Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

What We're Looking For:
BargeDesign Solutions, Inc. is currently seeking a Senior Manager of TalentAcquisition to lead strategic recruiting efforts across the company, focusingon technical talent acquisition within the AEC industry-particularly in civilengineering and project management. This role is instrumental in expanding ouremployer brand into new markets, building talent pipelines, and leading ahigh-performing team of recruiters. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, theSenior Manager will serve as a key advisor to senior leadership and businessunit managers, providing talent insights, presenting recruitingperformance data, and supporting firm-wide workforce planning.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and manage a team of recruiters and sourcers focused on hiring top AEC talent, especially civil engineers and engineering project managers.
• Design and implement strategic recruiting initiatives to attract high-impact talent in existing and emerging markets.
• Partner with operational and business leaders to understand workforce needs and align hiring plans with firm goals.
• Present recruiting data, talent market trends, and strategic recommendations to executive leadership and management teams.
• Develop and execute strategies to source and engage talent for infrastructure, transportation, site development, and water sector roles.
• Create an exceptional candidate experience and represent the company at industry events, university engagements, and career fairs.
• Collaborate with the People Team on internal mobility, branding initiatives, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategies.
• Track and analyze recruiting metrics to assess team performance and identify areas for improvement. Contribute to talent strategy efforts that support proposal responses, workforce forecasting, and competitive positioning.

Education & Experience Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business, or a related AEC field; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in recruiting within AEC fields, with at least 2 years in a leadership or management capacity.
• Deep familiarity with sourcing civil engineers, project managers, and other technical professionals in the AEC space.
• Demonstrated success in competitive and emerging talent markets.
• Familiarity with Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD) or similar ATS, and sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter and Indeed.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to present complex information to executives and influence key stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage recruiting projects from strategy through execution.
• Passion for building teams that serve clients, communities, and employees with excellence.
• Experience with project-based or contract staffing models.
• Experience as an agency producer leading a team of recruiters (Trained, Mentored, Proven Success).
• Confidence in your ability to adapt to a particularly high-caliber industry.
• Target-driven and self-motivated with an innate resilience.
• Strong Coaching and Recruiting Skills

Why join us?

Barge Design Solutions,Inc.,is an engineering and architecture firm with diverse in-house multidisciplinarypractice areas. The employee-owned company is more than 550+ people strong andserves clients nationwide from multiple U.S. locations. Barge is ranked on Engineering News-Record (ENR)'s Top 500 Design Firms and Architectural Record's Top 300 Architecture Firms and is a certified GreatPlace To Work.

Our primary purpose for being in business is ultimately to create a better life by unleashing the potential of our people, clients and communities. This purpose is supported by our company's core values because at the end of the day, Barge CARES:

• Collaborate - Help and expect help. Teamwork is essential in what we do.
• Authentic - Honesty, integrity and trust are at the heart of everything we do. We are who we say we are.
• Responsible - We are accountable for our work, our attitude, and our actions. We make Barge better.
• Excellence - We go all in and expect more of ourselves than others expect of us.
• Service - We are humble. We use our gifts in service of others.

We believe that if we are living out our purpose for being in business and integrating our values into everything we do, we will ultimately achieve our vision to be the firm best known for being selected when it matters most.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled