Talent Acquisition Manager

We are a leading company in the wireless broadband communications industry looking for talented professionals with a winning attitude.
Job Description
Main duties, responsibilities, and expectations
Build and execute the talent acquisition strategy for the El Paso greenfield launch, translating the approved workforce plan into quarterly/monthly hiring waves by function, skill, shift and source.
Own recruiting capacity planning for direct labor, technical, engineering, professional and leadership roles; maintain demand, funnel, aging, conversion, yield and time-to-fill dashboards.
Design the mass-hiring operating model for direct labor, including job fairs, hiring events, community outreach, staffing agencies, contingent labor, referral programs and rapid onboarding coordination
Lead professional and leadership recruiting for directly or through assigned recruiters/agencies, with particular focus on manufacturing engineering, automation, quality, supply chain, IT/DMIS, finance and plant leadership.
Build an El Paso employer-branding and sourcing strategy using Workforce Solutions Borderplex, UTEP, EPCC, regional high schools/technical programs, social platforms and community organizations.
Benchmark candidate supply, wage competitiveness and competing employers and provide data-based recommendations on pay, shift premiums, sign-on incentives and sourcing investments.
Govern agency/vendor selection, commercial terms, service-level expectations, candidate ownership, compliance, conversion terms and quality metrics.
Ensure compliant recruiting processes under federal and Texas requirements, including EEO/non-discrimination, ADA/PWFA considerations, lawful job requirements, FCRA background-check procedures, drug-testing policy, I-9/E-Verify handoff and record retention.
Partner with HR and immigration counsel to identify roles/candidates appropriate for TN, L-1 or other authorized work strategies; ensure recruiting never promises immigration outcomes outside approved policy.
Create standardized requisition intake, interview guides, selection criteria, approval workflows, offer templates, pre-employment checklists and recruiting SOPs.
Ensure hiring managers and interviewers are trained on structured interviewing, lawful selection practices, bias mitigation, candidate experience and WNC competencies.
Embed WNC core competencies into selection criteria and interview questions appropriate to each level.
Coordinate closely with HR Operations, payroll, benefits, IT, Facilities, Security, EHS, and L&D to ensure candidates can be processed, equipped, oriented, and trained at the required pace.
Own candidate experience and pre-boarding communications, including bilingual materials where appropriate for the El Paso labor market.
Manage recruiting budget, agency spend, job-board spend, relocation/recruiting incentives, and cost-per-hire reporting.
Develop internal-mobility and candidate pipelines while maintaining transparent eligibility criteria and coordinating cross-border transfer requirements.
Create contingency hiring plans for launch-critical roles and maintain succession/back-up candidate slates for roles that could constrain equipment installation, qualification or production start.
Lead, coach and develop recruiters'/TA specialists and temporary recruiting support as the hiring volume expands.
Participate in workforce-readiness reviews and escalate labor-market, pay, capacity or process risks early to the North America HR Leader and MIA project team.
Perform other recruiting and workforce-readiness duties inherent to the role according to launch needs.
Knowledge, Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business, Psychology, Communications or related field.
Minimum 7–10 years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including 3+ years leading recruiting programs or teams in manufacturing, high-volume, technical or greenfield environments.
Demonstrated experience with direct-labor mass hiring and professional/engineering recruiting.
Knowledge of U.S. recruiting compliance, EEO, ADA/PWFA recruiting implications, FCRA background checks, drug-testing governance and I-9/E-Verify process handoffs.
Strong knowledge of agency management, sourcing, recruiting analytics, structured interviewing and candidate funnel management.
Experience recruiting in El Paso/Borderplex or similar competitive manufacturing labor markets strongly preferred.
English/Spanish bilingual capability strongly preferred.
Experience with Workday Recruiting or comparable ATS; strong Excel/Power BI reporting capability desirable.
Ability to work in a fast-changing greenfield environment with high accountability and cross-functional dependencies.
Competencies Required
Talent market intelligence
Data-based decision-making
Influence and hiring-manager partnership
High-volume execution discipline
Vendor negotiation
Candidate experience and employer branding
Ethics and confidentiality
Authority
Define recruiting channels, sourcing tactics, hiring-event calendar and recruiter workload within the approved staffing plan and budget.
Recommend use of staffing vendors, recruiting agencies, job boards and incentives; manage performance against approved contracts.
Stop or escalate selection practices that create legal, ethical, compensation or candidate-experience risk.
Recommend hiring-process changes and recruiting capacity increases when demand cannot be met with current resources.
Maintain recruiting metrics and formally escalate launch-critical staffing risks.
Communication
Communication must be timely, accurate, inclusive, legally appropriate and consistent with WNC employer-brand standards.
Education
Bachelor - Human Resources Management
Work Experience
Language
Skills

Skills
Talent Acquisition, Power BI, Excel, Negotiation, Sourcing, HR Operations, Payroll, Onboarding