Senior Recruiter

Shawmut Design and Construction is hiring a Senior Recruiter based in Boston, MA, working onsite. In this role, you will run business-critical recruiting searches end to end, partnering closely with leaders to refine how Shawmut identifies, engages, and evaluates mission-critical talent.

Role Overview

As Senior Recruiter, you will take ownership of complex, difficult-to-fill searches from strategy through close. You will balance immediate hiring needs with longer-term talent pipeline building, serving as a trusted advisor to the business while guiding hiring teams toward clear, timely decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Own critical searches from strategy through close, leading recruiting across levels while balancing near-term requirements and longer-term pipeline goals.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders by understanding why a hire matters, helping define the right profile, challenging assumptions thoughtfully, and supporting hiring teams in reaching decisions with clarity and speed.
• Develop sourcing strategies for each search, including identifying target companies and talent pools, engaging passive candidates, and using direct outreach, employee referrals, recruiting technology, and agency partnerships with purpose.
• Provide candidates with a compelling reason to consider Shawmut by connecting business direction and opportunities to what matters to each person, supported by informed conversations and consistent follow-through.
• Bring depth to candidate assessment by looking for evidence against role requirements, helping teams ask better questions, and converting interview feedback into well-supported decisions.
• Use market intelligence to shape recruiting approach, bringing insight into competitors, compensation, talent availability, and organizational structures, and adjusting when a search is not producing results.
• Lead offer and closing strategy by understanding candidate motivations, anticipating competing offers and concerns, and partnering with stakeholders to navigate compensation and secure acceptance.
• Maintain recruiting discipline by establishing a consistent cadence with hiring teams, using data to surface priorities and risks, and driving accountability for next steps.
• Strengthen the team through knowledge sharing, mentoring colleagues, and recommending improvements to tools, processes, and recruiting practices.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience recruiting for mission-critical construction projects, such as data centers or other technically complex, uptime-sensitive facilities.
• Minimum 8+ years of experience recruiting.
• Proven ability to independently deliver complex, difficult-to-fill, or business-critical searches.
• Credibility to advise senior leaders, influence hiring strategy, and respectfully challenge a hiring team when evidence suggests a different direction.
• Strong sourcing and relationship-building skills, including success engaging and closing passive or highly sought-after candidates.
• Thoughtful assessment approach, with the ability to probe beyond a résumé and connect experience to role demands.
• Strong business judgment and comfort operating with minimal direction while handling ambiguity, competing priorities, and sensitive conversations.
• Recruiting operational discipline, comfort using data and technology, and a habit of improving how work gets done.
• Collaborative mindset and willingness to share knowledge.

Compensation & Work Location

• Location: Boston, MA (onsite)
• Salary: USD 115,000 - 160,000 per year

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) for employee ownership.
• 401(K) with Company Match, with a company match up to 4% of eligible pay.
• Generous Paid Time Off including vacation and sick time, 12 holidays, summer Fridays, and a yearly volunteer day.
• Additional extras including cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services, and more.

EEO Information

Shawmut prohibits discrimination against any staff member or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, disability, creed, citizenship status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Boston Base Salary Range: $115,000 – $160,000. Placement within the listed range depends on factors including, but not limited to years of experience, project size capability (for mission critical construction & field roles), and internal company equity.