Summary
The Talent Acquisition Manager is responsible for shepherding the talent acquisition process by building exceptional internal and external relationships to find and fill openings with high-quality talent and representing the Company at industry networking and recruiting events. This position collaborates with hiring managers, candidates, and other teams within the organization to ensure a seamless recruitment experience, contributing to the overall success of the organization's talent acquisition efforts. This fast-paced, consultative role requires tenacious curiosity, a high attention to detail, and a relentless work ethic.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the talent acquisition life cycle in a consultative manner, ensuring an optimal candidate and hiring manager experience, including:
  • Collaborate with hiring managers to understand their staffing needs and job requirements.
  • Craft and update job descriptions.
  • Utilize various proactive recruiting strategies to search, identify, and source suitable candidates.
  • Assess candidate information, including resumes and contact details, using our applicant tracking system (ATS), then filter and screen candidates.
  • Manage candidate data and maintain accurate records in the ATS.
  • Reviewing and screening resumes and applications to identify qualified candidates.
  • Communicate effectively with candidates throughout recruitment, providing timely updates and feedback.
  • Scheduling interviews, coordinating, gathering, and providing feedback to prepare for the start date.
  • Work with stakeholders to develop the onboarding plan and intermediary throughout integration.
  • Support the onboarding process by ensuring the completion of all necessary onboarding tasks and that new hires have a smooth transition.
• Represent the Company at industry networking and recruiting events and set the expectation for industry, conference, and campus networking.
• Establish self as an internal system super-user; work with high volumes of data and maintain data quality and talent pipelines.
• Generate reports, analyze data, and identify opportunities to increase functionality and improve efficiency.
• Solve problems and produce solutions by offering suggestions, new ideas, or alternatives to improve or modify work processes; respond to urgent needs for information and analyses within expected timeframes.
• Communicate, providing regular status updates with business leaders, candidates, and hiring managers.
• Adhere to the highest degree of integrity and strict confidentiality on matters that require discretion.

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties and Responsibilities are not comprehensive and can be changed at any time, with or without notice.

Required Experience, Education, and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or other; and proven work experience in Talent Acquisition or related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Two plus (2+) years of commercial construction experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, etc.)
• Experience using professional social networks (LinkedIn, in particular)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with confirmed ability to take the initiative and build strong positive relationships internally and externally.
• Excellent written communication skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately.
• Desire to work in a rapidly changing, demanding, and ambiguous growth work environment.
• Innate ability to solve problems quickly with little information and with thorough due diligence of available data.
• High attention to detail, ambition, and desire to pursue responsibilities beyond the job, such as providing additional analyses or implications beyond an initial request.
• Great teammate with a strong work ethic, a high sense of urgency, and motivation to see the overall team succeed.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Bilingual (Spanish/English)
• Valid driver’s license
• Must have reliable transportation to the workplace(s)/ job location(s).
• Ability to successfully pass a background check related to driving
• Ability to pass drug screening.
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and in the future.

Preferred Experience, Education, and Qualifications

• Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems, CRM, and/or resume databases
• Basic knowledge of labor legislation
• Familiarity with skilled trades or construction
• Knowledge of HR practices, employment laws, and recruitment best practices

Benefits
Kent Companies provides its employees with one of the most competitive compensation and benefits packages in the construction industry. Benefits vary by location, with a fully customized benefits package presented upon hire. Typical benefits packages include:

• Weekly pay
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Supplemental insurance options
• Retirement plans with discretionary employer-matching
• Holiday pay (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day)
• Scholarship opportunities for dependents
• Leadership development opportunities

Perks associated with this role
Our goal is to offer an unparalleled career progression that is not precisely pre-determined; rather, it builds on the teammate’s strengths, interests, and pursuits as the individual gains experience, grows, and develops in their career. You would be hard-pressed to find another ENR Top 6 Commercial Concrete Company that parallels Kent Companies.

Work Environment/Physical Demand
This position works in an office environment requiring long periods of sitting.

Position type, travel, and expected hours of work
This is a full-time office position. (Example: The position does not travel often. Or This position requires travel in Central Texas with minimal overnight travel.) Typical hours will range from 45-50 hours per week and are subject to change. This role requires the ability to work nontypical days and irregular hours based on construction schedules. Due to the critical nature of the role, accepting phone calls even during nontypical workdays and hours is also necessary.

Office Location
130 60th Street SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49548

About Kent Companies
Kent Companies is a full-service specialty trade contractor with operations across Michigan, Texas, Ohio, and the Carolinas. As a third-generation, family-owned business, we believe our people are our greatest assets. We employ over 2,000 trade professionals nationwide and deliver every project with our Four Hallmarks: Safety, Productivity, Quality, and Customer Service. Kent Companies is known as The Leaders in Concrete™ and continuously ranks in the Top 10 Concrete Contractors nationwide by ENR Magazine.

Kent Companies’ family of brands includes Kent Concrete, Kent Underlayments, Kent Facilities, Kent Foundation Solutions, and Foundation Rescue Supply.

EEO Statement
At Kent Companies, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce, and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Kent Companies does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices and personnel actions, including but not limited to hiring, recruiting, promotions, performance evaluations, termination, and compensation decisions.

The Company will strive to ensure that all employees and prospective employees will be treated equally in regard to recruitment, employment, promotions, demotions, discipline, termination, access to benefits and training, leaves of absence, and layoffs. The Company will further ensure that its management staff is aware of the Company’s commitment to this policy and each member understands their individual role in the process of administering this plan.

Kent Companies will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.