Talent Acquisition Manager – Power & Utilities

CARIAN

. Personally own priority, difficult, technical, leadership, and confidential searches from intake through accepted offer .

Posted 9/28/2026full-timeSomerset • New Jersey • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $85,000 - $115,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in talent acquisition with a strong focus on sourcing and closing technical and professional positions. Proficient in managing recruiting teams, improving sourcing strategies, and maintaining high-quality candidate pipelines.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Talent Acquisition ManagementPassive Candidate SourcingTechnical RecruitingCandidate AssessmentRecruiting Metrics Analysis

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Hard Skills

Technical RecruitingCandidate AssessmentSourcing StrategiesPipeline ManagementCompensation DiscussionsInterviewing JudgmentRecruiting MetricsCoaching RecruitersClosing CandidatesAccountability in Recruiting

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsOrganizational SkillsCommunication SkillsJudgmentFollow-Through

Tools & Technologies

LinkedIn RecruiterApplicant Tracking SystemsAshbyAI-Enabled Sourcing Tools

Industry Keywords

AECEngineeringUtilitiesEnergyInfrastructureConstructionManagement ConsultingTechnical Professional ServicesExecutive SearchSpecialized Staffing

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Personally own priority, difficult, technical, leadership, and confidential searches from intake through accepted offer
Proactively source passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, industry networks, referrals, databases, direct outreach, and other channels
Develop targeted sourcing strategies for specialized power, utility, engineering, construction, project management, project controls, field services, consulting, digital, and business-development positions
Conduct recruiter screens and independently assess candidate qualifications, relevance, motivation, compensation expectations, and fit
Present qualified candidates to hiring leaders with clear recommendations and relevant market context
Build and maintain pipelines for recurring and strategically important positions
Manage candidate engagement, interviews, compensation discussions, offers, counteroffer risk, and closing
Personally intervene when difficult or stalled searches require additional sourcing or recruiting support
Directly manage, coach, and develop Talent Acquisition team members
Conduct regular pipeline and requisition reviews
Establish expectations for candidate quality, sourcing activity, responsiveness, ownership, and follow-through
Review candidate submissions and calibrate recruiter judgment
Improve recruiter sourcing strategies, screening quality, hiring-manager communication, and candidate closing
Identify searches requiring corrective action
Hold the recruiting team accountable for active pipelines and search progress
Maintain ATS discipline and recruiting data quality across the team
Own and review recruiting metrics, including pipeline health, requisition aging, time to fill, and offer acceptance, and report results to leadership
Lead intake discussions with hiring leaders
Clarify qualifications, candidate profiles, compensation parameters, geography, and sourcing strategy
Challenge unclear, unrealistic, or unnecessarily restrictive requirements using market evidence
Advise leadership on candidate availability, compensation, competitive market conditions, and sourcing strategy
Establish accountability between Talent Acquisition and hiring managers
Escalate stalled decisions, compensation issues, and other hiring risks when appropriate

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of progressive experience in talent acquisition, corporate recruiting, technical recruiting, executive search, staffing, or a related field
Demonstrated success personally sourcing and closing difficult professional and technical positions
Experience recruiting professional and technical talent within AEC, engineering, utilities, energy, infrastructure, construction, management consulting, technical professional services, or a specialized staffing/search firm serving these markets required
Demonstrated experience directly managing or formally leading recruiters, including responsibility for pipeline review, coaching, performance, and accountability
Strong passive-candidate sourcing capability and demonstrated proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter or similar platforms
Demonstrated success recruiting engineering, project/program management, project controls, construction and field services, technical consulting, business development, or comparable specialized talent
Strong candidate-assessment and interviewing judgment
Demonstrated ability to advise and constructively challenge hiring managers
Strong understanding of compensation discussions, candidate motivation, offer management, counteroffers, and closing
Experience using applicant tracking and recruiting systems
Strong analytical, organizational, communication, judgment, and follow-through skills
Ability and willingness to remain personally involved in day-to-day sourcing and recruiting
Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered
Ability to work on-site at CARIAN's Somerset, NJ office three days per week
Direct recruiting experience within electric or gas utilities, power delivery, transmission and distribution, energy, or infrastructure preferred
Experience recruiting within an engineering, AEC, technical consulting, management consulting, or specialized search environment preferred
Experience recruiting both specialized individual contributors and senior leadership positions preferred
Experience with Ashby or another modern applicant tracking system preferred
Experience using AI-enabled sourcing, research, recruiting, and productivity tools effectively preferred
Experience improving recruiter performance through direct coaching, pipeline review, sourcing calibration, and accountability preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Strong compensation
Full benefits
Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Paid time off
Paid holidays
401(k) participation with company match
Potential discretionary bonus incentives or other compensation programs based on company and individual performance
Career growth opportunity
Collaborative culture
Occasional travel for recruiting events, company events, industry events, and other business needs