Recruiter

Description

Job Purpose:

Support Sea Box staffing needs by recruiting, screening, coordinating placement, and retaining qualified temporary workers, direct-hire Sea Box employees, and temporary-to-permanent employees.

Job Summary:

This position reports to the Human Resources department and partners with hiring managers, production leadership, and staffing agencies to fill manufacturing, operations, administrative, and professional vacancies. The Recruiter manages the recruiting process from requisition through onboarding and monitors temporary staffing assignments and conversions to regular Sea Box employment.  

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate full-cycle recruitment for direct Sea Box hires, including job postings, sourcing, screening, interviews, selection support, offers, and onboarding handoffs.
• Manage requests for temporary labor; communicate staffing requirements, schedules, pay rates, skills, and start dates to approved staffing agencies.
• Review temporary-worker referrals, coordinate interviews and skills evaluations, verify assignment readiness with agencies, and track attendance, performance, and assignment status.
• Monitor temporary-to-permanent candidates, including hours worked, eligibility milestones, supervisor feedback, conversion approvals, and timely transition to Sea Box payroll and benefits as applicable.
• Maintain accurate records of requisitions, candidates, temporary assignments, conversion dates, agency terms, and hiring outcomes in Paylocity and approved tracking tools.
• Partner with supervisors to forecast staffing needs, prioritize urgent openings, and maintain qualified candidate pipelines for production and other departments.
• Coordinate pre-employment assessments, background checks, drug screens, references, and required documentation consistent with company policy and applicable law.
• Schedule interviews, communicate professionally with applicants and staffing partners, and provide timely status updates and disposition notices.
• Coordinate and conduct new-hire onboarding and orientation for direct hires and temporary-to-permanent conversions, including completion of required paperwork, employment eligibility verification (Form I-9), Paylocity setup, and communication of company policies and expectations.
• Coordinate first-day readiness with HR, hiring managers, Safety, IT, and staffing agencies, including start dates, reporting instructions, work schedules, badges, system access, and required equipment.
• Ensure new employees and converting temporary workers receive required onboarding documents, policy acknowledgments, benefits enrollment information (when eligible), and applicable safety training.
• Track onboarding completion, follow up on missing documentation and training, and maintain accurate and confidential personnel records in approved HR systems.
• Partner with supervisors to check in with new hires during their initial employment period, identify onboarding concerns, and support retention and a positive employee experience.
• Track recruiting measures such as time-to-fill, temporary headcount, agency performance, turnover, conversion rates, and recruiting costs; recommend improvements.
• Promote consistent, fair, and nondiscriminatory hiring practices; protect candidate and employee confidentiality.
• Coordinate with HR regarding agency invoices, contractual conversion terms, worker concerns, attendance, and performance issues; escalate matters promptly.
• Actively identify opportunities to improve recruiting efficiency, candidate experience, retention, and cost effectiveness.
• Support the Sea Box Quality Policy and applicable safety requirements; perform other duties as assigned.

Why work for Sea Box?

• Competitive compensation and opportunities for advancement
• 401(k) employer match; paid time off and holidays
• Medical and dental benefits for eligible employees
• Additional company programs and benefits, subject to eligibility and current plan terms

Requirements

Skills/Qualifications:

Strong communication, organization, follow-up, and relationship-building skills; ability to manage competing hiring priorities and maintain confidential records. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and applicant tracking/HRIS systems (Paylocity preferred). Familiarity with manufacturing staffing, staffing-agency coordination, and temporary-to-permanent conversion processes preferred.

Education:

High school diploma or GED required; coursework or degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field preferred.

Experience:

Prior recruiting, staffing, HR, or operations experience preferred; manufacturing or high-volume hourly recruiting experience is a plus. Equivalent transferable experience will be considered.

Pay range: $25.00/hour - $27.50/hour

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER COMMITTED TO HIRING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE.