Recruiting and Onboarding Specialist

2 weeks ago

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Durabuilt Windows & Doors Full time
Our values are at the core of everything we do

- Innovative. Think ahead to stay ahead.
- Driver. Stay hungry and act with urgency.
- Ownership. No excuses. 100% accountability.
- Caring. For employees, partners and community.
- Individual. We work with great people and expect a lot from them.

We are one of Western Canada's largest window and door manufacturers servicing consumers, contractors and retailers. Established in 1988 and headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, it's not just Durabuilt's innovative manufacturing and design that places us on the list of Canada's Best Managed Companies – it's also our people.

OBJECTIVE OF POSITION

If you have a passion for finding untapped talent, driving company growth, and helping individuals find promising careers, this exciting new role is for you

You are a highly specialized and talented professional who can keep pace with our rapidly growing business and create new opportunities for recruitment. You have prior experience in recruitment, have a keen eye when reviewing resumes and conducting interviews. You think like a business owner, understand business priorities, champion change by anticipating needs, and translate these into an HR agenda that supports the business as it grows. You develop relationships through proactive communication, transparency and practical integrated solutions.

EXPERIENCE

- Full cycle recruitment experience for manufacturing, trades, and office roles, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding.
- Proven ability to develop job postings, manage applicant tracking systems (ATS), and executive recruitment marketing strategies.
- Strong understanding of hiring needs in manufacturing (can include production and/or construction) with the ability to build talent pipelines for production and skilled labor roles.
- Knowledge of Alberta labor laws, employment standards, and compliance in recruitment, onboarding, and job pricing.
- Experience in conducting interviews, pre-employment assessments, and reference checks to ensure quality hires.
- Ability to coordinate and facilitate onboarding programs to improve retention and employee engagement.
- Experience working with third-party staffing agencies, job fairs, and community recruitment initiatives to attract diverse talent.
- Strong reporting and analytical skills to track key hiring metrics (time-to-fill, turnover rates, cost-per-hire) and recommend process improvements.
- Demonstrated success in building relationships with hiring managers and providing strategic recruitment support for the HR Business Partner with workforce planning.

COMPETENCIES

- Identifying the right strategy to fill key positions.
- Working as part of a high performing team.
- Collaborating with the Hiring Manager and the HR team to support the candidate experience.
- Creating programs to support onboarding of hourly and salaried employees.
- Being a champion for Durabuilt's culture and values.
- Creating strategies to measure and improve the hiring process.
- Identifying ways to retain employees and ensure they feel welcomed and productive within the onboarding stage of their career.
- Demonstrating a customer first approach to supporting the team and candidates during the hiring and onboarding process.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Recruitment – 70%

- Work with the HR team and Hiring Managers to build and maintain a recruitment strategy for their departments, anticipate needs, and explore recruitment options.
- Prepare recruitment materials and post jobs to appropriate job sites.
- Proactively determine current and future needs, seek market intelligence to gain competitive advantage in attraction, assessment, and sourcing methodologies.
- Maintain a continuous pool of applicants to ensure proactive recruitment. Assess talent pools regularly and expand recruitment efforts as required.
- Collaborate with the HR Team in job analysis, job specification, task analysis, and job description reviews.
- Screen and sort resumes. Act as a point of contact and build candidate relationships during the selection process.
- Perform pre-screen interviews as needed. Assess and qualify candidates against Durabuilt's Values.
- Participate in interviews as requested.
- Conduct reference checks.
- Work with HR Business Partner to draft new hire, promotions, and transfer employment contracts.
- Analyze trends and metrics with the HR Manager and HR team to develop solutions, metrics, programs, and policies.
- Create and implement onboarding programs for hourly and salaried team members.
- Form close relationships with hiring managers to ensure clear candidate/interviewer expectations.

Community Engagement – 20%

- Draw upon your knowledge of the business to forge relationships with internal leaders and external community engagement in building outsourcing strategies.
- Support and collaborate with the HR team in building Durabuilt's brand at recruitment events, such as career fairs, on-campus recruiting events, community associations.
- Participate, plan, and manage all Career Fair related activities.
- Represent Durabuilt internally and externally at events with the goal of networking and relationship building with potential candidates and communities.
- Manage respective candidate pools to ensure qualified candidates remain engaged in current or future opportunities.

Orientation / Onboarding – 10%

- Participate and lead employee onboarding activities.
- Prepare onboarding and new hire kits.
- Track and monitor recruitment activities and proactively build a resume database of interested candidates.
- Work with third-party agencies on the sourcing of critical hires.

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION

- Degree or Diploma in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, or Related Field.
- CPHR or in progress.
- RPR or in progress.
- Clear criminal check.

QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years' experience working as a Recruiter.
- Experience using an ATS and HRMS is an asset.
- Experience recruiting using social media such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter.
- Familiarity with assessment tools such as DISC.
- Ability to generate a high volume of high-quality talent and build a proactive pipeline.
- Intermediate to advanced computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Previous experience in the Manufacturing or Construction industry is an asset.

WORKING CONDITIONS

- Lift and/or carry anywhere from 0-20 lbs.
- Operate primarily in an office environment.
- Use standard office equipment such as laptop computers and smartphones.
- Intermittent travel to support the HR department and attend meetings.
- Pressure to produce tangible results and complete projects within tight timelines.

REPORTS TO

- Human Resources Manager

SEND US YOUR RESUME

We embrace diversity and offer equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of origin, culture, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or faith. Thank you to all those who apply and those who are short-listed will be contacted.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

- 8-hour shift
- Monday to Friday

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