Workforce Development Specialist

 Workforce Development Specialist - Recruitment -Corporate

Overview: Butler Machinery is a third generation family-owned company, proudly serving our communities since 1955. Our mission is to build long term relationships with our customers, founded on trust, generating mutual growth and success.

Responsibilities:
•Develops, plans and executes workforce development strategy for Service Union positions and the ThinkBig partnerships at North Dakota State College of Science and Lake Area Technical Institute.
•Will actively recruit for these positions.
•Schedules high school and college visits to include presentations.
•Coordinates the attendance of career fairs at colleges and high schools, attend student group meetings, and increase college and high school awareness of the company before and after career fairs.
•Collaborates with stores for specific recruitment marketing opportunities and/or regional marketing needs.
•Web-based recruitment responsibilities to include but not limited to:
oPost positions to appropriate Internet sources.
oProvide ideas for the company website recruiting page
oResearch new ways of using the Internet for recruitment.
oUse social and professional networking sites to identify and source candidates.
•Manage the use of outsourced recruiters and headhunters.
•Network with Caterpillar dealers.
•Work with military outplacements services to source potential candidates.
•Promote the Butler Machinery Work Experience.
•Review applicants to evaluate if they meet the position requirements.
•Conduct pre-employment testing.
•Conduct prescreening interviews.
•Maintain all pertinent applicant and interview data in the applicant tracking system.
•Work closely with the vendor of BMC's applicant tracking software. Make recommendations for workflow improvements.
•Assist in performing reference and background checks for potential employees.
•Assist in writing and forwarding rejection notices.
•Assist in interviewing and selecting employees.
•Assist in preparing and sending offer packages.
•Serves a department backup to Workforce Development Specialist- Training
•Works within and promotes vision, mission, and values of BMC.
•Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
•Bachelor's degree in human resources, organizational development, business communications or related field and a minimum of two to four years of training and development, project management, or equivalent in related work experience.
•Proven candidate sourcing and relationship building skills.
•Excellent computer skills in a Microsoft Windows environment.
•Effective oral and written communication skills.
•General knowledge of various employment laws and practices.
•Excellent interpersonal and coaching skills.
•Excellent organizational skills.
•Ability to work with various departments and foster teamwork.
•Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
•Ability to maintain the highly confidential nature of human resources work.
•Ability to travel for recruitment meetings, college visits, and career fairs and maintain a flexible work schedule.
•Must have a clean driving record and be found insurable to drive a company vehicle.
•This position will be required to travel to ND, SD and NE (25%)

EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability