What are the responsibilities and job description for the Talent Acquisition Specialist position at Mountaire Farms?
Job Description
The Talent Acquisition Specialist plays a critical role in supporting Mountaire’s industrial workforce by leading the recruitment of skilled trades, technical professionals, and salaried leaders across our Delaware production facilities. This position partners closely with plant operations, engineering, and maintenance teams to understand evolving workforce needs and ensure a steady pipeline of talent capable of supporting high-volume, high-precision food production environments.
The Specialist drives full-cycle recruiting with a strong focus on technical competency, safety culture, and operational excellence—ensuring every hire contributes to the reliability, efficiency, and growth of our facilities.
Major Duties & Responsibilities
Are you looking for more than just a job? The culture at Mountaire is one of our greatest strengths and most valued assets. We maintain the same core values and family-focused work environment that we’ve operated with since day one. You will find that your peers, supervisor and team members are genuinely committed to, not only your success, but also working together to provide high-quality products to our customers. We are a service to one another and to our customers, demonstrating operational excellence and outstanding performance.
Mountaire Overview
ABOUT THE TEAM
Mountaire Farms is an agricultural food production and processing company providing work for over 10,000 people at facilities in Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Now the fourth largest chicken company in the United States, we are still family owned and fully committed to giving back to the communities where we do business. At Mountaire Farms, our culture is what defines us. It sets us apart from our competition and reinforces what we stand for. Supporting each other, uplifting each other, and helping each other succeed -- that’s the Mountaire way! Our vision is to provide growth, stability, and opportunities for our people, our customers, and our communities by profitably delivering wholesome quality chicken.
Total Compensation
Mountaire also offers an amazing total compensation package! A few examples of our benefits that may be offered to you are: eight paid holidays, Medical Plans with free onsite Health and Wellness Centers, Dental and Vision Programs, Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, Retirement Planning with 401(k), Profit Sharing, Employee Discounted Chicken Sales, Employee Discounts with partners (Car Purchase, Phone Plans, & Shopping), Tuition Reimbursement and many exciting career development programs!
The Talent Acquisition Specialist plays a critical role in supporting Mountaire’s industrial workforce by leading the recruitment of skilled trades, technical professionals, and salaried leaders across our Delaware production facilities. This position partners closely with plant operations, engineering, and maintenance teams to understand evolving workforce needs and ensure a steady pipeline of talent capable of supporting high-volume, high-precision food production environments.
The Specialist drives full-cycle recruiting with a strong focus on technical competency, safety culture, and operational excellence—ensuring every hire contributes to the reliability, efficiency, and growth of our facilities.
Major Duties & Responsibilities
- Partner with plant leadership, operations managers, engineering teams, and maintenance leaders to understand workforce requirements, production demands, and technical skill gaps across industrial functions
- Conduct detailed intake meetings to define technical competencies, equipment experience (e.g., PLCs, conveyors, refrigeration systems, industrial controls), certifications, and safety qualifications required for each role
- Utilize advanced sourcing strategies—including Boolean search, industry-specific job boards, trade schools, apprenticeship programs, and passive candidate outreach—to build pipelines for high-demand industrial talent
- Lead full-cycle recruitment for skilled trades, industrial maintenance, automation technicians, quality assurance, food safety, engineering, and other technical roles critical to plant operations
- Support employer branding efforts by representing Mountaire at technical colleges, military transition programs, trade organizations, and industry events to attract skilled industrial talent
- Experience utilizing Tenstreet to manage candidate pipelines for CDL drivers, track applicant progress, facilitate onboarding activities, and maintain accurate recruiting records.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, or a related field preferred; equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered
- Experience working within Oracle Recruiting Cloud
- 3–5 years of recruiting experience in industrial, manufacturing, technical, or operations-driven environments
- Experience partnering directly with hiring managers to understand workforce needs, priorities, and skill requirements
Are you looking for more than just a job? The culture at Mountaire is one of our greatest strengths and most valued assets. We maintain the same core values and family-focused work environment that we’ve operated with since day one. You will find that your peers, supervisor and team members are genuinely committed to, not only your success, but also working together to provide high-quality products to our customers. We are a service to one another and to our customers, demonstrating operational excellence and outstanding performance.
Mountaire Overview
ABOUT THE TEAM
Mountaire Farms is an agricultural food production and processing company providing work for over 10,000 people at facilities in Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Now the fourth largest chicken company in the United States, we are still family owned and fully committed to giving back to the communities where we do business. At Mountaire Farms, our culture is what defines us. It sets us apart from our competition and reinforces what we stand for. Supporting each other, uplifting each other, and helping each other succeed -- that’s the Mountaire way! Our vision is to provide growth, stability, and opportunities for our people, our customers, and our communities by profitably delivering wholesome quality chicken.
Total Compensation
Mountaire also offers an amazing total compensation package! A few examples of our benefits that may be offered to you are: eight paid holidays, Medical Plans with free onsite Health and Wellness Centers, Dental and Vision Programs, Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, Retirement Planning with 401(k), Profit Sharing, Employee Discounted Chicken Sales, Employee Discounts with partners (Car Purchase, Phone Plans, & Shopping), Tuition Reimbursement and many exciting career development programs!