Senior Recruiter

Dewberry is currently seeking a Senior Recruiter to join the Human Resources Department of our Architectural/Engineering firm. The Recruiter will provide full life-cycle recruitment services for technical positions; as well as professional staff positions. This is an excellent opportunity for an exceedingly motivated and hard-working individual to take on a challenging and exciting role in a fast paced environment.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 50 locations and 2,000 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and talented individual to join a team of outstanding professionals. This position offers potential for professional growth in a great working environment and the opportunity to apply the latest technology to assist our clients in solving their most challenging problems.

Dewberry offers a comprehensive and very competitive package of insurance programs to regular full-time employees and their eligible dependents the first of the month following their date of hire. The insurance package includes: medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life. Additional insurances, at no cost to the employee: life (employee only), accidental death and dismemberment, business travel and accident, and short- and long-term disability are also provided. Employees pay a share of Dewberry’s premium expenses (on a pre-tax basis) for medical and dental insurance plans.

Dewberry offers a wide range of other employee benefits, including: 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, 529 College Savings Plans, Travel Assistance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Spending Accounts and Supplemental Life Insurance for employee, spouse, and children.

Positions within our officer program are also eligible for an annual bonus and stipend. Both vary based on level within the program and bonuses are dependent upon company performance.

In addition, a host of discounted purchase programs are available to all employees.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers to plan and execute talent needs.
• Manage and perform full cycle recruiting including sourcing, screening, interviewing and closing top talent.
• Identify and source top talent through multiple venues such as job boards, industry-specific sites, college and university campus job fairs and contacts, social media outlets, and other sourcing means.
• Develop strong relationships with the company’s operational leaders, external professional organizations, colleges and universities, and industry contacts to identify qualified leaders and professionals.
• Review resumes and credentials for skills, experience, and knowledge in relation to position requirements while complying with EEO and OFCCP federal regulations.
• Assist with the development of job descriptions if needed and create and post all open requisitions through our ATS.
• Advise and consult hiring managers throughout the hiring process to help identify the top candidates while ensuring compliance with the HR policies and procedures.
• Provide regular status reports to the Manager and ensure that candidate tracking is up-to-date and compliant in the Applicant Tracking System.
• Work in concert with recruiting staff to ensure cross functional correlation.

• BA or a BS degree.
• Minimum 8 years of experience providing full life-cycle corporate recruiting in a professional organization.
• Experience recruiting in an Transportation, Water, Construction, Environmental preferred.
• Ability to thrive, and preference for, dynamic, fast paced and high growth environments.
• Ability to build and implement successful, creative approaches to talent acquisition.
• Demonstrated success utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter and other alternative sourcing methods to identify and hire high level positions with niche skill sets.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Experience with a web-based applicant tracking system, preferably iCIMS.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum 8 years of related experience
• Architecture and Engineering recruiting experience
• Ability to apply nontraditional sourcing strategies.
• Ability to work in an extremely high-volume, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to build excellent relationships with a large number of staff and candidates.
• Possession of excellent negotiating, analytical, and presentation skills.
• Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must possess strong initiative, attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Goal oriented, motivated, self-starter with a desire to learn and contribute in a team environment

The projected salary range for this position is $90,000-$110,000 annually. Depending upon other factors, i.e., skills, experience, location, market conditions, the range may vary slightly. These ranges are for CO only.

This posting is anticipated to close on April 10th 2024.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employee’s. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters: Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.