Recruiter Senior - Human Resources

Senior Recruiter

As a Senior Recruiter, you are a talent consultant and a business partner. You will own and execute a comprehensive recruitment strategy, leveraging data and creativity to find top-tier talent across the country to help our team's Build What Matters. You thrive on autonomy, high-stakes networking, and driving organizational growth.

Strategic Partnership & Consulting

Serve as a strategic partner to hiring teams, providing market intelligence and competitor research to guide informed, high-impact hiring decisions.

Compensation Strategy: Partner with HR Business Partners to analyze internal data and external labor market trends to provide competitive, data-driven salary recommendations.

Drive Growth: Design and implement aggressive sourcing and advertising strategies, with a heavy emphasis on targeted diversity recruitment and reducing agency reliance.

Brand Ambassadorship: Represent Clark at national hiring events, professional networking conferences, and industry-specific forums.

Pipeline Building: Proactively identify and engage passive candidates through sophisticated cold calling, social sourcing, and professional networking.

Based onsite at our McLean, VA office, you will frequently visit and work from Clark project sites across the DMV region to build direct relationships where the work happens.

Data-Driven Insights: Leverage our ATS and people analytics to track applicant flow, measure source effectiveness, and deliver weekly performance updates to leadership.

Collaborative Integrity: Work as a self-motivated team player who values interpersonal relationships, collaborates with empathy, and maintains total discretion regarding confidential information.

Excellence in Action: Take personal responsibility for delivering excellence in every task, from high-level strategy to meticulous administrative follow-up.

Comprehensive experience in full life-cycle recruiting with a proven track record of successfully sourcing passive talent.

Client Focus: Exceptional customer service orientation with the ability to build high-trust relationships with internal stakeholders and external candidates.

Technical Savvy: Applied experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and standard business suites (Office, G Suite).

Requirements & Travel: BA/BS or equivalent work experience; willingness to travel up to 10%.

Dual Experience: 5+ years recruiting experience ideally with a combination of both agency/search firm and corporate recruiting experience.

National Reach: Demonstrated ability to recruit on a national level for multiple geographically diverse locations.

Prior experience with Workday ATS, CRMs, or labor market insight tools.

Given that a good portion of your day will be spent at a desk, you should be comfortable with prolonged periods of focused work, whether it's collaborating with colleagues, analyzing data, or developing strategies. The role demands effective communication and sharp visual acuity for reviewing complex documents and performing detailed computer work. While there are times for quiet concentration, you'll also be expected to move actively throughout the office and travel occasionally to various locations, including dynamic construction sites, utilizing different modes of transportation. Your primary workspace will be in our professional office, which has a typical, quiet-to-moderate noise and light levels. As part of your work, you may also be required to visit active construction sites. These environments are naturally more dynamic and can include exposure to outdoor weather conditions, louder noise, and moving equipment. Your safety is our top priority, and you'll be expected to follow Clark Construction's safety policies and procedures, and all applicable laws, at all locations.

This is a demanding, high-performance environment. Success in this role requires significant commitment, including flexibility to work extended hours, especially during critical project phases or client deadlines. You are expected to monitor and respond to communications (phone calls, emails, text messages) as required to address these situations effectively. Clark offers a total compensation package that includes base salary, bonus potential, and a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision benefits, paid time off, retirement/401k, and company contribution plan. Additional benefits include life insurance, commuter benefit, short and long-term disability, fitness reimbursement, FSA, tuition reimbursement, back-up daycare, tutoring & family support benefits, EAP/Work-Life assistance, and a holiday contribution program.