Recruiter (Skilled Trades)

Meriton
Houston, TX
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with high-volume recruitment experience in skilled trades and field service roles, working in a collaborative, multi-location environment.

Best fit for

  • Individuals who have managed a diverse requisition portfolio, including skilled trades and sales roles
    — “Experience managing a diverse requisition portfolio and adapting recruiting strategies for skilled trades, sales, operations, and corporate support positions.”
  • Candidates who can deliver a professional candidate experience and coordinate with hiring managers effectively
    — “Deliver a responsive, professional candidate experience from first contact through start date.”

Things to consider

  • Candidates must be prepared to work with multiple Operating Companies across different regions
    — “Owns full-cycle recruiting for assigned Operating Companies across a diverse portfolio of positions.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your track record of successful trades hiring and pipeline development in your resume and interview responses
    — “Build sustainable talent pipelines through trade schools, apprenticeship programs, military transition programs, community partnerships, and proactive sourcing.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to adapt sourcing strategies for different roles, such as sales and operations
    — “Applies a consistent full-cycle recruiting process across all requisition types while adapting sourcing strategies, screening criteria, and candidate engagement approaches to each role.”
  • Emphasize your experience with applicant tracking systems and your understanding of recruitment metrics
    — “Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and recruiting metrics.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • time-to-fill reduction
  • pipeline volume and quality improvement
  • offer-acceptance rate increase
Typical background
5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experiencedemonstrated success in high-volume skilled trades recruiting

Skills & requirements

Required

Full-cycle RecruitingTrade-specific QualificationsTechnical Aptitude AssessmentATS UsageCandidate Experience Management

Preferred

Sales RecruitingOperations Recruiting

Stack & domain

Full-cycle RecruitingTrade SchoolsApprenticeship ProgramsMilitary Transition ProgramsCommunity PartnershipsProactive SourcingTechnical AptitudeTrade-specific QualificationsCertificationsLicensing RequirementsRide-alongsShop VisitsHands-on AssessmentsConsistent Full-cycle Recruiting ProcessSourcing StrategiesScreening CriteriaCandidate Engagement ApproachesATSInterview LogisticsOffer-to-start HandoffCandidate ExperiencePipeline StatusMarket RealitiesOnboarding HandoffTrade-specific Certification Or Licensing NeedsKpisTime-to-fillPipeline Volume And QualityOffer-acceptance RateEarly-tenure RetentionResponsiveness/turnaroundPartnershipCommunicationTeamworkAdaptabilityProblem-solvingLeadershipCollaborationMentorshipRecruitingHuman ResourcesTalent AcquisitionSkilled TradesSalesOperations

About the role

Original posting from Meriton via Greenhouse

Meriton is a national team of experts driving HVAC innovation through a network of high-performing companies. From strategy and support to systems and solutions, we work behind the scenes to strengthen operations and build value—for our partners and our people.

If you’re looking to make an impact, we’re glad you’re here. At Meriton, you’ll join a team that believes in big ideas, doing great work, and building careers that matter—every step of the way.

SUMMARY

Owns full-cycle recruiting for assigned Operating Companies across a diverse portfolio of positions, including skilled trades, sales, and operations. Partners with the Talent Strategic Partner and Operating Company hiring managers to prioritize hiring needs based on business demand, requisition volume, and urgency. Maintains the flexibility and recruiting expertise needed to adjust across job functions while delivering consistent recruiting practices and a strong candidate and hiring-manager experience.

TRADES RECRUITING

Owns full-cycle recruiting for service technicians, apprentices, installers, and other field-based positions.

Build sustainable talent pipelines through trade schools, apprenticeship programs, military transition programs, community partnerships, and proactive sourcing.

Partners with hiring managers to evaluate technical aptitude, trade-specific qualifications, certifications, and licensing requirements and coordinates ride-alongs, shop visits, or hands-on assessments when appropriate.

SALES AND OTHER REQUISITIONS

Owns or supports recruiting for sales and operations positions based on regional and organizational hiring needs.

Applies a consistent full-cycle recruiting process across all requisition types while adapting sourcing strategies, screening criteria, and candidate engagement approaches to each role.

Communicates workload and capacity considerations to the Talent Strategic Partner to support effective prioritization and allocation of recruiting resources.

FULL CYCLE EXECUTION

Source, screen, and schedule candidates through the ATS for all assigned requisitions.

Coordinate interview logistics with Operating Company hiring managers and provide timely candidate feedback.

Extend offers within approved parameters and manage the offer-to-start handoff.

CANDIDATE AND HIRING MANAGER EXPERIENCE

Deliver a responsive, professional candidate experience from first contact through start date.

Keep Operating Company hiring managers informed on pipeline status and market realities for their open requisitions.

Hand off new hires cleanly to onboarding, including any trade-specific certification or licensing needs.

Maintain accurate, up-to-date req and candidate status in the ATS.

KPIs

Time-to-fill

Pipeline volume and quality for trades roles specifically 

Offer-acceptance rate and early-tenure retention of trades hires 

Responsiveness/turnaround on flex (non-trades) req assignments 

PARTNERS WITH

Operating Company Hiring Managers — req intake, candidate feedback, interview scheduling 

Talent Strategic Partner — req prioritization, capacity/flex assignments 

Talent Development — onboarding handoff, trade certification/licensing tracking 

Trade schools, apprenticeship & military transition programs — pipeline building 

REQUIREMENTS

5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with demonstrated success hiring high-volume skilled trades, field service, technician and sales roles across multiple locations.

Proven ability to build talent pipelines through trade schools, apprenticeship programs, military transition programs, community partnerships, and proactive sourcing.

Experience managing a diverse requisition portfolio and adapting recruiting strategies for skilled trades, sales, operations, and corporate support positions.

Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and recruiting metrics, with strong organizational, communication, and hiring-manager partnership skills.

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status.  Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

Salary ranges listed are dependent upon a candidate’s qualifications, experience, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the specific role and location.

Source: Meriton careers (Greenhouse)

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