Job Description

Senior Recruiter
Starting rate: $114,000
1 Gordan Mills Way, St Johnsbury VT 05819
Hybrid
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of employment

Join our team where we accomplish great things TOGETHER.

Allow us to introduce ourselves…
The Weidmann Group of companies is active in some of the world’s most vital fields namely energy and medical. Our technology and our know how contribute crucial resources to a worldwide market, whether it be leading the global market in transformer electrical insulation, keeping the lights on for billions of consumers, or the delivery of a breakthrough drug through our advanced plastics technologies for medical and pharmaceutical applications.

The role…
The Senior Recruiter serves as the recruiting partner for professional and salary roles across all U.S. locations. This role owns complex, technical, leadership, niche, and business-critical professional searches while providing site-level workforce planning support, hiring-manager consultation, recruiting prioritization, agency oversight, and day-to-day functional guidance to site Talent Acquisition team members.

How you’ll make an impact…
Complex Professional Recruiting: Own complex professional, engineering, technical, quality, leadership, and other business-critical searches. Lead search strategy for positions requiring targeted sourcing, talent mapping, networking, and passive-candidate engagement. Assess senior professional, technical, and leadership candidates and provide clear selection recommendations. Manage confidential or sensitive searches when assigned. Provide direct recruiting support for critical site needs while maintaining focus on site-level priorities. Strategic Partnership and Workforce Planning: Partner with Human Resources and leadership to anticipate professional hiring demand, turnover, succession, expansion, and changing business needs. Lead detailed intake and search-strategy discussions. Advise hiring managers regarding candidate availability, compensation, competition, and realistic search timelines. Challenge unnecessary requirements and recommend alternative search or selection strategies. Lead site requisition reviews and provide visibility into recruiting capacity, risks, and priorities. Functional Leadership: Provide day-to-day functional guidance to site TAPs and the Talent Acquisition Coordinator. Help prioritize recruiting activity and align support resources to the highest business needs. Mentor and coach team members and support recruiter onboarding and development. Reinforce established TA processes, accurate systems use, and consistent candidate evaluation. Raise team-capacity, performance, and escalation concerns to the TA Manager. Agency, Data, and Risk Management: Recommend when external recruiting support is justified based on urgency, niche skill requirements, internal capacity, and business impact. Manage agency communication, candidate ownership, progress, fee exposure, and search effectiveness. Interpret recruiting metrics and identify root causes behind aging or stalled requisitions. Provide data-supported recommendations to site and TA leadership. Reinforce compliant, consistent, and audit-ready recruiting practices.

What do you bring…
Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent progressive recruiting and business experience accepted. At least seven years of progressive recruiting experience preferred, including professional, technical, engineering, quality, leadership, or niche manufacturing talent. Demonstrated success managing complex searches and senior stakeholders. Experience providing functional guidance, mentoring recruiters, or leading site recruiting activity. Advanced direct sourcing, talent mapping, passive-candidate engagement, and market-consultation capability. Experience managing external agencies and recruiting fee exposure. Proficiency with ATS and recruiting technologies; Dayforce experience preferred. Strong understanding of recruiting metrics, EEO, OFCCP, and defensible selection practices.

What do we offer?
• Medical insurance with an accompanying health savings account, vision and dental insurance, PTO starting your FIRST day
• 401k plan with company match, Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance, STD and LTD
• Employee assistance program
• Employee referral program
• Additional company programs include: Wellness, clothing allowance, computer loan, and tuition reimbursement

We look forward to hearing from you soon!

AT WEIDMANN WE ARE COMMITTED TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND GROWTH FOR ALL TALENTS. WE ARE CONVINCED THAT A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT INCREASES MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND INNOVATION OF OUR BUSINESS.