Recruiting Manager

Description

Find Your Fit at Ohio Machinery Co. - Where Talent Powers Progress

Join a winning team at Ohio Machinery Co., where we're driven to be the top-performing, dynamic industry leader and partner of choice. We provide the products and solutions that help our customers build, improve, feed, power, and protect our world. If you're passionate about connecting great people with meaningful careers, this is your opportunity to grow with us.

Position Summary:

The Recruiting Manager is responsible for leading and executing Ohio Machinery Co.'s enterprise-wide talent acquisition strategy across Ohio CAT, Ohio Peterbilt, and affiliated businesses. This role operates as a strategic partner to business leaders while maintaining direct ownership of recruiting execution, pipeline strategy, and hiring outcomes.

This leader provides direction for the recruiting team and works closely with the Workforce Development function to ensure alignment between immediate hiring needs and long-term talent pipelines-particularly for critical technician and skilled trade roles. The role requires a balance of hands-on recruiting leadership and team development, with accountability for delivering consistent hiring results, strengthening candidate experience, and building scalable talent strategies that support continued business growth.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Recruiting Strategy & Business Partnership
Serve as a primary point of contact for business leaders on recruiting strategy, hiring priorities, and labor market insights
Partner with leaders to define role requirements, candidate profiles, and sourcing strategies
Translate business needs into actionable recruiting plans that address both immediate hiring and long-term pipeline needs
Provide regular updates to leadership on hiring progress, challenges, and market trends
Recruiting Execution
Lead recruitment efforts for key, complex, or hard-to-fill roles, particularly technician and critical positions
Manage full-cycle recruiting activities, including intake, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer support
Ensure consistent and high-quality execution of recruiting processes across all roles and locations
Step in as needed during periods of high hiring demand to support team capacity and maintain performance
Team Leadership & Coaching
Lead, coach, and develop a team of recruiters and a Recruiting Coordinator
Provide day-to-day guidance on recruiting strategy, candidate management, and stakeholder communication
Reinforce expectations around accountability, consistency, and follow-through
Support development of recruiter capability in sourcing, consultation, and pipeline management
Workforce Development Partnership & Pipeline Alignment
Partner closely with the Workforce Development Manager to align recruiting efforts with long-term pipeline strategies
Support school partnerships, community outreach efforts, and early talent programs
Contribute to the design and execution of "grow-your-own" initiatives for technician roles
Ensure hiring data, volume trends, and candidate insights inform workforce development programming and priorities
Recruiting Operations, Systems & Vendors
Oversee use and optimization of the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and recruiting tools
Partner with vendors including job boards, sourcing platforms, and background providers to support hiring efforts
Maintain consistent processes, workflows, and documentation across recruiting activities
Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reporting, and overall recruiting effectiveness
Candidate Experience & Hiring Manager Support
Ensure a positive and consistent candidate experience from initial contact through onboarding transition
Coach hiring managers on interviewing practices, candidate evaluation, and decision-making
Support structured and repeatable hiring processes to improve quality and consistency
Act as a liaison between candidates, hiring managers, and internal teams throughout the hiring process
Process Improvement & Continuous Improvement
Identify gaps in recruiting processes and implement practical improvements
Support standardization efforts across divisions and locations to reduce variability in hiring outcomes
Share successful sourcing strategies, outreach efforts, and hiring practices across the team
Contribute to ongoing development of recruiting metrics and performance tracking

Minimum Skills and Qualifications:

5+ years of progressive experience in talent acquisition, recruiting, or workforce development, including experience leading recruiting efforts in a high-volume or operations-driven environment
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and influence others in a team or project-based environment
Experience recruiting for operational, technical, or skilled trade roles preferred
Strong working knowledge of recruiting systems, tools, and vendor platforms
Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
Experience working across multiple locations or business units preferred

Physical Requirements:

Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; and to verbally communicate to exchange information. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet in office settings and moderate to loud in other situations, with both constant and sudden loud noises possible.

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