Senior Recruiter
The Senior Recruiter is a hands-on, strategic talent acquisition professional responsible for leading full-lifecycle recruiting efforts for key positions across the organization. This role specializes in proactive sourcing and headhunting, with a strong focus on identifying, engaging, and hiring top talent nationwide for field leadership, traveling, and specialized technical roles.
The Senior Recruiter partners closely with hiring managers and business leaders to understand workforce needs, develop effective recruiting strategies, and build strong pipelines of active and passive candidates. This position also contributes to advancing recruiting tools, processes, and market strategies that strengthen Interstates’ ability to attract, engage, and retain high-quality talent.
Key Responsibilities
Lead full-lifecycle recruiting for national roles, from sourcing and screening through interviewing, selection, and offer negotiation.
Proactively source and headhunt high-quality talent using creative and targeted strategies to identify candidates who may not be actively seeking new opportunities.
Build and maintain strong pipelines of passive and active candidates for current and future hiring needs.
Recruit nationally for traveling field leadership, construction, industrial, and specialized technical positions.
Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to understand staffing needs and develop tailored recruiting strategies.
Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring teams by providing guidance on talent markets, candidate availability, compensation expectations, and sourcing approaches.
Develop and maintain relationships with prospective candidates throughout the recruiting process and beyond.
Ensure a positive, responsive, and professional candidate experience from initial outreach through onboarding.
Utilize applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, recruiting analytics, and other recruiting technologies to support sourcing, applicant management, reporting, and decision-making.
Continuously improve sourcing strategies, recruiting tools, interview processes, and overall hiring practices.
Use recruiting data, market insights, and performance metrics to evaluate and strengthen recruiting effectiveness.
Ensure recruiting practices comply with applicable federal and state employment laws and company policies.
Qualifications
Required
Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Four or more years of recruiting experience across multiple disciplines and organizational levels.
Demonstrated success in proactive sourcing and headhunting.
Experience identifying, engaging, and attracting passive candidates through targeted outreach and relationship building.
Experience recruiting nationally for field-based, traveling, leadership, construction, industrial, or specialized technical roles.
Experience using applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, and recruiting analytics tools.
Strong relationship-building, communication, influencing, and consultative skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and build credibility with candidates, hiring managers, and business leaders.
Preferred
Experience supporting hard-to-fill or highly specialized positions.
PHR, SHRM-CP, or other relevant professional certification.
Experience using market intelligence tools and recruiting data to inform talent acquisition strategies.
Established professional networks within construction, industrial, technical, or field leadership talent markets.
Location
This position may be based at any of our office locations, including Sioux Center, IA; Sioux Falls, SD; or Omaha, NE, or may be performed remotely within the Midwest.
Travel
Up to 25% travel may be required to support recruiting activities, including team meetings, hiring events, career fairs, and occasional visits to jobsites. Travel frequency may vary based on business and recruiting needs.
Benefits You Can Depend On
In addition to competitive pay and quality benefits, Interstates offers opportunities for education and career development, empowering you to build a career that lasts. Benefits may include:
Competitive pay
Bonus incentives
401(k) plan
Health, vision, and dental insurance
Paid time off and holiday pay
Disability and life insurance
Parental leave
Advancement opportunities