Regional Recruiting Director - Southeast

About Us

The following information provides an overview of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for this role.

At HDR, we specialize in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. While we are most well-known for adding beauty and structure to communities through high-performance buildings and smart infrastructure, we provide much more than that.

We create an unshakable foundation for progress because our multidisciplinary teams also include scientists, economists, builders, analysts and artists.

That's why we believe diversity is our greatest strength. HDR is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer.

Reporting to the North American Director of Recruiting, the primary duties of the Regional Recruiting Director are to lead the recruitment efforts within an established geographic region.

This includes leading a team of recruiters, recruitment results and partnership with regional leadership.

Core Competencies :

• Servant leadership
• Business partnership
• Industry knowledge
• Curiosity
• Strategy / Sourcing

More Specific Duties Include :

• Supervision and leadership and onboarding of Area, Senior, and Entry-Level recruiters.
• Partnership with the operational and business group leadership within the region to drive talent acquisition strategies and align recruitment resources to business needs.
• Routine in-person meetings
• Monthly check-ins to provide recruitment metrics.
• Consistent prioritization of top roles within the region.
• Recruiter development, training, and mentoring. Serve as daily point of escalation for recruiter questions. Assurance that tools (OMS / JAX, LinkedIn, Zoom) are being maximized, sourcing strategies are being developed and results are obtained.

Be an expert and evangelist for usage of the existing and future tools.

• Assess and balance recruiter workloads as needed within region and work with other Regional Recruiting Directors as well as the North American Director of Recruiting to establish and drive a culture of workshare.
• Partner with the business to drive effective university relationships with top universities in their region. This includes identification of university champions to drive the HDR brand with faculty, students, career centers and student organizations.
• Responsible for establishing a team atmosphere among the recruitment team. Establishes coverage plans when recruiters are away.

Conducts routine regional team catch-up meetings and one-on-ones with direct reports.

• Involvement with the selection of new recruiters.
• Ensure recruiting metrics, recruiting KPIs, and quality assurance within their team are being met. (Time to fill, offers made, acceptance rates)
• Ongoing assessment and recommendations to enhance talent acquisition strategies (technology, staff, structure)
• Champion of diversity recruitment efforts. Partner with other dedicated diversity resources to drive hiring results.
• Operates a full recruitment desk with dedicated internal customers.
• Conducts presentations to recruiters and hiring managers within their region regarding talent acquisition strategies and tactics.

Must have the ability to develop and train on the topic of recruitment / talent.

• Ability to extract, analyze and act on data supporting talent acquisition strategies.
• Partner with HR in their specific region to meaningfully contribute to the entire employee lifecycle.

Requires :

• A minimum of 7 years of progressive recruitment experience within the Region.
• Previous experience leading recruiters either as a supervisor or mentor.
• Expert level knowledge of recruitment technologies and strategies.
• Strong communication skills (interpersonal, written and presentation).
• Proven ability to partner with senior leadership.

Preferred :

• Bachelor’s degree.
• AEC Industry experience.
• Resides or willing to relocate to the defined Region.

Primary Location :

United States-Kentucky-Lexington

Other Locations :

United States-Kentucky-Louisville, United States-Georgia-Atlanta, United States-North Carolina-Charlotte, United States-Florida-Tampa, United States-Tennessee-Nashville

Industry : Schedule :

Schedule : Full-time

Full-time

Employee Status : Regular

Regular

Business Class : Marketing and Admin

Marketing and Admin

Job Posting : May 15, 2024

May 15, 2024

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

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