Recruiter

Nor-Cal Pipeline Services is seeking a highly skilled and proactive Recruiter to join our HR team. This role manages the full recruitment lifecycle across both corporate roles (e.g., accounting, marketing, operations leadership) and field roles (e.g., safety, technical trades, operations) supporting NorCal Pipeline and, as needed, sister companies within Legacy Utility Group. The Recruiter will collaborate closely with department and entity leaders to understand staffing needs, build sourcing strategies suited to each candidate population, and represent the company's Core Values throughout the hiring process.

NorCal Pipeline Services and Legacy Utility Group are guided by three Core Values, which every employee — including this Recruiter — is expected to embody and screen for throughout the hiring process:

• Integrity — doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
• Teamwork — working collaboratively across departments and entities to get the job done.
• Think Big — bringing forward-thinking ideas and a growth mindset to the role
  

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities described here are not a comprehensive list, and the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.

Recruiting Strategy and Planning

• Design and implement an overall recruiting strategy across corporate and field populations.
• Work with department and entity leaders on full-cycle recruiting plans, adjusting sourcing approach for corporate vs. field roles.
• Promote the company's reputation as the best place to work.

Candidate Sourcing and Outreach

• Source and recruit corporate candidates using Greenhouse, LinkedIn, databases, and social media.
• Source field and skilled-trades candidates through channels suited to that talent pool — trade schools, CDL/DOT candidate pipelines, industry job boards, and local trade networks.
• Post job openings to appropriate hiring platforms via Greenhouse.
• Attend networking events, career fairs, and college recruiting initiatives to build talent pipelines.

Screening and Interviewing

• Screen candidate resumes and applications in Greenhouse for both corporate and field requisitions.
• Conduct pre-screening phone interviews using established scripts and scorecards to filter candidates within schedule.
• Facilitate structured interviews, including panel interviews assessing candidates against our Core Values (Integrity, Teamwork, Think Big), in partnership with hiring managers.
• Assess applicants' relevant knowledge, skills, soft skills, experience, and aptitudes.

Recruiting Best Practices and Reporting

• Monitor and apply HR recruiting best practices across all entities supported.
• Track and report recruiting metrics using Greenhouse, including time-to-fill, source effectiveness, and applicant-to-hire conversion by department and entity.
• Provide analytical and well-documented recruiting reports to management.

Qualification Requirements

Experience

• 3 years of experience in recruiting, training, employee retention, or new employee onboarding preferred.
• Proven work experience as a Recruiter, either as an in-house recruiter or staffing agency recruiter.
• Experience recruiting for both corporate/professional roles and field/skilled-trades or construction-adjacent roles preferred.
• Familiarity with construction or utility industry compensation structures, including prevailing wage and certified payroll environments, is a plus.

Recruiting Skills

• Hands-on experience with phone interviewing and conducting reference checks.
• Proficient in recruiting software and Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS); Greenhouse experience preferred.

Required Skills

Interviewing

• Solid ability to conduct different types of interviews, including structured and competency-based interviews.

Communication

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to engage effectively with others across corporate and field environments.

Decision-Making

• Strong decision-making skills, with the ability to make informed and timely choices.

Technical Proficiency

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Greenhouse.

Organization & Attention to Detail

• Strong organizational skills with a keen attention to detail.

Legal Knowledge

• General knowledge of various employment laws and best practices.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit, stand, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to climb, or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee occasionally is required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and to walk up to ½ mile daily. Specific vision abilities in this job include close vision and distance vision.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts; in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Note: Nor-Cal Pipeline Services is a drug-smoke and alcohol-free workplace. This Recruiter role does not administer or coordinate drug testing for candidates. Nor-Cal Pipeline Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.