HII · 5 hours ago
REGIONAL RECRUITER-TALENT ACQUISITION REP 3
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, focused on designing and building U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines. The Regional Recruiter role is centered on sourcing talent through community engagement and building long-term pipelines with educational institutions.
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Responsibilities
This position will be focused on sourcing for Pipeline & Community Recruiting
This role is responsible for proactively building and sustaining long-term talent pipelines through direct, ongoing engagement with regional community colleges, technical schools, and workforce development partners
The ideal candidate will develop trusted relationships with faculty, administrators, and students to ensure a steady flow of skilled talent aligned with NNS workforce needs
60 to 70% travel is possible, consisting of mostly day trips with some overnight out of state travel required
This role plays a critical part in identifying, cultivating, and converting higher-experience and advanced-skill candidates emerging from technical programs, continuing education pathways, and incumbent worker upskilling initiatives
By maintaining a consistent presence within these institutions, the recruiter ensures NNS has access to talent that can enter the workforce with stronger foundational skills, reduced time-to-proficiency, and greater long-term retention potential
A successful candidate will be a highly self-motivated individual capable of independently initiating contact with new partners, building and maintaining relationships, and rigorously tracking outreach activity, contacts, applicants, and hires
Conducts interviews to recruit prospective employees and refers job applicants to specific job openings
Evaluates employment factors such as job experience, education and training, skills, knowledge and abilities, physical and personal qualifications, and other data pertinent to classification, selection, and referral
Prepares rating on applicants, makes recommendations on starting salaries, and provides applicants with information on the company
May administer tests and interpret results, check references, arrange transportation of selected applicants, extend formal job offers, work with outside agencies and vendors, etc
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree and 6 years of relevant exempt experience; Master's Degree and 4 year of relevant professional experience
One of the following may be used as equivalent to Bachelor's Degree to meet minimum qualifications: NNS Apprentice School graduate, Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate, Associate's Degree or other formal 2 year program and 2 years of relevant exempt experience or 4 years of relevant non-exempt experience, Military Paygrade E-5 or above military experience, High School/GED and 4 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant exempt experience, High School/GED and 8 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant non-exempt experience
Benefits
Medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices
On-site health centers
Tele-medicine
Wellness resources
Employee assistance programs
Savings plan options (401K)
Financial education and planning tools
Life insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Employee discounts
Early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships
Company
HII
HII is committed to delivering capabilities of exceptional quality and safety to our customers, and to the safety, health and welfare.
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