Talent Acquisition Specialist

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**Company profile**

voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak, with ten production facilities across Canada, US and Mexico, is North America’s leading designer and manufacturer of special trackwork for the railway industry. As the industry’s technology leader, we take pride in providing superior products, excellent customer service and unbeatable engineering design services to our customers. We are committed to bringing innovative solutions, products and services to our customers across rail freight and transit segments.

**Nortrak Family**

**Safety is our #1 commitment to our employees and quality is our #1 commitment to our customers.**

At Nortrak, we strive for excellence. Exceeding customer expectations is one of our core values. Our reputation is based on our successful track record. We work as a team to proactively solve problems, rigorously comply with standards, continuously improve our products and technical competencies, consistently do what we say we do, and encourage open dialogue with customers.

We are proud to recognize and celebrate the safety achievements of our teams across the company and work hard to ensure safety remains a strong part of our culture. We focus on taking care of each other and ensuring our colleagues go home safe and healthy every single day.

We value an open, encouraging, family oriented environment that supports learning, career growth and development.

We are seeking a dynamic Talent Acquisition Specialist who will research, develop, and implement effective talent acquisition strategies to attract a diverse pool of qualified and capable talent for the organization.

Key duties:
**Recruiting**
- Identifies and implements efficient and effective recruiting and selection methods and strategies based on the available role, industry standards, and the needs of the organization.
- Uses technology and data to recruit smarter and better - Identifies opportunities within ADP recruiting process to increase utilization and efficiency
- Develops and executes effective employment branding strategy consistent with vaRS Nortrak’s values, strategy and culture utilizing appropriate traditional and social media channels.
- Collaborates with local HR and hiring managers in all phases of the recruitment process to ensure consistent and effective recruiting, selection, and on-boarding practices.
- Collaborates with hiring managers to identify and draft detailed and accurate job descriptions and hiring criteria.
- Tailors recruiting efforts to the specific local market requirements, positions and skill levels.
- Develops job postings consistent with the Company’s branding strategies and deploys effective advertising practices.
- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and company policies.
- Manages affirmative action outreach requirements through the posting process and assists with overall affirmative action compliance as part of the hiring process.

**Retention**
- Champions vaRS Nortrak values and culture and supports all functions and plants with improvement opportunities.
- Monitors and reports turnover metrics for new and existing employees and time to hire metrics to measure the success of the recruiting and selection process.
- Offering creative solutions to respond to fast-changing retention needs and to help with developing long-term talent acquisition and retention needs.
- Supports VP Human Resources with various recruiting, retention and improvement projects.

On-Time Delivery
- Manage the sourcing and screening process to reduce the time to hire for all positions.

Cost
- Seek the most cost effective sourcing strategies in line with relevant budgets.

Safety
- Provide leadership for plant safety initiatives promoting a safety first culture.
- Ensure safety compliance with legal and Company requirements.

Quality

Job Requirements (e.g. education, experience, skills and desired competencies)
- At least three years managing the recruitment and hiring process.
- Experience with retention initiatives, tracking, and analyzing hiring and retention metrics.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to create and implement sourcing strategies for recruitment for a variety of roles.
- Proactive and independent with the ability to take initiative.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Familiarity with laws, regulations, and best practices applicable to hiring and recruitment.
- Proficient with or the ability to quickly learn applicant-tracking software.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field, or equivalent work experience, required.
- SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP preferred.

Physical Requirements:

- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

**Benefits**

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