Senior Full Desk Recruiter for Skilled Trades

MEC Solutions LLC is hiring a Senior Skilled Trades Recruiter to support skilled trades and industrial employers through an end-to-end recruiting model. This full-time, on-site role in Easton, PA combines recruiting execution with business development, covering everything from sourcing and candidate evaluation to building client relationships and managing open orders.

You will work across both sides of the staffing process, partnering with hiring managers and business leaders while staying active in prospecting, account growth, and market awareness for construction, manufacturing, and industrial-focused roles.

What You Will Do

• Oversee full-cycle recruiting from new business development and existing client management through sourcing, interviewing, placement, and account support.
• Research and prospect potential business clients in the skilled trades and industrial markets.
• Introduce prospective clients to staffing and recruiting solutions, including developing new accounts and negotiating service agreements.
• Maintain consistent communication with hiring managers and business leaders, building lasting relationships and identifying ways to expand existing partnerships.
• Source and attract skilled-trades talent using job boards, social media, networking, referrals, trade schools, and other channels.
• Screen and interview candidates to evaluate qualifications, experience, and overall fit, including identifying strong candidates whose potential may not be obvious from a resume.
• Present qualified candidates to clients for appropriate openings and maintain ongoing candidate relationships throughout recruiting and hiring.
• Follow up regularly with both candidates and clients to keep searches moving forward.
• Manage assignments from initial job-order intake through successful placement.
• Partner with clients to understand role requirements, workplace culture, scheduling expectations, and hiring priorities.
• Create and publish job advertisements and position descriptions.
• Coordinate interviews, communicate hiring decisions, and present employment offers while assisting with the pre-employment process.
• Address employee-relations matters and provide ongoing support when needed.
• Monitor hiring trends, labor-market conditions, and developments affecting skilled-trades employers, and provide relevant market information to help clients compete for talent.
• Develop relationships with trade schools, vocational programs, job fairs, and other talent pipelines.
• Use creative sourcing approaches to identify high-performing candidates beyond traditional channels.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in full-desk recruiting or a comparable recruiting/business-development environment (required), including Skilled Trades Full Cycle Recruiting for 2 years.
• Demonstrated success developing new business and generating client relationships.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with excellent interpersonal, presentation, and negotiation abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple clients, open positions, and candidates at the same time.
• Knowledge of construction, manufacturing, industrial, or skilled-trades positions is strongly preferred.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through.
• Strong discovery skills to uncover the hiring challenges behind a client’s stated requirements.
• Sharp interviewing skills to recognize experience, potential, and transferable skills that may not be obvious on a resume.
• Persistence and drive to prospect, recruit, follow up, and close opportunities.
• Professional communication while building genuine relationships with clients and candidates.
• A competitive, entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to take ownership of results.
• Strong prioritization, organization, and time-management skills, plus a hands-on, results-oriented approach.
• Experience recruiting specifically for forklift operators, machine operators, welders, maintenance technicians, and assemblers.
• Ability to produce at a high level without needing direction.
• Experience sourcing new businesses to support recruiting efforts.
• Easton, PA 18045 (required), with work location in person.

Compensation & Benefits

Pay: $58,000 - $62,000 per year. Compensation also includes a competitive base salary ($71k-$75k) plus a commissionable opportunity throughout.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off and company holidays
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Collaborative office environment
• Opportunity to build and grow your own client and candidate network

Application Questions

• Are you experienced in recruiting specifically for forklift operators, machine operators, welders, maintenance technicians and assemblers?
• Are you able to produce at a high level without needing direction to do so?
• Have you had experience sourcing new businesses to be able to recruit for?