Recruitment Specialist - Mission Critical

Job Description

Job Description

About the Company

RNGD is a rapidly scaling organization emerging as a nationally recognized leader in construction through our unique Renegade mindset focused on innovation, creativity, and culture. The team is made up of a highly engaged group of seasoned professionals and emerging leaders. We are creators who believe that what we build drives the growth of our cities and that to fulfill our mission, we must constantly challenge the old way of doing things. Headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, we thrive on building communities, building teams, building leaders, and growing the business throughout the Southeast region with additional offices in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Recruitment Specialist who will serve as the dedicated recruiting partner for RNGD’s Mission Critical Sector , supporting the attraction, identification, and selection of specialized talent essential to the successful execution and continued growth of our mission-critical construction operations. Working closely with the Talent Attraction team and Mission Critical leadership, this role is responsible for executing full-cycle recruitment, developing strategic talent pipelines, and delivering an organized, responsive, and professional hiring experience across the sector.

The Recruitment Specialist partners directly with Mission Critical hiring managers and operational leaders to understand current and anticipated workforce needs, source and assess qualified candidates, guide interviews and selection decisions, and maintain accurate recruiting systems and documentation. This role supports recruitment for technical, construction management, field operations, and other specialized positions critical to project execution and business growth. The Recruitment Coordinator provides support through scheduling, event logistics, candidate communications, posting administration, and recruiting data coordination, allowing the Specialist to remain focused on talent identification, recruitment execution, and candidate conversion.

Success in this role requires initiative, urgency, organization, sound judgment, strong relationship-building skills, and the ability to navigate specialized talent markets while managing multiple searches and competing priorities. The ideal candidate understands the importance of aligning recruitment activity with project demands, workforce readiness, and the evolving talent needs of a rapidly growing construction sector.

Core Responsibilities

Full-Cycle Recruitment Execution

• Own full-cycle recruiting for assigned Mission Critical Sector positions, from approved requisition through accepted offer and transition to People Operations.
• Partner with Mission Critical hiring managers and operational leaders to define position requirements, technical qualifications, project needs, and candidate profiles.
• Review applications and resumes, conduct phone screens, and assess candidates against role-specific qualifications, relevant experience, and operational requirements.
• Present qualified candidates with clear, thoughtful summaries and recommendations aligned with position requirements and project needs.
• Lead interview strategy, facilitate feedback, and guide candidate disposition, selection decisions, and next steps.
• Maintain momentum across active searches, proactively address recruiting obstacles, and prioritize hiring activity in alignment with project schedules and operational demands.

Talent Sourcing and Pipeline Development

• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies for specialized, recurring, and difficult-to-fill positions within the Mission Critical Sector.
• Source active and passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, industry networks, referrals, professional associations, social media, databases, and other relevant channels.
• Build and maintain sustainable talent pipelines for construction management, engineering, project controls, field leadership, technical specialists, and other mission-critical construction roles.
• Identify and engage talent with relevant experience in complex, technically demanding construction environments, including data centers and other mission-critical facilities.
• Lead targeted sourcing campaigns in partnership with the Talent Attraction team to address priority hiring needs and anticipated workforce demands.
• Participate in relevant industry events, career fairs, professional associations, and targeted networking initiatives to strengthen RNGD’s visibility within specialized talent markets, with logistics supported by the Recruitment Coordinator.
  

Candidate Experience and Relationship Management

• Serve as the primary recruiting contact for Mission Critical candidates throughout the selection process and coordinate a clear handoff to People Operations.
• Provide timely, accurate communication regarding position expectations, project opportunities, hiring decisions, and next steps.
• Build meaningful relationships with specialized technical and construction professionals through professionalism, responsiveness, transparency, and consistent follow-through.
• Communicate RNGD’s mission, culture, growth trajectory, and opportunities within the Mission Critical Sector authentically and compellingly.
• Represent RNGD as an employer of choice within the mission-critical construction market while protecting the organization’s reputation through thoughtful and professional candidate interactions.

Recruiting Operations, Systems, and Data

• Maintain accurate requisition, candidate, interview, disposition, and hiring activity within the Applicant Tracking System.
• Monitor active Mission Critical requisitions and talent pipelines to identify bottlenecks, delayed feedback, aging searches, and potential hiring risks.
• Use recruiting reports and metrics to communicate pipeline health, search progress, candidate availability, and anticipated challenges to meeting workforce needs.
• Track sourcing effectiveness, candidate engagement, and recruitment outcomes to inform adjustments to recruiting strategies and improve hiring efficiency.
• Identify and implement improvements to recruiting workflows, candidate communication, system utilization, and process efficiency.
• Provide direction to the Recruitment Coordinator on posting, scheduling, event, communication, and data-support priorities associated with Mission Critical recruiting activities.

Hiring Manager and Team Collaboration

• Establish strong working relationships with Mission Critical leadership, project teams, and hiring managers to maintain alignment between recruiting activity and operational workforce needs.
• Provide timely updates on candidate activity, pipeline health, interview status, talent market conditions, and recruiting challenges.
• Partner with the Talent Attraction team to execute sector-specific recruiting priorities, sourcing strategies, workforce pipeline initiatives, and shared talent attraction programs.
• Collaborate with Mission Critical stakeholders to understand upcoming project demands, anticipated staffing requirements, and specialized skill needs that may influence recruitment priorities.
• Work closely with the Recruitment Coordinator to ensure interviews, events, candidate communications, and administrative steps are completed accurately and on time.
• Coordinate with People Operations to support a smooth transition into offer, pre-employment, and onboarding processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Construction Management, Communications, Marketing, or a related field preferred.
• Two to four years of progressive recruiting, talent acquisition, staffing, or related experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience executing full-cycle recruitment across multiple active requisitions, including specialized or difficult-to-fill positions.
• Experience recruiting within commercial construction, mission-critical construction, data centers, engineering, industrial construction, or other technically complex operational environments strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with construction project teams, technical disciplines, field operations, and specialized skill requirements associated with complex construction projects.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems, LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, and candidate sourcing platforms.
• Strong sourcing, interviewing, candidate assessment, stakeholder management, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to develop relationships with passive candidates and engage specialized professionals in competitive talent markets.
• Ability to manage multiple active searches, deadlines, and stakeholder priorities while maintaining accurate records and consistent follow-through.

Core Competencies

RNGD Values Alignment

• Exemplifies RNGD’s core values:
  • Renegade Mentality
  • Sweep Floors
  • Build Together
  • Honor Promises

• Specialized recruiting judgment and candidate assessment
• Strategic sourcing and technical talent pipeline development
• Mission Critical hiring manager partnership and influence
• Workforce alignment and recruitment prioritization
• Ownership, urgency, and attention to detail
• Candidate experience and professional communication
• Talent market awareness and recruiting agility
• Process improvement and operational execution

RNGD is an Equal Opportunity Employer.