Recruiting Manager
Job Description
Lead company-wide recruiting as a hands-on manager, owning the recruiting experience and ATS while partnering with HR, hiring leaders, and marketing.
Responsibilities
- Partner with hiring leaders to understand hiring requirements and create practical sourcing strategies.
- Own hands-on recruiting and sourcing for assigned non-union roles across operating companies.
- Support field and workforce needs by increasing awareness of skilled trades and building partnerships that connect candidates to careers.
- Proactively source and engage candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Handshake, referrals, and industry relationships.
- Develop talent pipelines for recurring, hard-to-fill, and future hiring needs.
- Provide hiring leaders with market insight and practical guidance throughout recruiting and selection.
- Oversee SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting from a business and candidate-experience perspective, ensuring the ATS supports recruiting, tracking, compliance, and reporting.
- Improve the application, interview, and candidate onboarding experience.
- Maintain and enhance job postings, recruiting workflows, candidate communications, interview materials, and reporting.
- Collaborate with HRIS to troubleshoot system issues and improve recruiting technology and processes.
- Use recruiting data and market feedback to identify what is working and where adjustments are needed.
- Equip hiring teams with training, tools, and resources to support fair and consistent hiring and a strong candidate experience.
- Lead college, internship, and early-career recruiting across the organization.
- Build relationships with colleges, universities, construction management programs, faculty, student organizations, and career centers.
- Manage Handshake and coordinate career fairs, campus visits, and recruiting events.
- Partner with operating companies to understand internship and entry-level needs and strengthen campus recruiting pipelines.
- Partner with Marketing and operating companies to support recruiting content and communicate an authentic story about CDM careers.
- Build relationships with schools, industry organizations, union partners, and community partners to expand interest in specialty construction and skilled trades.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Human Resources, Business, Communications, or a related field (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).
- Minimum 3 years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience with strong hands-on sourcing.
- Construction industry recruiting experience is preferred.
- College recruiting, internship, or early-career recruiting experience is required; leadership experience in these areas is preferred.
- Experience supporting recruiting across multiple businesses or geographic markets.
- Experience developing sourcing strategies and building candidate pipelines proactively.
- Sourcing experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Handshake, and other recruiting platforms.
- ATS experience managing recruiting workflows, candidate communications, tracking, and reporting.
- SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting or similar ATS/HRIS platform experience is preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to connect with varied audiences.
- Proven ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively with hiring leaders across different businesses and locations.
- Ability to work in office in Omaha, Nebraska and travel about 25–30%, with heavier travel during college recruiting seasons.
Technologies
- SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting
- Applicant tracking system (ATS)
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Indeed
- Handshake
- Microsoft Office
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- HSA and FSA options
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- PTO and paid sick leave
- Student loan payback program
- Volunteer time-off
- Employee profit sharing
- Additional programs designed to support the well-being of employees and their families
Location: Omaha, Nebraska (In Office), 68138
Reports to: Director of Human Resources
Travel: Approximately 25–30% annually, largely during spring and fall college recruiting seasons
Nearest major market: Omaha
Nearest secondary market: Council Bluffs