Recruiter

WaterBridge Resources is seeking a Recruiter to lead full-cycle hiring across corporate and technical teams as well as high-volume field operations. The role focuses on building repeatable sourcing pipelines and hiring processes, partnering with internal leaders, and delivering a consistent candidate experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage requisitions end to end for corporate and technical roles across engineering, commercial, finance, accounting, IT, HSE, and G&A.
• Run intake meetings with hiring managers to define role requirements, must-haves, market considerations, and realistic timelines.
• Screen, assess, and shortlist candidates, then present calibrated slates with clear rationale.
• Coordinate interview loops, collect structured feedback, and guide the hiring team to a decision.
• Manage offers through close, including compensation discussions in partnership with HR and Total Rewards.
• Deliver high-volume hiring for field operations, including operators, technicians, drivers, electricians, mechanics, and facility and construction crews.
• Partner with field leadership and area supervisors to stay ahead of headcount needs tied to asset build-out and commissioning schedules.
• Build local pipelines in the Permian Basin and other operating markets through job fairs, trade schools, community partnerships, and referral programs.
• Oversee pre-employment requirements with HR and HSE, including background checks, drug and alcohol screening, MVR requirements, and fit-for-duty steps.
• Identify and diagnose hiring bottlenecks in the field before they result in staffing shortfalls.
• Source passive candidates proactively using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, industry networks, and direct outreach.
• Create and maintain talent pipelines for recurring and hard-to-fill roles instead of starting from zero each requisition.
• Strengthen candidate engagement through job postings, outreach messaging, careers content, and campus or association activity.
• Manage relationships with staffing and search partners, including scope, cost, and performance.
• Maintain hiring practices and documentation that hold up under audit and third-party review.
• Ensure compliance with EEO, OFCCP where applicable, ADA, FCRA, FMLA, I-9 and E-Verify, and applicable federal, state, and local employment regulations.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and timely records in the ATS and HRIS.
• Provide a professional, responsive candidate experience from first contact through onboarding handoff.
• Support annual and quarterly headcount planning with HR, Finance, and business unit leadership.
• Deliver regular pipeline and hiring updates to management.
• Create reports, KPIs, and dashboards to improve source effectiveness, offer acceptance, and open-role status.
• Contribute data-driven insights in workforce planning and strategy discussions.
• Advise hiring managers on market conditions, compensation benchmarks, and realistic trade-offs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, or a related field; equivalent recruiting experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum five years of full-cycle recruiting experience, in-house or agency, including direct sourcing of passive candidates.
• Experience recruiting for both corporate/professional and field/hourly populations.
• Proven ability to manage a high-volume requisition workload and competing priorities while maintaining candidate quality.
• Working knowledge of employment law and hiring compliance, including EEO, ADA, FCRA, and I-9 requirements.
• Experience partnering with and influencing senior hiring managers and executives.
• Proficiency with an applicant tracking system and LinkedIn Recruiter or comparable sourcing tools.
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; comfort creating recruiting reporting and working with business intelligence tools (Power BI or Spotfire).
• Strong communication, collaboration, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Sound judgment and discretion with confidential information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Recruiting experience in energy, oil and gas, midstream, water infrastructure, utilities, or industrial construction.
• Experience hiring into Houston, TX, Permian Basin, or other West Texas and New Mexico markets.
• Experience supporting hiring for a rapidly growing or newly built organization, including greenfield facility staffing.
• Experience with safety-sensitive hiring requirements.
• Experience recruiting engineering, subsurface, or other specialized technical talent.
• Experience selecting or implementing recruiting technology or improving hiring process and reporting.

Technologies

• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Boolean search
• Applicant tracking system (ATS)
• HRIS
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Power BI
• Spotfire
• I-9 and E-Verify

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Prescription Drug Coverage
• Voluntary Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, & Child(ren)
• Employee Basic Life and AD&D Insurance – Company Paid
• Short Term & Long Term Disability – Company Paid
• 401(k) or Roth 401(k) Retirement Plan, plus a company match
• Flexible Paid Time Off

Work Location and Schedule

• Houston, TX
• In office 3 to 4 days per week (hybrid)

Working Conditions / Environment

• Operates in a professional and/or business casual office environment.
• Periodic travel to field facilities, hiring events, and campus or industry events.

Position Type

Full-time