Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner

Taurus Industrial Group is building the workforce needed to support ongoing growth, with a focus on strategic recruiting that helps projects move forward. This hybrid role in Pasadena, TX is a hands-on partnership with Operations and hiring leadership, combining proactive pipeline development with full-cycle talent acquisition across professional, technical, field, HSE, administrative, and skilled-trades roles.

In this position, you will lead recruiting efforts that align with project requirements and business plans, monitor market conditions, and provide clear recruiting intelligence to leadership. The goal is to fill critical roles with qualified candidates while improving speed, quality, and the overall candidate experience.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and execute recruiting strategies aligned with TIG business plans, project requirements, and workforce needs.
• Partner with Operations and hiring managers to understand current and future staffing requirements and establish realistic hiring needs, timelines, and candidate profiles.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for high-demand and difficult-to-fill roles, including recurring and anticipated project needs.
• Monitor labor-market conditions, compensation trends, talent availability, and recruiting challenges, then recommend sourcing improvements to increase quality and speed.
• Lead full-cycle recruiting from requisition through offer and onboarding, including candidate interviews, assessments, and hiring recommendations based on established qualifications.
• Source candidates through job boards, professional networks, social media, employee referrals, industry contacts, recruiting events, schools, trade organizations, and direct sourcing.
• Recruit across a broad range of roles, including leadership, professional, technical, project, HSE, administrative, and skilled-trades positions.
• Maintain consistent communication with candidates and represent TIG professionally throughout the process.
• Develop and maintain relationships with passive candidates, industry professionals, trade schools, apprenticeship programs, associations, and organizations.
• Support rapid staffing needs tied to new projects, expansions, and workforce fluctuations, including specialized strategies for industrial construction and skilled-trades recruiting.
• Maintain accurate recruiting activity and candidate information in the applicant tracking system and track metrics such as time-to-fill, source effectiveness, pipeline activity, offer acceptance, and hiring trends.
• Identify staffing risks early, streamline recruiting processes where possible, and ensure compliance with company policies and applicable employment laws.
• Continuously evaluate recruiting tools, vendors, and sources for effectiveness and return on investment, while promoting TIG as an employer of choice through job postings, social media, recruiting materials, and candidate communications.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Strategic Talent Acquisition
• Business Partnership
• Industrial & Skilled-Trades Recruiting
• Relationship Building
• Candidate Engagement
• Sourcing & Networking
• Problem Solving
• Communication
• Organization & Follow-Through
• Data & Recruiting Analytics
• Adaptability
• Sense of Urgency

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of progressive talent acquisition and recruiting experience.
• Strong sourcing and candidate development experience.
• Experience managing full-cycle recruiting.
• Demonstrated ability recruiting professional, technical, and skilled-trades positions.
• Strong understanding of recruiting practices, employment law, and candidate engagement.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience recruiting in industrial construction, engineering, manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, or another project-based environment is strongly preferred.

Preferred

• Experience recruiting for large industrial construction projects.
• Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems and recruiting technology.
• Experience developing recruiting metrics and talent pipelines.
• Established network within industrial construction or skilled-trades markets.
• Experience partnering directly with Operations and field leadership.

How Success Is Measured

• Fill critical roles with qualified candidates within established timelines.
• Build sustainable talent pipelines rather than relying solely on reactive recruiting.
• Improve candidate quality and hiring-manager satisfaction.
• Reduce time-to-fill for critical positions.
• Increase utilization of proactive sourcing and employee referrals.
• Strengthen relationships with Operations and hiring managers.
• Improve the candidate experience.
• Provide meaningful labor market and recruiting intelligence to leadership.
• Support TIG’s ability to staff projects quickly and effectively.

Working Relationships

• Human Resources
• Operations Leadership
• Project Managers
• Division Leaders
• Field Leadership
• HSE/Safety
• Finance/Payroll
• Hiring Managers
• External recruiting partners and staffing resources

Travel and Physical Requirements

• Ability to work in an office and/or hybrid environment as required.
• Periodic travel may be required to support recruiting events, project locations, offices, career fairs, and other talent-acquisition activities.
• Occasional visits to field/project locations may be required.