Engineering Technical Recruiter

Woodard & Curran is an employee-owned engineering, science, and operations firm dedicated to clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. We foster an inclusive, collaborative culture that supports professional growth, flexibility, and meaningful work, empowering our employees to make a lasting impact on our clients, communities, and the planet.

What are we looking for:

Woodard & Curran is seeking an experienced Technical Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team and support hiring across our engineering and environmental consulting businesses.

We are looking for a proactive recruiter who enjoys finding hard-to-reach talent, developing effective recruiting strategies, and building strong candidate relationships. You will manage full-cycle recruiting while creating targeted sourcing strategies and talent pipelines that support both current hiring needs and future growth.

Success in this role requires strong ownership of your recruiting portfolio, proactive sourcing, consistent ATS and data management, and accountability for established Talent Acquisition goals and KPIs.

This position reports to the Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition and works closely with the Talent Acquisition team and hiring managers.

What’s in it for you?

• Own full-cycle recruiting for specialized technical and professional roles.
• Develop and execute creative sourcing and recruiting strategies.
• Build long-term talent pipelines within engineering and environmental consulting markets.
• Use recruiting data and market intelligence to strengthen sourcing approaches and improve results.
• Help shape and improve recruiting processes, tools, and candidate experience.
• Build expertise recruiting within highly specialized and competitive talent markets.
• Join a collaborative Talent Acquisition team focused on continuous improvement and results.
  
  

Work Arrangement: This role offers a flexible, remote work schedule.

Location: Nationwide within the United States. Candidates must reside in the U.S.

Travel: Up to 10% travel annually.

What you will be doing at Woodard & Curran:

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for assigned technical and professional positions from intake and sourcing through interviews, offers, acceptance, and requisition closeout.
• Develop and execute targeted recruiting strategies based on role requirements, talent availability, market conditions, and hiring priorities.
• Proactively identify and engage passive and hard-to-find talent through LinkedIn, professional networks, referrals, industry associations, events, job boards, and other sourcing channels.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and anticipated hiring needs.
• Continuously evaluate sourcing results and adjust recruiting strategies based on candidate response, pipeline quality, and hiring outcomes.
• Conduct candidate interviews to assess qualifications, experience, career goals, and alignment with opportunities.
• Partner with hiring managers throughout the recruiting process to maintain clear expectations, communication, and timely decision-making.
• Provide hiring teams with relevant talent-market and candidate insights throughout the search.
• Maintain timely and accurate candidate, requisition, interview, offer, and hiring information within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
• Manage multiple searches and priorities while providing a positive and responsive candidate experience.
• Support offer development, negotiations, and closing strategies.
• Monitor recruiting activity, pipeline health, and hiring results against established Talent Acquisition goals and KPIs.
• Stay current on competitor activity, talent availability, compensation trends, recruiting tools, and sourcing practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruiting strategies, sourcing methods, processes, reporting, and candidate experience.
  
  

What will you need to succeed?

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably supporting technical, engineering, environmental, consulting, or similarly specialized positions.
  Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Engineering, environmental consulting, or AEC recruiting experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated success sourcing and engaging passive and hard-to-find talent.
• Proven ability to develop, execute, and adjust recruiting and sourcing strategies based on talent-market conditions and hiring results.
• Experience developing sustainable talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Strong experience using an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to manage recruiting workflows, candidate information, requisitions, and reporting.
• Experience working within established recruiting metrics, KPIs, and service expectations.
• Ability to use recruiting data and pipeline activity to identify challenges and adjust sourcing strategies.
• Strong hiring-manager partnership and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple searches and priorities while maintaining accuracy, responsiveness, and follow-through.
• Strong candidate relationship-building, interviewing, negotiation, and closing skills.
• Experience with sourcing platforms and tools such as LinkedIn, recruiting databases, job boards, and social media.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a geographically dispersed team.