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About the Role
The Technical Recruiter will partner closely with founders to scale a world-class team during a pivotal growth period as Solcoa commissions its first plant. This role requires a strong executor with experience recruiting for technical and manufacturing roles, exceptional relationship-building skills, and a track record of closing highly competitive candidates in specialized, hard-to-fill functions.
Responsibilities
- Partner with hiring managers across process engineering, chemistry, materials science, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing operations to understand hiring needs, technical requirements, and team dynamics.
- Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies to attract top talent across rare earths, metallurgy, chemical and process engineering, mechanical engineering, and advanced manufacturing.
- Own the end-to-end recruiting process, including sourcing, screening, interview management, and offer negotiation.
- Build and maintain strong pipelines of technical candidates for both immediate and future hiring needs as the company scales from pilot to commercial production.
- Conduct in-depth candidate assessments, evaluating both technical capability and alignment with the company's mission and values.
- Provide market insights on talent trends, compensation benchmarks, and the competitive landscape across cleantech, semiconductors, and advanced manufacturing to inform hiring decisions.
- Deliver a high-quality candidate experience with clear communication and strong process execution.
- Own the applicant tracking system (Ashby) and continuously improve workflows, templates, and reporting.
- Track recruiting activity, funnel metrics, and hiring outcomes to continuously improve performance.
Requirements
- Technical recruiting experience in a startup, in-house manufacturing environment or recruiting agency (focused on technical recruiting).
- Proven success hiring for technical roles (e.g., process engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, metallurgy, operators, and technicians).
- Strong ability to partner with and influence founders, engineering leaders, and technical stakeholders.
- Solid understanding of technical roles, skill sets, and hiring landscapes in hard tech or advanced manufacturing.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to assess technical talent and calibrate effectively with hiring teams.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple searches in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.
- Data-driven mindset with a focus on delivering results.
- Experience recruiting in rare earths, metallurgy, recycling, battery materials, or semiconductor industries (preferred).
- Experience recruiting hourly/non-exempt operators and technicians in addition to engineering roles (preferred).
- Experience building recruiting and TA processes at an early stage company (preferred).
Skills
- Technical recruiting
- Sourcing strategies
- Candidate assessment
- Market insights
- Talent trends
- Compensation benchmarks
- Stakeholder management
- Negotiation
- Process execution
- Applicant tracking system (Ashby) management
- Data analysis
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Technical recruiting experience
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive base salary
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Company-provided lunch daily
- Visa sponsorship available
About the Company
- Solcoa is building the next generation of American metalmaking, starting with rare earths — the metals of power and motion.
- They have developed a new chemistry that converts rare earth oxides into high-purity metals — the materials inside every EV, fighter jet, wind turbine, and data center — cleaner, cheaper, and faster than any conventional process.
- They are scaling their process to thousands of tonnes of annual production.