Senior Recruiter

Description

Ascentec Engineering is hiring a Senior Recruiter for our Tualatin, Oregon facility. We are a precision manufacturing company specializing in short-run, high-mix CNC machining and complex machined components for customers in the semiconductor, aerospace, and defense industries. Our success depends on skilled people, advanced manufacturing capabilities, attention to detail, and commitment to quality.

As we continue to grow, we are seeking an experienced Senior Recruiter who understands the manufacturing environment and knows how to identify, attract, and hire the technical talent needed to support our business. This individual will play a key role in building our workforce, partnering with hiring managers, and developing a strong pipeline of skilled manufacturing professionals.

The Senior Recruiter will lead full-cycle recruiting for manufacturing, engineering, quality, and business support positions across the organization. This role requires a proactive, hands-on recruiting professional who can translate workforce needs into effective hiring strategies and deliver qualified candidates in a competitive labor market.

The ideal candidate has experience recruiting for a manufacturing or industrial organization, understands the challenges of hiring skilled trades and technical talent, and can balance immediate staffing needs with long-term workforce planning.

This is an opportunity to make a direct impact on production capacity, operational performance, and the continued growth of a precision machining business serving demanding, high-performance industries.

This position is on-site (not remote/not hybrid) at our Tualatin, Oregon headquarters and not eligible for Visa sponsorship or transfer of Visa sponsorship.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the complete recruitment process, from job intake and sourcing through interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding coordination.
• Partner with hiring managers to define position requirements, establish hiring priorities, and develop effective recruitment strategies.
• Recruit for a range of positions, including CNC machinists, CNC programmers, manufacturing engineers, quality inspectors, manufacturing technicians, production leads, supervisors, and other professional roles.
• Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified candidates for current and anticipated hiring needs.
• Screen applicants for technical qualifications, relevant experience, problem-solving ability, and alignment with the company's quality and performance expectations.

Manufacturing and Technical Talent Acquisition:

• Build a strong understanding of CNC machining, precision manufacturing, short-run and high-mix production, and the talent requirements associated with semiconductor, defense, and aerospace customers.
• Identify candidates with experience in CNC milling and turning, setup and operation, programming, blueprint interpretation, GD&T, inspection, and precision measurement, as appropriate for each position.
• Develop sourcing strategies to reach experienced machinists and other hard-to-find technical professionals who may not be actively seeking employment.
• Establish relationships with trade schools, technical colleges, apprenticeship programs, workforce development organizations, and relevant professional networks.
• Explore creative sourcing channels and recruiting approaches to address skilled labor shortages and improve candidate quality.

Hiring Manager Partnership:

• Serve as a trusted recruiting partner to operations, engineering, quality, and leadership teams.
• Provide guidance on candidate availability, compensation expectations, recruiting timelines, and competitive hiring practices.
• Establish clear hiring priorities and maintain consistent communication regarding candidate pipelines, interview feedback, and open requisitions.
• Help hiring managers improve interview effectiveness, candidate evaluation, and hiring decisions.
• Promote a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.

Recruiting Operations and Continuous Improvement:

• Maintain accurate applicant tracking system records and ensure timely documentation of recruiting activity.
• Track key recruiting metrics, including time-to-fill, source effectiveness, offer acceptance, and hiring outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruiting efficiency, candidate quality, and retention.
• Support workforce planning, employer branding, and initiatives to strengthen the company's reputation as an employer of choice.
• Ensure recruiting practices are consistent with applicable employment laws, equal employment opportunity requirements, and company policies.

Qualifications

Required:

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably within manufacturing, industrial, engineering, or technical environments.
• Demonstrated success recruiting for skilled trades, manufacturing operations, or other hard-to-fill technical positions.
• Strong candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer management skills.
• Ability to understand technical job requirements and assess candidates against the needs of hiring managers.
• Excellent communication, organization, relationship-building, and follow-through skills
• Ability to manage multiple open positions and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience using an applicant tracking system, recruiting platforms, and professional networking tools – experience with Paylocity preferred.
• Sound judgement, discretion, and a commitment to fair and consistent hiring practices.

Preferred:

• Experience recruiting CNC machinists, CNC programmers, manufacturing engineers, quality professionals, or other precision manufacturing talent and leaders.
• Exposure to semiconductor equipment manufacturing, aerospace manufacturing, or other industries with demanding quality and traceability requirements.
• Experience building relationships with technical schools, apprenticeship programs, and local manufacturing talent networks.
• Experience using recruiting analytics and workforce planning tools.
• Knowledge of AI as a tool to assist in recruiting success.

Compensation/Benefits:

• $85,000 to $105,000 per year DOE
• Medical / Dental / Vision
• 401k with company match up to 4%
• Bonus Program
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Tuition Assistance or Reimbursement
• Life Insurance
• Paid time off / paid holidays
• Employee Assistance Programs

Applicant must be able to pass a drug screen and criminal background check prior to employment.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS: To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.?

Ascentec Engineering is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Ascentec Engineering is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.