Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract)

Location: Eden Prairie, MN

Pay: $35.00 - $37.00/hour

Duration: Initial 3-month contract assignment, with potential extension based on business needs

Employment Type: Contract (payrolled through Populus)

Help Build the Teams That Keep Tennant Moving

At Tennant Company, we're driven by a simple but powerful purpose: creating a cleaner, safer, and healthier world. For more than 150 years, we've been developing innovative cleaning solutions that help customers improve safety, sustainability, and efficiency across a variety of industries.

We're looking for a Contract Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our team and make an immediate impact. In this role, you'll help connect talented individuals with meaningful career opportunities while supporting critical hiring initiatives across North America.

This opportunity is ideal for a recruiter who enjoys building relationships, partnering closely with hiring leaders, and finding creative ways to attract top talent. You'll have the chance to own full-cycle recruiting efforts, contribute ideas, and play a key role in helping our business meet important workforce goals.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead full-cycle recruitment efforts for Service Technician and other high-volume field and light industrial positions.
• Partner closely with hiring managers to understand talent needs, hiring priorities, and workforce challenges.
• Develop innovative sourcing strategies to identify and engage qualified active and passive candidates.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines to support ongoing and future hiring needs.
• Conduct candidate screenings and assessments to evaluate skills, experience, and overall fit.
• Guide candidates and hiring managers through the interview and selection process.
• Manage multiple openings simultaneously while delivering a positive, responsive recruiting experience.
• Maintain accurate data and candidate movement within our Applicant Tracking System.
• Use recruiting metrics and market insights to inform hiring strategies and improve results.
• Represent Tennant's employment brand through networking, sourcing, and community outreach efforts.
• Support recruiting initiatives and projects as business needs evolve.

What We’re Looking For:

• Recruiting experience, preferably in high-volume recruiting environments.
• Experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing through offer acceptance.
• Experience working with Applicant Tracking Systems; experience with SuccessFactors is a plus.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent organizational and prioritization abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple requisitions and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and candidate engagement skills.
• Experience recruiting for skilled trades, field service, manufacturing, transportation, or light industrial roles preferred.
• Experience supporting geographically dispersed hiring teams is preferred.
• Familiarity with creative sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill positions.
• Comfort using recruiting data and market insights to drive hiring decisions.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Make an immediate impact supporting hiring for critical business functions across North America.
• Partner closely with experienced HR and Talent Acquisition professionals.
• Help shape sourcing and recruiting strategies while supporting hiring across North America.
• Gain exposure to a variety of business leaders, hiring challenges, and recruiting initiatives.
• Join a collaborative team that values partnership, responsiveness, and continuous improvement.

Additional Information: This position is being hired as a contract assignment and will be payrolled through Populus. The anticipated duration is approximately three months, though the assignment may be adjusted or extended based on business needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Tennant Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of individual skill, ability, reliability, productivity, and other factors important to performance. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other basis protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.