The Talent Acquisition Specialist plays a critical role in supporting Mountaire's industrial workforce by leading the recruitment of skilled trades, technical professionals, and salaried leaders across our Delaware production facilities. This position partners closely with plant operations, engineering, and maintenance teams to understand evolving workforce needs and ensure a steady pipeline of talent capable of supporting high-volume, high-precision food production environments.
The Specialist drives full-cycle recruiting with a strong focus on technical competency, safety culture, and operational excellence-ensuring every hire contributes to the reliability, efficiency, and growth of our facilities.
Major Duties & Responsibilities
- Partner with plant leadership, operations managers, engineering teams, and maintenance leaders to understand workforce requirements, production demands, and technical skill gaps across industrial functions
- Conduct detailed intake meetings to define technical competencies, equipment experience (e.g., PLCs, conveyors, refrigeration systems, industrial controls), certifications, and safety qualifications required for each role
- Utilize advanced sourcing strategies-including Boolean search, industry-specific job boards, trade schools, apprenticeship programs, and passive candidate outreach-to build pipelines for high-demand industrial talent
- Lead full-cycle recruitment for skilled trades, industrial maintenance, automation technicians, quality assurance, food safety, engineering, and other technical roles critical to plant operations
- Support employer branding efforts by representing Mountaire at technical colleges, military transition programs, trade organizations, and industry events to attract skilled industrial talent
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Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, or a related field preferred; equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered
- Experience working within Oracle Recruiting Cloud
- 3-5 years of recruiting experience in industrial, manufacturing, technical, or operations-driven environments
- Experience partnering directly with hiring managers to understand workforce needs, priorities, and skill requirements
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Are you looking for more than just a job? The culture at Mountaire is one of our greatest strengths and most valued assets. We maintain the same core values and family-focused work environment that we've operated with since day one. You will find that your peers, supervisor and team members are genuinely committed to, not only your success, but also working together to provide high-quality products to our customers. We are a service to one another and to our customers, demonstrating operational excellence and outstanding performance.