Sourcing Recruiter

Weatherford is looking for an experienced Sourcing Recruiter to join the Talent Acquisition team in Houston. In this on-site role, you will help drive proactive talent identification and engagement across engineering, operations, manufacturing, technical, corporate, and support functions, while building pipelines and providing market insight to support hiring needs.

Role Focus

As part of the Talent Acquisition Center of Excellence (TA-COE), you will serve as a talent market expert who connects research and outreach. Working closely with Senior Recruiters, Hiring Managers, and HR Business Partners, you will develop talent pipelines for recurring, critical, and hard-to-fill positions, and support workforce planning through ongoing market intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Senior Recruiters, Hiring Managers, and HR Business Partners to understand hiring priorities, workforce plans, and critical talent requirements.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for engineering, operations, manufacturing, technical, corporate, and leadership roles.
• Build and maintain proactive talent pipelines for recurring, critical, and hard-to-fill positions.
• Perform talent mapping, competitor analysis, and labor market research to identify target companies, talent pools, and candidate communities.
• Use multiple sourcing channels, including LinkedIn Recruiter, professional associations, networking events, referrals, internal databases, and industry-specific resources.
• Engage passive candidates using personalized outreach and relationship-building strategies.
• Conduct initial screening and qualification conversations to evaluate interest, availability, experience, and fit.
• Submit qualified candidate slates to Senior Recruiters, along with supporting market intelligence and candidate insights.
• Track and report sourcing activity, pipeline health, candidate engagement metrics, and market intelligence findings.
• Develop and nurture talent communities to support future hiring and workforce planning efforts.
• Provide labor market intelligence, competitor insights, compensation trends, and talent availability analyses to support recruitment strategies and business planning.
• Support employer branding by promoting Weatherford’s career opportunities and employee value proposition.
• Maintain accurate candidate records and sourcing activity in Oracle Recruiting Cloud (ORC) and other Talent Acquisition systems.
• Continuously evaluate sourcing tools, technologies, and best practices to strengthen talent identification and pipeline development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in talent sourcing, recruiting, executive search, talent intelligence, or a related talent acquisition role.
• Demonstrated success sourcing technical, engineering, operations, manufacturing, corporate, or leadership talent.
• Strong talent research, talent mapping, and market intelligence capabilities.
• Experience engaging passive candidates and building long-term talent pipelines.
• Proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing platforms and tools.
• Strong communication, networking, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage multiple searches and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience sourcing talent within the oilfield services, energy, manufacturing, industrial, or engineering sectors.
• Experience using Oracle Recruiting Cloud (ORC) or a comparable enterprise applicant tracking system.
• Experience supporting global or multi-regional recruitment initiatives.
• Advanced proficiency in LinkedIn Recruiter, talent intelligence platforms, and candidate relationship management tools.
• Experience developing talent mapping reports and labor market analyses.

Technologies

• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Oracle Recruiting Cloud (ORC)

Location and Work Arrangement

• Location: St. James Place Office, Houston, TX
• Work arrangement: On-site, Monday through Friday
• Reports to: Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition, Western Hemisphere