Lead Corporate Recruiter

Position Summary:

The lead corporate recruiter is responsible for creating, leading, and executing effective recruiting strategies for the 4 companies of FourGen Holdings, Inc, which also includes Continental Electrical Construction Co, Continental Energy Solutions, and Electrical Energy Experts.  The lead recruiter will develop sourcing approaches for specialized, challenging talent needs and provide mentoring and guidance to other staff involved in recruiting.  He/she will assess tools to streamline candidate targeting, lead recruiting process improvements, analyze metrics and market trends, and establish best practices.   This team member will screen candidates for nonunion roles, drive recruiting campaigns and campus recruiting programs, negotiate offers, and manage relationships with outside recruiting agencies.

What you’ll do:

• Champion Recruiting Strategies: Collaborate with and advise leaders and HR/recruiting staff to develop and implement effective recruiting methods and strategies for nonunion roles, focusing on highly specialized, hard-to-fill roles; Lead recruiting campaigns; Assess and manage outside recruiting partners and channels 
• Develop Talent Pools and Fill Openings: Assure all Companies' talent acquisition needs are satisfied on a timely basis; Provide thought leadership on how to position our openings to attract the needed talent; Maintain pools of qualified candidates for current and future roles; Mine candidates from various websites and internet searches; Screen and interview candidates
• Process Improvement:  Establish and satisfy metrics for recruiting activities; Analyze market trends; Refine and improve internal processes; Assess and manage electronic tools and systems that can automate candidate sourcing
• Leadership:  Provide mentorship and day-to-day guidance to staff involved in recruiting; Maintain balance in recruiting workloads; Collaborate with leadership on the development of the vision and metrics for talent acquisition; Align with leaders on workforce planning and recruiting plans

What you’ll need for success:

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Management or related field preferred
• Minimum 7-10 years recruiting experience in both  agency and corporate environments
• SHRM CP or SCP, SHRM Talent Acquisition Specialty, or HRCI PHR or SPHR a plus
• Experience in or familiarity with the construction, electrical engineering or solar industries highly preferred
• Proven abilities developing, customizing and executing efficient recruiting strategies.
• History of success in negotiations, influence, and converting passive candidates into hires
• Proficiency using tools to target and build talent pools
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills, with use of proper grammar
• Analytical and continuous improvement mindset
• Knowledge of labor laws and anti-discrimination legislation
• Leadership and mentoring abilities
• Experience maximizing applicant tracking systems (Bamboo HR a plus) 
• Intermediate MS Office skills

FourGen Holdings is a family of companies in the electrical and renewable energy industries, which includes Continental Electrical Construction Co, Continental Energy Solutions, and Electrical Energy Experts.  Our commitment to innovation and quality is rooted in four generations of family ownership and over 900 employees.

Founded in 1912, Continental Electrical Construction Company is the number one commercial electrical construction company in Chicagoland, as well as one of the largest in the Midwest. Our expertise covers commercial, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, institutional, mission critical data centers, and structured cabling.

Focused on helping customers maximize energy savings while reducing the size of their carbon footprint, Continental Energy Solutions designs, engineers, installs, monitors, and maintains solar arrays, battery storage, and full microgrid solutions.  We offer an unbeatable team of engineers and project managers, including NABCEP Certified Professionals, the gold standard in the solar industry.

Electrical Energy Experts supplies the finest electrical testing, engineering, and maintenance services to assure that electrical systems maintain the most reliable condition. 

Working for FourGen Holdings provides:

• Collaboration, assistance, tools and resources for success
• An engaging and respectful workplace with excellent benefits and compensation
• A value based working environment:

E:  Everyone United

N: Nurture Communication

E: Enforce Accountability

R: Relationships Matter

G: Growth and Development

Y: You Make the Difference

FourGen Holdings is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on account of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex, sexual or gender orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, military status or unfavorable discharge from military service.