Technical Recruiter

The Technical Recruiter will support the growth of PPS Services Group by identifying and engaging candidates to engineer and design our power generation and industrial projects. This role will manage recruiting activities from job description development and posting through candidate outreach, interview coordination, and recruiting agency communication. The recruiter will build and maintain a strong network of prospective talent while providing an organized, responsive experience for candidates and internal hiring teams.

The Recruiter will work closely with the President and hiring managers to understand current and anticipated staffing needs, define the target candidate profile, and align on required experience and qualifications. The role is primarily responsible for proactive sourcing and prospecting through LinkedIn Recruiter, including identifying strong talent, expanding the PPS network, and developing effective, personalized InMail outreach.

The ideal candidate is organized, outgoing, driven, and collaborative, with strong attention to detail and a diplomatic communication style. They are comfortable managing multiple open requisitions and priorities while building productive relationships with candidates, hiring managers, and external recruiting partners.

This position reports to the Director of Strategic Initiatives and partners directly with PPS hiring managers and the leadership team.

Essential Job Functions:

• Partner with hiring managers to understand staffing needs, position scope, ideal candidate profiles, required qualifications, and hiring priorities
• Draft, refine, and maintain clear, accurate, and compelling job descriptions for engineering and design positions as well as summer internship program
• Post and manage open positions on the PPS website and LinkedIn, ensuring requisitions remain current and consistent across platforms
• Proactively source and prospect engineering and design talent using LinkedIn Recruiter
• Build and maintain the PPS talent network by identifying strong prospective candidates for current and future opportunities
• Develop and send personalized LinkedIn InMail outreach and manage timely candidate follow-up
• Screen prospective candidates for relevant experience, qualifications, interests, and alignment with PPS hiring needs
• Coordinate virtual and in-person interviews with candidates, hiring managers, and internal team members
• Maintain organized candidate, requisition, interview, and communication records throughout the recruiting process
• Partner with external recruiting agencies to fill open roles and communicate directly with agency account managers and candidates
• Provide hiring managers and leadership with clear, timely updates on recruiting activity, candidate pipelines, and open requisitions
• Support a professional and positive candidate experience at every stage of the recruiting process

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• 3-5 years of prior recruiting experience in technical engineering and design professions related to power and industrial projects
• Demonstrated experience sourcing and prospecting technical talent through LinkedIn Recruiter
• Strong working knowledge of candidate outreach, pipeline development, and requisition management
• Experience writing and refining technical job descriptions in partnership with hiring managers
• Ability to understand engineering and design candidate profiles, experience requirements, and qualifications
• Experience coordinating virtual and in-person interviews across multiple schedules
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create professional and engaging candidate outreach
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple open roles and competing priorities
• Outgoing, driven, collaborative, and diplomatic approach to working with candidates, internal teams, and external partners
• Ability to maintain discretion and handle candidate and hiring information professionally

Additional Details

• Schedule: minimum 32 hours per week, available to support core hours of 9am-3pm
• In-office position in Midtown Kansas City, four days per week