USA Compression Partners, LP, (NYSE: USAC) provides mission critical natural gas compression services to large upstream and midstream energy companies. We are an operations-centric, technology driven employer with over 800 employees in 18 states across the country. We owe our success to the quality of our employees, our strong commitment to safety, and our superior service to our customers.

Key Business Objectives

The Recruiter will drive the business’s talent acquisition goal of reducing third-party field mechanic labor in the Permian by implementing multiple sourcing methods and strategies. This incumbent will positively represent the company and promote USAC as the number one career destination in the Permian. This boots-on-the-ground position will attend local career fairs, colleges, and technical schools to search for talent. Success for this position will be evaluated on both the numbers and quality of hires to the company, as well as developing partnership and trust with operations and safety.

This position is based in the Midland, TX area and reports directly to the Human Resources Manager in Austin and cross-functionally to the Midland operations leadership team. The role will work closely with the Permian Regional Vice President, his leadership team, and members of human resources to attract the best talent to the company.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• This position is a hands-on role that develops trust both internally and externally to attract new employees to the company.
• Partner with Permian operations, hiring managers, and safety leaders to identify the ideal candidate profile for critical to fill roles, recruiting activities, as well as, identifying key talent outside of the company and developing relationships to attract new employees to USAC.
• Ensures a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process by providing timely responses to future candidates.
• Collaborate with members of the human resources to develop and execute recruiting strategies and engage with potential candidates.
• Build and maintain a robust candidate pipeline with both compression industry and non-compression industry candidates.
• Source and recruit candidates by using databases, social media and networking
• Conduct screenings and assessments of candidates to ensure their qualifications match the job requirements.
• Understands how to create the “ideal candidate profile” for each role, identifying skills, behaviors, traits as well as employment gaps and red flags.
• Provide insights on market trends, compensation packages, and competitor offerings to help shape the organizations' talent acquisition strategy.
• Registers to attend local job fairs, host job fairs at our office, develops relationships at local trade schools, and colleges.
• Develops community and industry relationships to foster attraction of new employees.
• Conducts exit interviews with employees to help learn about departure opportunities.
• Compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.
• Any and all duties as assigned.
• Full-time exempt position.

Skills/Capabilities and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• 3-5 years of proven experience as an in-house Recruiter or similar role, preferably hiring a mix of exempt and non-exempt field-based positionsHRM certification and/or other professional recruiting certifications is a plus. Energy sector recruiting experience and familiarity with Natural Gas Compression a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required with an ability to communicate publicly with ease.
• Strong work ethic and proven track record of success of attracting the most talented candidates in the market. This role isn’t about just filling open positions. It is about attracting the best skilled talent to USAC.
• Possesses an outstanding set of “headhunter” skills/tools to find candidates using methods such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Indeed and others.
• Owns a robust LinkedIn profile, following and network to immediately hit the ground running to market our open roles and make an immediate impact.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet recruiting goals.
• Sound set of interviewing and assessment skills using accurate, legal and proven techniques, with very solid talent identification abilities.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Solid MS Office skills in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
• Applicant must have the ability to legally work in the U.S.

Working Conditions:

• Periodic lifting requirements of up to 25 pounds may occur.
• Ability to stand and walk, as normally expected in an office setting.
• Ability to travel up to 30% - 50% in the Permian Basin including Midland, Pecos, San Angelo, and Carlsbad.
• Working conditions will include both indoor and outdoor, office, or site-specific settings.
• This position is based in the Midland, TX area.

Company Benefits: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Company match on 401(K) Retirement Plan.
• Company paid telemedicine and virtual mental health services.
• Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance.
• Company paid short and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays and sick time.
• Tuition Reimbursement.