor, brings market insight, sourcing expertise, and consultative guidance to ensure the organization attracts and hires top talent aligned with business needs and culture.
Job Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities
- Owns the full-cycle recruiting process for professional exempt roles, from intake through offer acceptance.
- Partners with hiring managers to develop effective candidate sourcing strategies that attract ideal candidates, including direct sourcing, referrals, or external partners.
- Creates applicant pools and talent pipelines by posting and promoting job openings.
- Evaluates applications, reviews resumes, completes phone screens, and conducts interviews to determine candidate fit.
- Supports employee value proposition branding, campus and outreach recruiting, and internal key talent projects.
- Ensures compliance with all applicable employment laws and internal hiring policies.
- Tracks recruiting metrics and uses data to improve sourcing effectiveness, time-to-fill, and quality of hire.
- Performs other duties as required.
- Demonstrated success leveraging enterprise Applicant Tracking Systems and recruiting/job posting platforms
- Strong organization and time management/project management skills necessary to prioritize and manage a requisition load alongside other projects
- Demonstrated success recruiting passive candidates and filling hard-to-find skill sets
- Strong consultative skills with the ability to influence and advise hiring managers
- Exhibits sound judgment and discretion in dealing with sensitive and confidential situations and information
- Proven ability to work independently and apply fact-based decision making
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, or related field.
- Three years of experience in recruiting, talent acquisition, human resources, or related field.
- Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.