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Bilfinger is an international industrial services providerwith a vision to be the No. 1 for its customers in enhancing efficiency and sustainability within the process industry. Bilfinger’s comprehensive portfolio spans the entire value chain, from consulting & engineering to prefabrication & installation, access & insulation, and services that improve the asset performance of industrial plants.

The company operates in three geography-based segments: Western Europe, Central Europe, and International, with primary activities in Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Its process industry customers come from markets such as chemicals & petrochemicals, energy, oil & gas, and pharma & biopharma. With about 31,000 employees, Bilfinger upholds the highest standards of safety and quality, generating revenue of €5.4 billion in the financial year 2025. To achieve its goals, Bilfinger has identified two strategic levers: Operational Excellence to continuously improve its own efficiency and performance, and Market Expansion to strengthen customer orientation and establish Bilfinger as the partner of choice.

Bilfinger North America | The Woodlands, Texas | United States

The Recruiting Manager, United States leads the development and execution of a standardized recruiting strategy for Bilfinger North America across all U.S. entities. This role supports Bilfinger’s vision to be the partner of choice for customers by enhancing efficiency and sustainability in the process industry, ensuring the business has the talent needed to deliver safe, high-quality, reliable performance for customers.

Reporting to the Vice President, Human Resources – United States on an interim basis, and ultimately aligning with the Segment Recruitment organization, the Recruiting Manager will provide leadership for U.S. recruiting operations, including white-collar, blue-collar, skilled craft, technical, professional, project, and leadership roles. The position is responsible for building consistent recruiting practices, improving systems and processes, establishing meaningful handoffs to onboarding, and developing proactive talent pipelines that support Bilfinger’s current and future workforce needs.

• Develop and execute a U.S. recruiting strategy for Bilfinger North America that supports business priorities, workforce planning, project schedules, growth objectives, and operational staffing needs across all entities.
• Lead or support cross Segment projects and work groups as and when required to enhance talent attraction processes, materials and systems.
• Lead, coach, and develop U.S. recruiting team members to deliver consistent, timely, compliant, and business-focused recruiting support.
• Standardize recruiting systems, tools, workflows, requisition intake, candidate communications, interview practices, selection documentation, and handoff points to onboarding.
• Partner with executive leadership, operations leaders, project teams, HR Business Partners, HSE, Compliance, Legal, and Finance to align recruiting priorities with business requirements and risk considerations.
• Oversee full-cycle recruiting activities for white-collar and blue-collar roles, including corporate, professional, operations, field, craft, skilled trades, technical, project, and leadership positions.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for high-demand roles in construction, maintenance, project management, safety, quality, project controls, engineering, operations leadership, skilled craft, and corporate support functions.
• Support early-career, internship, university, trade school, veteran, community workforce, and employee referral strategies that strengthen Bilfinger’s long-term talent pipeline.
• Establish recruiting metrics and reporting to track time-to-fill, requisition aging, source effectiveness, candidate flow, offer acceptance, quality indicators, recruiter workload, and hiring manager satisfaction.
• Strengthen Bilfinger’s employer brand by clearly articulating who Bilfinger is globally, who Bilfinger is in the U.S., and the long-term career value proposition for candidates.
• Ensure recruiting processes comply with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, company policies, EEO requirements, I-9 and E-Verify processes, applicant tracking standards, and any federal contractor or OFCCP-related obligations that may apply.
• Manage relationships with external search firms, staffing agencies, recruitment marketing vendors, background screening partners, and other recruiting service providers to ensure quality, value, compliance, and performance.
• Partner with HR leadership on workforce planning, compensation alignment, succession planning, onboarding effectiveness, retention trends, labor market insights, and hard-to-fill role strategies.
• Represent Bilfinger at recruiting events, career fairs, campus visits, trade association meetings, customer-adjacent workforce events, and community development programs as needed.
• Support Segment/Group Recruiting subject matter experts when required in projects, tasks and work teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or a related field; equivalent directly related experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive recruiting or talent acquisition experience, including experience supporting multi-site or geographically dispersed operations.
• Experience recruiting for industrial services, construction, maintenance, manufacturing, engineering, energy, chemicals, petrochemicals, utilities, infrastructure, government services, or other field-based operating environments strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing full-cycle recruiting for high-volume, skilled trades, technical, professional, and leadership positions.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. employment laws and recruiting compliance requirements, including EEO, applicant tracking, interview documentation, I-9, E-Verify, background screening, and offer practices.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems, HRIS platforms, recruiting analytics, sourcing tools, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to travel within the United States as needed to support business locations, recruiting events, project sites, and stakeholder meetings.

• Professional certification such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, AIRS, or similar recruiting credentials.
• Experience building recruiting processes for project-based, union, non-union, craft, field, or turnaround workforces.
• Experience managing OFCCP-related recruiting documentation, affirmative action support, state job bank postings, veteran outreach, or disability outreach requirements where applicable.
• Experience implementing or optimizing applicant tracking systems, recruitment marketing tools, talent communities, or recruiting dashboards.
• Knowledge of industrial labor markets across major U.S. regions, including Gulf Coast, Southeast, Midwest, and project-driven markets.

• Safety and Integrity: Demonstrates sound judgment, maintains fair and compliant hiring practices, and reinforces Bilfinger’s commitment to never compromising on safety or integrity.
• Customer and Business Orientation: Understands operational requirements and partners with leaders to provide recruiting solutions that enable reliable performance for customers.
• Operational Excellence: Improves recruiting processes, systems, reporting, and team execution to increase consistency, efficiency, quality, and scalability.
• People Leadership: Sets clear expectations, develops recruiting team members, and promotes accountability, collaboration, service, and continuous improvement.
• Candidate and Employee Experience: Creates a professional, respectful, timely, and informative experience that reflects Bilfinger’s culture and strengthens the employment brand.
• Data-Driven Decision-Making: Uses recruiting metrics, labor market insights, and business feedback to identify gaps, prioritize actions, and recommend practical solutions.

This role is based at Bilfinger North America’s U.S. headquarters in The Woodlands, Texas, with responsibility for recruiting support across the United States. The position operates in a professional office environment and will require periodic travel to branch offices, project sites, customer locations, recruiting events, campus events, and workforce development meetings. The role may interact with field and site-based environments where safety requirements, customer protocols, and site access requirements apply.

If you have any questions please contactJason Alan Jaure (jason.jaure@bilfinger.com).

Bilfinger is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law.