Craft Recruiter

Requisition ID: 181749

Job Level: Entry Level

Home District/Group: DHO HR Operations

Department: Human Resources

Market: Corporate Home Office

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

Kiewit is seeking a motivated and resourceful Craft Recruiter to play a key role in meeting workforce demands for high-volume skilled trades positions across multiple construction projects. This role partners with project teams and hiring managers to attract, hire, and onboard qualified craft workers.

District Overview

HR Operations is an integral partner and service provider at Kiewit. In recent years, we have gone from decentralized HR groups to a unified, shared service team, with various HR Centers of Excellence. Our vision is to be a best-in-class international HR organization.

Location

This position is based out of Calgary, AB. This is a full time in office role.

Responsibilities

• Conduct full-cycle recruitment for skilled trades positions, from sourcing through onboarding.
• Partner with project teams to understand workforce needs, required certifications, and mobilization timelines.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines using ATS platforms, networking, referrals, social media, career fairs, community outreach, and other sourcing strategies.
• Manage job requisitions, postings, candidate records, and recruitment documentation.
• Provide hiring updates, workforce forecasts, recruitment metrics, and labour market insights.
• Support internal transfers and recruitment marketing initiatives.
• Continuously improve recruiting processes, workflows, and sourcing strategies while leveraging recruitment technology and industry best practices

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recruitment experience, preferably in high-volume skilled trades, construction, or industrial environments.
• Demonstrated success in sourcing, screening, interviewing, and hiring skilled craft workers.
• Experience supporting workforce planning and project ramp-ups.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while working effectively both independently and as part of a cross-functional team.
• Experience recruiting skilled craft workers or tradespeople in the construction or industrial sector is preferred.
• Experience recruiting for unionized workforces and large-scale construction projects is considered an asset.

Preferred Systems & Technology Experience:

• SuccessFactors, Talent Navigator, and other ATS platforms.
• Indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter, and other talent sourcing platforms.
• Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office Suite, and Power BI.
• AI productivity tools, including Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT. #LI-AK1

Other Requirements:

• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

We believe in equal opportunity in employment practices without discrimination and comply with all laws regarding human rights in the provinces where we operate.