Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist

Intertek is hiring a Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist to support its US HR and Recruiting teams in the Grand Rapids, MI market. This hybrid role is remote-based, with an on-site requirement at the Kentwood office 1–2 days per week. The position focuses on building pipelines for professional, technical, and leadership roles while maintaining a high-touch, confidential, and compliant candidate experience.

Role Overview

You will collaborate with hiring managers to translate business needs into clear role requirements and an effective recruiting approach. From sourcing and screening through interviews, summaries, and offer steps, the work centers on attracting both active and passive talent and supporting decisions across hiring stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers to understand business needs, role objectives, and culture
• Create job profiles and ideal candidate profiles, and define the interview process (which may vary by role)
• Develop recruitment strategy, including market research and job advertisement creation
• Use diverse sourcing and networking strategies to attract active and passive candidates
• Screen and connect with candidates, support applications, conduct interviews, and prepare short-list summaries for hiring managers and key stakeholders
• Identify areas of focus for subsequent or final interviews
• Manage expectations between candidates and hiring managers, including compensation discussions
• Advise candidates on onboarding, benefits, and compensation
• Provide a high-touch, differentiated candidate experience
• Extend employment offers in accordance with the process
• Handle highly sensitive and confidential candidate searches
• Research and analyze recruiting market trends to strengthen sourcing and employer brand strategies
• Promote Intertek across platforms including social media, articulating specific reasons to join the company
• Conduct outreach to females, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to support diversity and inclusion
• Support special projects as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, or a related field (required)
• 7+ years of recruiting experience in a diverse, fast-paced environment (required)
• 5+ years recruiting and hiring professional and highly technical roles, including Finance, HR, IT, Senior Operations Leadership, and Executive-Level positions (required)
• Experience across talent search: internet search optimization, innovative sourcing programs, passive candidate mining and networking, pre-screening, interviewing, presenting, and negotiating professional-level compensation packages (required)
• Experience supporting EEO requirements, coaching hiring teams on processes, and documenting fair hiring practices (required)
• Technical skills including use of social media for recruiting, job boards, Microsoft suite, and presentation software (required)
• Strong judgment and ability to make independent decisions that produce optimal results (required)
• Experience writing job ads and communicating managers’ job needs clearly to support appropriate postings (required)
• Demonstrated customer service across hiring-manager and Recruiting team interactions (required)
• Ability to adapt to changing recruiting issues while achieving successful outcomes and considering new approaches (required)
• Remote role requirement: applicants must reside in and be able to legally work in the United States; position is not eligible for sponsorship now or in the future

Technologies

• Oracle Recruiting Cloud (ORC)
• Internet search optimization
• Job boards
• Microsoft suite
• Presentation software
• Social media

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous vacation and sick time (PTO)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Culture that values diversity and inclusion
• Opportunity to grow recruitment skills across various business industries
• Professional environment interacting with leadership levels
• Part of a strong HR and Recruiting team that supports Intertek’s success

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced recruiter or sourcing designation and/or HR certification (preferred)
• Experience with an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) such as Oracle Recruiting Cloud (ORC) (preferred)
• Business acumen and sufficient understanding of engineering and/or relevant field (preferred)
• Collaboration experience through team and project-oriented activities (preferred)

Intertek is a drug-free workplace. Certain positions may require a pre-employment drug test as a condition of employment.

We value diversity. Intertek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and an affirmative action employer. Consideration is provided for qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.