Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. is hiring a Talent Acquisition Partner to support recruiting across assigned locations in Ohio. In this hybrid role based in Columbus, you will lead full-cycle searches while partnering closely with hiring managers and HR to turn business hiring needs into effective recruiting strategies, pipelines, and equitable selection outcomes.
Role Overview
You will act as a trusted advisor to leaders across hourly, warehouse, distribution, skilled-trades, professional, technical, and leadership hiring needs. The work includes managing each requisition from intake through accepted offer, with a focus on proactive sourcing, candidate experience, and data-informed recommendations.
What You’ll Do
- Lead full-cycle recruiting for a range of roles across assigned Ohio locations, including hourly production, warehouse and distribution, skilled trades, professional, technical, leadership, senior-level, and difficult-to-fill positions.
- Own each search from intake through accepted offer, covering recruiting strategy, sourcing, screening, assessment, interview planning, candidate communication, selection support, and offer partnership.
- Run comprehensive intake discussions to clarify business needs, required and preferred qualifications, success profile, target talent, market considerations, interview approach, and hiring timeline.
- Develop and execute role-specific sourcing strategies using direct outreach, passive talent sourcing, LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, referrals, professional networks, schools, community partnerships, hiring events, and talent pipelines.
- Advise hiring managers using recruiting expertise, market conditions, pipeline data, and candidate feedback throughout the search.
- Challenge unclear requirements, assumptions, timelines, selection criteria, compensation alignment, or process steps when they may narrow the talent pool or slow hiring outcomes.
- Assess candidates consistently against documented required and preferred qualifications, relevant accomplishments, and role capability needs.
- Recommend qualified candidates with clear, objective rationale and facilitate slate-review and debrief discussions.
- Guide structured, behavior-based, consistent, and equitable interviewing and selection practices.
- Maintain timely, transparent communication with candidates and hiring teams while supporting a professional and inclusive candidate experience.
- Manage multiple concurrent searches by setting expectations, identifying risks early, and adjusting recruiting strategies based on results and market conditions.
- Partner with hiring managers and HR to drive timely decisions, coach on recruiting and selection best practices, and balance hiring urgency, candidate quality, candidate experience, and business needs.
- Coordinate ahead of urgency by partnering with hiring managers and HR on upcoming hiring needs and roles that may be opening.
- Research the talent market to understand availability, where qualified talent can be found, local competition, pay expectations, and potential role-filling challenges.
- Build and maintain pipelines for anticipated, recurring, difficult-to-fill, and business-critical positions.
- Recommend sourcing approach improvements using market insights, sourcing results, and candidate feedback, including potential adjustments to requirements, strategies, compensation, or timelines.
- Use Workday Recruiting and tools including HiredScore, Paradox, LinkedIn Recruiter, and Indeed to manage workflows, strengthen sourcing, maintain accurate data, and improve the hiring experience.
- Maintain complete and accurate recruiting records, status updates, disposition information, and documentation in line with company practices and applicable requirements.
- Use recruiting results to identify delays, improve outcomes, and reinforce agreed-upon responsibilities with hiring partners.
- Identify and recommend process improvements that reduce delays, administrative burden, inconsistency, or poor experiences for candidates and hiring managers.
- Support Talent Acquisition projects, process enhancements, and technology adoption to improve consistency, efficiency, and scalability.
- Apply applicable employment laws, company policies, and equitable hiring practices across recruiting and selection.
Technology & Tools
- Workday Recruiting
- HiredScore
- Paradox
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Indeed
- Applicant tracking system
Compensation
$66,600 - $100,000 per year
Location, Schedule, and Travel
- Full-Time, Hybrid; located in Columbus, Ohio
- Requires a minimum of two days per week in the office, with remaining days eligible for remote work
- Domestic travel up to 10% of the time
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience
- Five or more years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including direct sourcing and independent ownership of searches from intake through accepted offer
- Experience recruiting hourly, professional, and difficult-to-fill roles
- Demonstrated ability to act as a trusted hiring partner by coaching leaders, influencing decisions, appropriately challenging requirements or processes, and partnering with hiring managers and HR to prepare for upcoming hiring needs
- Proven ability to develop proactive sourcing strategies, engage passive candidates, and build pipelines
- Strong judgment, communication, and relationship-building skills, including ability to manage competing priorities and keep hiring leaders and candidates informed
- Experience using an applicant tracking system and sourcing tools, with knowledge of employment laws and fair, consistent hiring practices
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience recruiting in manufacturing, distribution, or another multi-site operational environment
- Experience recruiting skilled trades, engineering, sales, operations leadership, or other specialized roles
- Experience using Workday Recruiting, HiredScore, Paradox, LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, or comparable recruiting tools
- Experience supporting multiple locations
Benefits
- Quarterly Bonuses/Commission (bonus or commission, paid on a quarterly basis)
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Retirement contributions
- Employee stock purchase and bonus plans
- Pay for holidays
- Vacation and sick days
- Funerals and jury duty
- Years of service awards
- Employee discounts
- Employee referral bonuses
- Charitable contribution matching
- Education reimbursement
Equal Opportunity Employer
Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
Offer Contingencies
All job offers are contingent upon a successful drug screen and criminal background check, in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws.
