[Hiring] Talent Acquisition Manager @Pro-Pipe,Inc

Role Description

National Underground Group, LLC (NUG) is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to own and elevate the full recruiting function across the organization. This individual contributor role is responsible for designing and executing the end-to-end talent acquisition lifecycle — from outreach and attraction through acquisition and onboarding.

The successful candidate will build scalable sourcing pipelines, talent communities, and employer branding programs while bringing data-driven rigor to recruiting through KPIs and dashboards reported to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and Board of Directors (BoD).

While the role is individually staffed today, the incumbent may be asked to build and lead a team of sourcers, recruiters, and coordinators as the function scales.

Key Deliverables

• Full-Cycle Recruiting: Manage the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle — outreach, attraction, acquisition, and onboarding for all positions within the organization.
• Sourcing & Talent Communities: Build and maintain a CRM-driven talent community and digital sourcing strategy, proactively pipelining candidates ahead of demand.
• Military Recruiting: Establish a military recruiting pipeline and develop a SkillBridge externship program.
• Platform & Systems Management: Leverage enterprise HRIS/ATS platforms (ADP strongly preferred) and external recruiting platforms (LinkedIn, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, and similar) to drive candidate flow and reporting accuracy.
• Recruiting Analytics: Design and maintain KPIs and dashboards that track time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, source effectiveness, pipeline health, and other recruiting metrics.
• RPO Transition: Manage the transition of outsourced recruiting (RPO) into an internal talent acquisition function within HR.
• Executive & Board Reporting: Prepare and deliver regular hiring metrics, workforce planning updates, and recruiting performance summaries to the ELT and Board of Directors.
• Employer Value Proposition (EVP): Own the EVP strategy — defining the company's value proposition to candidates and deploying it through digital marketing and targeted advertising campaigns to strengthen brand awareness and candidate attraction.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with hiring managers and operational leaders across field and corporate functions to forecast hiring needs and align sourcing strategy with business priorities.
• Candidate Experience & Onboarding: Ensure a consistent, high-quality candidate experience from first outreach through offer acceptance and a smooth transition into onboarding.
• Future Team Leadership: Serve as a subject-matter expert and mentor, with the opportunity to build and lead a team of sourcers, recruiters, and coordinators as the talent acquisition function grows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources/Industrial Relations, Psychology, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 5+ years of progressive recruiting experience, including technical field/operational roles as well as corporate and executive-level recruiting.
• Demonstrated experience with enterprise HRIS/ATS platforms, CRM/talent community tools, and digital sourcing.
• Proven experience using external recruiting platforms such as LinkedIn, Indeed, and ZipRecruiter.
• Track record of building recruiting KPIs/dashboards and reporting on hiring metrics to senior stakeholders.
• Experience developing and deploying an EVP strategy through digital marketing/targeted advertising.
• Ability to travel up to 20% as needed.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Business, Human Resources, Psychology, or related field (preferred).
• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP certification (or equivalent, e.g., PHR/SPHR) (preferred).
• Previous active-duty military experience (preferred).
• Direct experience with ADP enterprise systems (preferred).
• Prior experience recruiting for underground utility, construction, infrastructure, or similar technical field operations (preferred).