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About Kerr Contractors:
Established in 1988, Kerr Contractors is a leading heavy civil general contractor and construction management firm headquartered in Woodburn, Oregon. Kerr Contractors is recognized as one of the most technically advanced earth-moving, road building, and underground utility contractors in the region. Our business is founded on trusting relationships, excellent service, workmanship that has enduring character, and meeting or exceeding customer expectations every time. We have staked our reputation on our ability to deliver each of these.

We have a new opportunity for an experienced recruiter to join our team.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Lead the full-cycle recruitment process including requisition approval, hiring manager intake meeting, job advertising, candidate sourcing, application review, candidate screening, interview strategy and offer process.
  • Partner with leadership to develop job descriptions and support workforce planning.
  • Implement creative sourcing strategies to identify and successfully recruit key talent for exempt and non-exempt level roles.
  • Build, engage, and maintain pre-qualified as well as prospective candidate pools of strong former candidates and new candidates.
  • Support talent acquisition initiative for the organization, schedule interviews, conduct reference checks, and background checks.
  • Manage the new hire onboarding process.
  • Act as a consultant to the organization to support HR policies and procedures.
  • Provide additional support to human resources programs as needed, such as in training, development, benefits, safety, and compliance.
Qualifications:
  • Requires a minimum of 2 years of recruiting experience.
  • Requires proven experience sourcing and recruiting craft laborers in a high-volume environment.
  • Ability to source talent for all levels of the organization including exempt and non-exempt roles.
  • Experience working in construction or related industries.
  • Experience working in corporate talent acquisition.
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills with all levels.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to set clear goals and deliver into key objectives independently.
  • Microsoft Office
Benefits:
  • Competitive Salary
  • PTO
  • Community Involvement
  • Team Building Events
  • Annual Company Events
  • Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401k
  • Paid Holidays
  • Profit Sharing

To apply for any of our open positions, please fill out an application using the link below and email to our Recruiting Team or come into our office in Woodburn. We can be reached at (971) 216-0050 for any questions regarding our application process.

Equal Opportunity Statement: As an equal opportunity employer Kerr Contractors will hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability. Kerr Contractors also enforces a zero-tolerance drug policy.

Accessibility: If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Human Resources at [email protected]

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