Recruiter — Bilingual English/Spanish

This role supports full life cycle recruiting across multiple teams at Santa Monica Seafood, with bilingual English/Spanish communication as a core requirement. Based at the Rancho Dominguez headquarters in Los Angeles on a hybrid schedule, you will work directly with hiring managers and guide candidates from first contact through onboarding.

Role Overview

Join the Human Resources team at the Rancho Dominguez headquarters to support hiring for a broad range of roles, including warehouse, production, delivery driver, administrative, customer service, sales support, and other operational positions. This is a hands-on recruiting position in a fast-moving, practical, operations-focused environment where recruiting supports both people and business operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage full life cycle recruiting for hourly and salaried roles across multiple departments and locations.
• Partner with hiring managers to define staffing needs, job requirements, schedules, qualifications, and hiring urgency.
• Draft and post job advertisements using the company’s applicant tracking and advertising tools.
• Source candidates through job boards, resume databases, referrals, community contacts, walk-ins, job fairs, and other recruiting channels.
• Conduct bilingual phone screens and initial interviews in English and Spanish.
• Coordinate candidate and hiring manager interviews and support scheduling throughout the process.
• Evaluate candidate qualifications and support practical hiring decisions with managers.
• Prepare and extend employment offers aligned with approved pay ranges, internal equity, and company guidelines.
• Coordinate post-offer steps including background checks, drug screens, employment eligibility, and onboarding paperwork in partnership with HR Admin and other HR team members.
• Track candidate progress through onboarding and follow up to help ensure timely completion.
• Maintain accurate candidate, requisition, and hiring records in Taleo and related HR systems.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with candidates throughout the recruiting lifecycle.
• Support initiatives to improve recruiting speed, candidate flow, candidate communication, and hiring manager follow-up.
• Assist with onsite hiring events, community recruiting, and other recruiting initiatives as needed.
• Represent the company in a manner consistent with quality, integrity, service, and reliability.
• Ensure recruiting practices align with company policy and applicable employment law.

Required Qualifications

• Bilingual English/Spanish proficiency, including the ability to communicate with candidates and employees in both languages.
• Comfort recruiting for both hourly and salaried positions.
• Strong phone screening, interviewing, follow-up, and candidate communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple open roles concurrently.
• Organized, detail-oriented approach with the ability to keep candidate and requisition records current.
• Practical judgment and ability to work effectively with busy hiring managers.
• Comfort using applicant tracking systems, HR systems, job boards, Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Taleo and Dayforce.
• Familiarity with I-9, E-Verify, background checks, drug screening, and onboarding processes.
• Prior recruiting, HR, staffing agency, or high-volume hiring experience.
• Experience recruiting for warehouse, production, transportation, logistics, food distribution, manufacturing, or similar operational roles.

Technology & Tools

• Taleo, Dayforce
• I-9, E-Verify
• Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel

Compensation

USD 70,000 - 75,000 per year

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Benefits
• Paid time off
• Career growth and training opportunities
• Employee discounts and perks
• Safety-first culture
• Opportunity to support a company with a long history and continued growth
• Incentive compensation eligibility under the company’s applicable incentive program

Work Environment

This hybrid role is based at Santa Monica Seafood’s Rancho Dominguez headquarters in Los Angeles, CA. The schedule includes three days onsite per week, with additional onsite time as needed for hiring events, interviews, onboarding, business needs, or meetings with hiring managers. The position supports a diverse workforce across operations, distribution, production, sales, administration, and other business functions.