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Salary: USD 81,900 - 150,210 / annual
Divergent is an advanced manufacturing and engineering company serving automotive OEMs and aerospace/defense sectors. They are seeking a hands-on Recruiter focused on high-volume, non-exempt hiring across production and manufacturing operations.
In this role, you will own full-cycle recruiting for hourly, non-exempt, technician, and skilled-trades positions including Production Technicians, CNC Machinists, Quality Inspectors, Metrology Technicians, Maintenance Technicians, Material Handlers, and Logistics/Warehouse roles. You will partner closely with Production and Operations leaders to understand hiring needs, technical requirements, shift schedules, and timelines. Key responsibilities include conducting intake meetings, reviewing applications, performing recruiter screens, assessing candidate qualifications, and moving qualified candidates through the hiring process efficiently.
You will proactively source candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, community partnerships, trade schools, workforce programs, and career fairs—building and maintaining pipelines for high-volume and recurring positions rather than relying solely on inbound applicants. You will coordinate hiring events, onsite interviews, and career fairs as needed, maintain consistent candidate communication, and ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the process.
Additional responsibilities include managing multiple requisitions simultaneously while prioritizing critical hiring needs, maintaining accurate candidate data in Greenhouse, monitoring pipeline health, identifying bottlenecks and sourcing challenges, using recruiting data to evaluate source effectiveness and hiring trends, developing relationships with local talent communities and technical schools, and partnering with the broader recruiting team to improve processes and candidate experience.
This is a highly execution-focused role requiring someone comfortable in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where hiring priorities shift quickly and speed matters. You must balance speed, candidate quality, hiring-manager expectations, and candidate experience.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls
- 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably in manufacturing, production, aerospace, automotive, hardware, industrial, or similarly technical environments
- Demonstrated experience recruiting for hourly, non-exempt, technician, skilled-trades, or high-volume positions
- Experience proactively sourcing candidates rather than relying exclusively on applicants or staffing agencies
- Ability to understand and screen for technical and hands-on manufacturing experience
- Experience managing high volume of open requisitions and candidates simultaneously
- Strong sense of urgency and ability to operate effectively in rapidly changing priority environments
- Strong partnership and communication skills with hiring managers and operational leaders
- Ability to balance speed, candidate quality, hiring-manager expectations, and candidate experience
- Experience working within an applicant tracking system; Greenhouse experience preferred
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Comfortable using recruiting metrics and pipeline data to identify problems and drive action
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience recruiting CNC machinists, manufacturing/production technicians, quality inspectors, metrology professionals, maintenance technicians, or similar skilled manufacturing talent
- Experience recruiting within a startup, high-growth, or rapidly scaling manufacturing organization
- Experience supporting multiple shifts and high-volume hiring initiatives
- Established knowledge of Southern California manufacturing and skilled-trades talent market
- Experience with career fairs, hiring events, trade schools, workforce development programs, or military/veteran recruiting
- Experience with Greenhouse and LinkedIn Recruiter
