Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Together We Build – Partnership, Innovation, Excellence, and Safety

At Kelso Industries, 5,000+ employees across 40+ companies work together to deliver exceptional HVAC, mechanical, plumbing, refrigeration, and electrical solutions nationwide. Join us to grow your career, make an impact, and be part of a team where innovation, excellence, and safety come first.

Recruiter Notice: We respectfully ask external recruiters and staffing agencies not to submit candidates. We only accept direct applications.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Work Environment: Hybrid - Duncan, SC (regular in-office presence required)

Fablogix (a Kelso Industries company) is entering a significant period of growth and is expanding the professional talent required to support its prefabrication manufacturing operations and business objectives. The Talent Acquisition Specialist is a professional, exempt-level role primarily responsible for full-cycle recruiting for professional, technical, operational leadership, and business support positions. This recruiter partners directly with FabLogix leaders and hiring managers to translate workforce plans into targeted recruiting strategies, attract and assess specialized talent, and deliver a consistent candidate and hiring manager experience. The ideal candidate is proactive, organized, consultative, and comfortable recruiting across a fast-growing manufacturing organization with evolving workforce demands.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for FabLogix professional-level positions, including intake, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate assessment, offer development, pre-employment activities, and handoff to onboarding.
• Recruit professional, technical, operational leadership, and business support talent across engineering, project delivery, estimating, commercial, finance, human resources, safety, quality, administration, and facility leadership functions.
• Partner with FabLogix leaders and hiring managers to understand growth plans, organizational priorities, position requirements, compensation considerations, and hiring timelines.
• Develop and execute recruiting strategies for specialized, leadership, and hard-to-fill professional roles while supporting select high-priority operational searches as business needs require.
• Source active and passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, professional associations, industry networks, referrals, direct outreach, colleges and universities, and targeted community partnerships.
• Lead structured candidate screens and assessments, evaluate technical and leadership qualifications, provide clear recommendations, and facilitate consistent and timely selection decisions.
• Maintain accurate and timely candidate and requisition activity in the applicant tracking system and use recruiting data to communicate progress, identify bottlenecks, and adjust strategies as FabLogix grows.
• Build and maintain pipelines for recurring and emerging professional needs, including engineering, project management, estimating, commercial leadership, finance, human resources, safety, quality, and operational management.
• Represent FabLogix in the employment market and communicate its growth story, career opportunities, and culture while delivering a responsive, professional candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Collaborate with the centralized Kelso Industries Talent Acquisition team to apply consistent tools and practices while tailoring recruiting strategies to FabLogix priorities.
• Ensure recruiting and selection practices comply with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, company policies, and recordkeeping requirements.

Qualifications

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience managing multiple professional-level requisitions in manufacturing, construction, engineering, operations, or corporate functions.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead recruiting intake discussions, translate organizational needs into recruiting plans, assess professional and leadership candidates, and advise hiring managers throughout the selection process.
• Proven ability to source active and passive professional candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, resume databases, professional associations, industry networks, referrals, and direct outreach.
• Experience using an applicant tracking system to manage requisitions, candidate activity, communications, and reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication, business judgment, organization, and relationship-building skills, including the ability to influence and advise leaders.
• Ability to prioritize competing hiring needs, manage a diverse professional requisition portfolio, and respond effectively to changing business demands with limited day-to-day supervision.
• Working knowledge of professional recruiting practices, talent markets, compensation considerations, and applicable employment laws.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and virtual communication tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting professional talent for prefabrication, manufacturing, modular construction, mission-critical construction, or MEP-related operations.
• Familiarity with engineering, project management, estimating, commercial, finance, human resources, safety, quality, and operational leadership roles.
• Experience supporting a rapidly growing organization, multiple locations, or expanding business units within a centralized or shared-services recruiting model.
• Experience recruiting manager, director, and other senior-level professional positions.
• Experience with Workday Recruiting or a comparable enterprise applicant tracking system.
• Professional certification in human resources or talent acquisition.

Why Join FabLogix?

FabLogix offers the opportunity to help build a growing prefabrication business and shape the professional teams that support its continued expansion. Team members can expect competitive compensation, comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits, a 401(k) with a generous company match, clear opportunities for career growth, and autonomy and flexibility in an entrepreneurial environment.

Working Conditions:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds at times
• Ability to travel to career fairs, professional events, FabLogix facilities, and other worksites as needed.

Why Join Kelso Industries?  

Join us and be part of a team dedicated to creating efficient, sustainable, and high-performance environments that make a lasting impact across the industrial, commercial, and institutional sectors.  

Here you will experience:   

Growth Opportunities: Develop new skills, take on exciting challenges, and advance your career in meaningful ways.  

Company Culture: You'll thrive in an environment that supports your growth, values your contributions, and makes work fulfilling and enjoyable. 

Impact: Your work directly contributes to meaningful outcomes, allowing you to see the difference you make and feel a sense of purpose every day. 

Competitive Compensation & Benefits: You'll be rewarded fairly for your contributions while enjoying perks that enhance your financial security, health, and overall well-being. 

Kelso Industries celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate in any aspect of employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Kelso does business