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About the Role

United Weld Holdings seeks a Talent Acquisition Specialist to build and execute a scalable, high-impact recruiting function for a growing manufacturing and industrial organization. This strategic role leads full-cycle recruitment for hourly and salaried positions, with a focus on skilled trades, and is responsible for designing, building, and improving the company’s talent acquisition strategy, processes, and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end recruitment from requisition intake and approvals through offer acceptance and start date readiness
Conduct intake meetings with hiring managers to define role requirements, labor market conditions, and hiring strategy
Manage requisitions across multiple sites and business units simultaneously
Ensure a seamless and compliant hiring process aligned with company standards
Lead high-volume recruiting efforts for skilled trades and craft roles (e.g., welders, fitters, operators, technicians)
Build and maintain proactive pipelines and “ready-now” candidate benches for critical roles
Execute hiring strategies aligned with production demands, growth plans, and workforce forecasts
Partner directly with site leadership to support workforce planning and hiring prioritization
Help design and implement a scalable talent acquisition strategy, including sourcing channels, workflows, and recruiting KPIs
Help establish standardized recruiting processes, intake protocols, and service-level expectations
Track recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, aging, quality of hire)
Identify process gaps and drive continuous improvement initiatives
Develop multi-channel sourcing strategies including direct sourcing and networking, job boards and digital platforms, technical schools, trade programs, and workforce development partners, employee referrals and community outreach
Build relationships with local labor markets and training organizations
Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and site leadership
Provide guidance on market conditions, compensation competitiveness, and candidate availability
Communicate recruiting progress, risks, and mitigation strategies
Deliver a high-touch, professional candidate experience
Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local employment laws and company policies
Maintain accurate and timely documentation within the applicant tracking system (ATS)
Support pre-employment processes including background checks, drug screens, and onboarding readiness

Requirements

5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in manufacturing, industrial, or construction environments
Demonstrated experience recruiting for skilled trades / craft workforce
Proven success supporting high-volume hiring and/or multi-site operations
Experience building recruiting strategies, pipelines, and processes, not just executing reqs
Strong knowledge of labor market dynamics in industrial environments
Proficiency with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and recruiting technologies
Strong experience with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel for tracking recruiting metrics, reporting, and data analysis
Experience using job boards and sourcing tools (e.g., Indeed, LinkedIn, industry-specific platforms)

Skills

Full-cycle recruitment
Skilled trades recruiting
High-volume hiring
Multi-site operations support
Recruiting strategy development
Pipeline building
Process improvement
Sourcing
Networking
Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
Microsoft Office Suite (Excel)
Job boards
Sourcing tools

Location

Multi-site

Work Type

Full-time
Exempt

Experience Level

5+ years

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and relevant recruiting experience

Benefits

Competitive insurance and benefit options
Company-paid life insurance
Company-paid long-term disability insurance
Paid vacation
Paid holiday time
Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans available (50% company match up to 6% contributed by the employee)

About the Company

United Weld Holdings family of companies include Epic Piping and BendTec.
Epic Piping is one of the largest privately owned and the fastest-growing pipe fabrication firms in the world leveraging master distribution lines of business to drive a vertically integrated supply chain and serve large-scale, global capital projects.
BendTec, founded in 1916, is a union steel fabrication and induction bending business specializing in the fabrication of pipng assemblies and the production of pipe bends for pipelines and steam electric power generating plants.

Equal Opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, UWH is committed to the development of its employees and strives to promote an environment that fosters personal training and development.