Talent Acquisition Recruiter

Raba Kistner, Inc. is a premier Engineering Consulting and Program Management firm. Our purpose is to build a better and more sustainable world for our employees, their families, our clients, and the communities we serve. Our Core Values are:

• Community “We care for our communities”
• Integrity “We act with integrity”
• Passion “We infuse passion into everything we do”
• Quality “We believe quality comes from a culture of innovation and continuous improvement”
• Growth “We dedicate ourselves to personal and business growth”

Raba Kistner is seeking an entry level Talent Acquisition Recruiter to join our team at our corporate office San Antonio, TX. This position supports the execution of the company’s talent acquisition strategy by managing full-cycle recruiting activities across the organization. This role partners closely with hiring managers and leadership to attract, assess, and hire high-quality talent while ensuring consistent, compliant, and positive candidate experience. The Talent Acquisition Recruiter I proactively builds talent pipelines, advises leaders on market conditions and hiring strategies, and assists with strengthening the employer brand and outreach efforts.  

• Serve as a strategic talent advisor to hiring managers by understanding workforce needs, role requirements, and business priorities. 
• Build effective relationships with leaders across the organization to design and execute recruiting programs to meet their needs. 
• Coordinate full-cycle recruiting activities for assigned requisitions, including requisition intake, sourcing, screening, scheduling, interviewing, candidate evaluation, offer coordination, and onboarding transition. Maintain accurate and timely candidate records within the applicant tracking system, including notes, communications, and disposition codes.
• Capture and monitor workforce planning with business units to gather requirements for strategic hires.
• Post advertisements for openings and monitor all job postings in ATS, state websites and through other advertisement sources. 
• Find talented individuals to meet company requirements, which requires being active on social media forums, career fair attendance, making cold calls, college recruiting, utilizing employee referral bonus program and other creative methods to identify qualified candidates.
• Maintain active database of potential candidates in the appropriate applicant tracking software, documenting phone calls and other contacts and communication.
• Coordinate with onboarding team to ensure a smooth transition from offer acceptance through pre-employment screening and start date.
• Review pre-employment background screening results in coordination with HR leadership and ensure compliance with hiring policies.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in recruiting processes, tools, and candidate experience.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: 

• A Bachelor’s Degree from and accredited four-year university or college in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, or related field required. 
• Requires a minimum of 1 year of related experience. 

Experience in the engineering industry is a plus. Candidates must have strong computer skills, including experience with HRIS, ATS, marketing tools, and proficiency in Microsoft Office. The role requires strong interpersonal and communication skills, sensitivity to corporate needs and public image, and a customer-service–focused, positive attitude. Candidates must be safety-minded and willing to travel to job fairs, office locations, seminars, and conferences as needed.

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations. 

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk and hear. Occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet (library, private office, etc.) 

This position may require protracted or irregular hours. Flexibility to work irregular hours is necessary due to client needs. 

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