Divergent

Lead Recruiter, Production

In short

Lead recruiter role owning full-cycle recruiting for skilled production and manufacturing roles (CNC machinists, technicians, quality inspectors, supervisors, etc.) at an advanced manufacturing company serving automotive, aerospace, and defense. Combines an individual requisition load with day-to-day coaching and direction of a production recruiting team, plus partnering with Production leadership on hiring priorities and using Greenhouse metrics to improve recruiting performance. Requires 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience with significant background in production, manufacturing, skilled trades, or technician hiring, plus experience leading or mentoring recruiters on high-volume, difficult-to-fill searches; based onsite in Torrance, California.

Location
Torrance, California, United States
Salary
$126,160–$173,470 USD per year
Company
Divergent develops integrated engineering and manufacturing solutions for demanding automotive, aerospace, and defense applications.
What you will do
•Own full-cycle recruiting for production positions from intake through offer acceptance.
•Recruit CNC machinists, production and manufacturing technicians, quality inspectors, metrology technicians, maintenance technicians, material handlers, production supervisors, and similar skilled roles.
•Develop sourcing strategies and talent pipelines for high-volume, specialized, and difficult-to-fill production hiring.
•Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and direction to the Production Recruiting team while managing an individual requisition load.
•Partner with Production leaders and hiring managers on requirements, interview processes, priorities, timelines, and candidate evaluation.
•Use recruiting metrics and Greenhouse data to identify bottlenecks, improve hiring performance, and maintain consistent recruiting standards.
Requirements
•Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls.
•6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including significant experience in production, manufacturing operations, skilled trades, or technician hiring.
•Experience leading, mentoring, or directing recruiters while handling high-volume and difficult-to-fill searches.
•Strong sourcing, candidate assessment, hiring manager partnership, stakeholder management, communication, organization, and follow-through skills.
•Experience using an applicant tracking system such as Greenhouse and applying pipeline metrics to drive recruiting action.
•Employment eligibility in the United States is verified through E-Verify.
Nice to have
•Experience in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, defense, industrial technology, or hardware.
•Experience in a high-growth production environment or a competitive Southern California manufacturing market.
•Partnerships with trade schools, technical programs, workforce organizations, military or veteran programs, and community organizations.
•Experience with production hiring events, career fairs, high-volume sourcing campaigns, or similar scalable recruiting strategies.
•Previous experience as a Lead Recruiter, Recruiting Lead, or similar player-coach.
Culture & Benefits
•Collaborative, dynamic, high-performing, and mission-driven work environment.
•Competitive salary, equity plan, and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities.
•Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, year-end shutdown, and paid parental leave.
•HMO and Premium PPO health plans, company-sponsored life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
•Reimbursement opportunities for learning and professional development.

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