National Recruiter - Environmental

• Focuses on filling exempt and non-exempt roles
• Routinely manages a requisition load of 50 job openings
• Utilizes sourcing tools such as LinkedIn, competitor websites, information databases, the internet, various job boards (colleges, professional associations, etc.), referrals, leveraging of data obtained from new employees hired from competitors, previous applicants stored in the ATS, state and national licensing portals, internal employees based on transfer preferences, and professional networking sites effectively to search for quality professional passive candidates
• Builds and maintains market-specific candidate databases for all markets within assigned ECS service line
• Stays abreast of competitor business activities that might affect recruiting efforts (acquisitions, lay-offs, branch closings, etc.)
• Confers with management and discusses long-range professional personnel needs to prepare and implement recruitment program
• Collaborates with regional recruiting staff as well as the corporate recruiting team to ensure all recruiting goals are met
• Conducts pre-interview screenings, reference checks, and employment verifications on prospective candidates to ensure organization qualifications are met, as determined between the recruiter and hiring managers
• Conducts initial interviews to obtain specific work history, education and training, job skills, compensation needs, and other qualifications and/or needs of applicants
• Informs applicants of job duties and responsibilities, compensation and benefits, work schedules and working conditions, company and union policies, promotional opportunities, and other related information
• Utilizes the ATS to process, manage and communicate with candidates outside of the ATS ("passive candidates")
• Arranges travel and lodging for selected applicants at company expense
• Researches and attends local networking, engineering organization, and career fair events when appropriate
• Facilitates the partnerships between hiring managers to effectively engage with passive candidates based upon existing relationships
• Completes and submits all required reporting by the set due dates
• Ensures compliance with all local, state, and federal laws and regulations, including Affirmative Action and OFCCP regulations
• Travels monthly to ECS locations, conferences, and other events

• BA/BS in Human Resources or similar field preferred

• 5 years of niche (ie: AEC-specific) recruiting experience

ECS Group of Companies (ECS) was founded in 1988 with the goal to raise the standards of professional engineering consulting. Today, we are a leader in geotechnical, construction materials, environmental and facilities consulting services. We are employee-owned with more than 2,800 employees in 100 offices and testing facilities coast to coast. ECS is currently ranked #64 in Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms (April 2024), #144 in Engineering News-Record's Top 200 Environmental Firms (October 2024) and #28 in Zweig Group's Hot Firm List (June 2024). For additional information about ECS click here.

We love our employees and we show this through providing some great benefits, including paid time off, health and other insurance plans, retirement and college savings plans, and more. Click here to learn more about the great benefits at ECS.


ECS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.