Recruiter Senior - Human Resources

As our first dedicated senior-level recruiter, you'll help shape how we attract, engage, and hire talent as Bennett & Pless and our sister company, BPL, continue to grow. You are comfortable building connections, uncovering what motivates people, and helping candidates see how a career with Bennett & Pless aligns with their professional goals.
The Opportunity We are looking for a Senior Recruiter to join our team and lead full-cycle recruiting across the Engineering, BIM/CAD, and Corporate Administration teams at Bennett & Pless and BPL.
This role owns full-cycle recruiting for current hiring needs, partners directly with hiring leaders to understand what they need, and develops and executes the recruiting strategy. Talent Manager and HR partners throughout the recruiting process, drawing on their expertise and partnership to help bring the right talent into the organization.
What You'll Do Full-Cycle Recruiting, Sourcing & Pipeline Development Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies to identify, engage, and build relationships with passive candidates for current and future hiring needs, as well asactive openings in Engineering, BIM, and Corporate Administration.
Own the full recruiting process from intake through offer acceptance, including sourcing strategy, candidate engagement, screening, interview coordination, and offer development, negotiation, and closing.
Use market insights, candidate intelligence, and pipeline activity to advise on talent availability, hiring challenges, recruiting priorities, and adjustments to the recruitment strategy.
Candidate Engagement Lead candidate outreach, screening, and qualification conversations by asking thoughtful questions, uncovering candidate motivations, and assessing technical qualifications, career goals, and long-term fit.
Business Partnership & Recruiting Operations Serve as a trusted recruiting partner to the Sr. Talent Managerand hiring leaders, helping clarify role needs and candidate profiles while providing guidance on market conditions, candidate trends, and recruiting strategy.
Coordinate screening, interview steps, offers, and pre-employment activities with the HR Coordinator.
Partner with hiring leaders to develop and close competitive offers, bringing insight into the candidate's expectations and market conditions, and engaging HR leadership for support when needed.
Maintain accurate ATS records, track pipeline activity, and use recruiting data to support process improvements, reporting, and hiring leader visibility.
Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, communications, or a related field preferred; 8+ years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience, including full-cycle recruiting, proactive sourcing, screening, candidate assessment, offer development, negotiation, and closing.
3+ years of recruiting engineers or other technical/professional talent.
Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search techniques, ATS platforms, referrals, market mapping, and other creative sourcing strategies.
Strong business acumen and communication skills, with the ability to ask insightful questions, uncover candidate motivations, and build credibility with candidates and hiring leaders.
Preferred Qualifications Experience recruiting within the AEC industry or a related professional services environment.
Familiarity with growth-stage organizations or teams experiencing rapid hiring needs.
Experience improving recruiting processes, metrics, reporting, or talent acquisition programs.
Why Join Bennett & Pless We believe growth and culture go hand in hand and this position plays an important role in helping us build both.
As Bennett & Pless continues to grow, this role will help connect talented people with meaningful career opportunities while supporting hiring leaders across the firm. The ideal candidate is comfortable building connections, uncovering what motivates people, and helping candidates see how a career with Bennett & Pless aligns with their professional goals.
Benefits Company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible schedules
Tuition reimbursement
If you're looking for an opportunity to help shape the candidate experience, support a growing firm, and connect great people with meaningful career opportunities, we'd love to hear from you.

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