[Hiring] Recruiter @Matrix HR

Role Description

Matrix HR is seeking a driven, bilingual Trade Recruiter to join our team remotely from the Halifax area. This is an opportunity for someone who understands the pace of agency recruitment, enjoys building real relationships, and takes pride in connecting skilled people with meaningful work.

At Matrix HR, we support high-profile construction, industrial, marine, and infrastructure projects across the Halifax region and surrounding area. Our recruiters play an important role in helping skilled tradespeople find the right opportunity while ensuring our clients have access to qualified, reliable workers when their projects need them.

If you are fluent in English and French, have agency recruiting experience, and want a role where your work directly helps people move their careers forward, we would like to hear from you.

What You Will Do

• Manage full-cycle recruitment for skilled trades and industrial roles supporting high-profile projects in the Halifax region and surrounding area, from sourcing and screening through offer coordination, onboarding, and follow-up.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with tradespeople, apprentices, and industry contacts throughout Atlantic Canada and beyond.
• Source qualified candidates using job boards, referrals, social media, recruiting databases, and direct outreach.
• Conduct phone and virtual interviews to assess experience, work eligibility, certifications, availability, mobility, and fit for project requirements.
• Review resumes, trade qualifications, safety tickets, and onboarding documentation to support accurate candidate submissions.
• Work closely with account managers, operations teams, and client contacts to understand current and upcoming workforce requirements.
• Keep candidates informed throughout the recruitment process and deliver a respectful, responsive candidate experience.
• Maintain accurate candidate records, activity notes, and recruitment pipelines in the applicant tracking system.
• Support targeted recruitment campaigns for priority projects and hard-to-fill skilled trades roles.
• Stay informed on labour-market activity, trade demand, and candidate availability in the Halifax and Atlantic Canada markets.

Qualifications

• Fluency in both English and French, written and spoken.
• Previous recruitment experience in a staffing agency, employment agency, or high-volume recruitment environment.
• Experience recruiting skilled trades, industrial, construction, marine, or technical professionals is strongly preferred.
• Strong relationship-building, communication, and interviewing skills.
• Confidence speaking with candidates by phone, conducting outreach, and developing new talent pipelines.
• Ability to manage multiple active roles, changing priorities, and time-sensitive client requirements.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail when reviewing candidate qualifications and documentation.
• Comfort working independently in a remote environment while staying connected with a national team.
• A practical, service-focused approach and genuine interest in helping tradespeople access meaningful opportunities.
• Legal entitlement to work in Canada.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Extended health and dental benefits.
• A remote role based in the Halifax area.
• The opportunity to make a direct impact on the careers of skilled tradespeople.
• A collaborative, high-accountability team that understands the realities of project-based work.
• The opportunity to support high-profile construction, industrial, marine, and infrastructure projects in the Halifax region and surrounding area.

Apply Today

If you are a bilingual recruiter with agency experience who is ready to build strong candidate relationships and help connect skilled people with the opportunities they deserve, we encourage you to apply.

Please submit your resume and a brief note outlining your recruitment experience to [email protected] .

Matrix HR is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and encourage all qualified candidates to apply.