REPORTS TO: Recruitment Manager
SUPERVISES: N/A
AUTHORITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Organize & support internal and external recruitment efforts to attract diverse talent to meet the various staffing goals across all levels within multiple departments.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships and partner with Hiring Managers
- Work closely with Hiring Managers to ensure complete understanding of company/department structure and hiring needs to maximize effectiveness of recruitment process.
- Regular follow up with the respective Hiring Managers and candidates to ensure timeliness of recruitment process
- Develop and implement search strategies that include intranet, social media, job boards and vendor relationships to attract active and passive candidates.
- Review applications submitted ensuring candidates are assessed against appropriate criteria discussing opportunities and alternative career paths with employee candidates when required.
- Provide instruction on Recruitment/Internal Promotion Processes and interviewing guidelines to Hiring Managers
- Administer the required testing processes to candidates
- Presentation of pre-screened, qualified candidates to hiring managers.
- Develop customized pre-screening and interview skill and behavioral based questions and evaluation forms for each requisitioned position.
- Coordinate interview schedules including travel arrangements when necessary, with hiring managers and candidates. Provide instruction on interviewing guidelines and techniques to Hiring Managers
- Collaborate with interview team to gather and share feedback on candidates and participate in final hiring decisions
- Initiate the onboarding process of candidates selected for hire, including preparation and extension of offer packages, conducting background screenings, scheduling of drug screening, fit for duty exams and orientation.
- Initiate the promotion/transfer process of candidates selected, including preparation and extension of internal offer packages, and ccompletion and submittal of Employee Change of Status forms
- Provide timely application status feedback and career pathing to all internal candidates.
- Assure internal promotions occur with minimal disruption to business flow by coordinating with Hiring managers to arrange transition dates.
- Maintain all pertinent applicant and interview data in the applicant tracking system.
- Maintain current knowledge of supply and demand trends of skills and talent required to sustain Austal’s hiring demands
- Attend seminars, webinars, and other presentations to maintain current knowledge of changes in laws and other information applicable to compliant federal contractor recruitment.
- Actively participate in all staffing related activities and engage in cross functional projects
- Develop and execute a personal time management plan
QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE:
- Production
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resource or related field preferred
- 0-2 years’ experience in Human Resources
- Technical knowledge of Shipbuilding production roles
- Must be self-directed, able to multi-task, and independently prioritize.
- Must have demonstrated ability utilizing multiple recruiting resources, including internet sourcing, social e-networking, job boards, targeted business groups, agencies, job fairs, publication advertising, etc.
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook, and Internet usage required.
- Experience with Workday HRIS system preferred
- Working knowledge of AAP, EEO and OFCCP guidelines as they pertain to government contracting preferred.
- Must maintain a high level of confidentiality-required
TOOLS: None
DIRECTION EXERCISED:
DISCRETION EXERCISED:
Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, and to select best qualified candidates for hire and promotion.
LIASES WITH: All departments, internal and external candidates, staffing agencies, and area organizations
ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES:
- Candidates must meet the following employment eligibility guidelines to be considered for employment with Austal USA:
- 18 years of age or older at time of application.
- Able to provide proof of US Person Status
- No felony convictions of Theft/Deception or Violent crimes within seven years from disposition date
- No felony convictions of Drug crimes within three years from disposition date
- Willing to submit to a drug screen
- Willing to submit to a background check
Equal Employment Commitment
Any qualified individual with a disability who is having difficulty in completing an application because of incompatible technology or other disability-related application issues may contact us at the following phone number for assistance: 251-445-1932.
Austal’s commitment to equal employment opportunity applies at all levels of employment, in all job titles, including the executive level, and to all employment actions, including but not limited to decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, training, and promotion.
What We Do
Austal USA is a ship manufacturer headquartered in Mobile, Ala., with service centers in San Diego and Singapore and a technology center in Charlottesville, Va. With the most modern steel panel line in the shipbuilding industry, Austal USA’s facility is capable of supporting the manufacture of both aluminum and steel ships. Austal USA leverages a moving module production line and strict adherence to lean manufacturing principles to consistently deliver on-schedule and on-budget. Austal USA is currently under contract for several programs, including the U.S. Coast Guard’s Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), and the U.S. Navy TAGOS-25 ocean surveillance ship, Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF), Navajo-class Towing, Salvage and Rescue ship (T-ATS), Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessel, Expeditionary Medical Ship (EMS), Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Medium (AFDM), and Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) programs. Austal USA is also supporting Navy unmanned vessel programs leveraging its advanced machinery control system. Austal USA’s service business provides global support to U.S. Navy, Military Sealift Command and other customers. Austal USA’s San Diego Service Center includes a waterfront facility that will have the capability to drydock small combatants and similar sized ships. Earning 27 safety excellence awards, Austal USA continues to be one of the safest shipyards in America








