The Role
Lead full-cycle, high-volume recruiting across technical and non-technical departments. Build hiring manager relationships, improve recruiting processes and candidate experience, source top talent, run interview trainings, and collaborate with TA and HR teams to shorten time-to-fill and drive diverse hiring.
Summary Generated by Built In
About Commonwealth Fusion Systems:
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is on a mission to deliver the urgent transition to fusion energy.
Combining decades of research, top talent, and new technologies, we’re designing and building commercially viable fusion power plants. And we're working with policymakers and suppliers to build the energy industry of the future.
We’re in the best position to make it happen. Since 2018, we’ve raised nearly $3 billion in capital, making us the largest and leading private fusion company in the world.
Now we’re looking for more thinkers, doers, builders, and makers to join us. People who’ll bring new perspectives, solve tough problems, and thrive as part of a team.
If that’s you and this role fits, we want to hear from you.
Join the power movement as a Senior Talent Acquisition Recruiter - Contract
We have an opportunity to change the world and fight climate change by hiring world class talent. Commonwealth Fusion Systems is looking for a senior recruiter to own full-cycle recruiting across all departments. This individual will be part of a rapidly growing dynamic passionate company.
This role will be a great fit for you, if the following speaks to you...
➢ You are a great relationship builder and have expert business facing influencing skills.
➢ You are energized by the idea of trying new approaches, failing fast and continuously improving for better outcomes.
➢ You are passionate about building diverse teams.
➢ You will evaluate current recruiting practices, recommend changes to core processes to improve candidate experience, reduce organizational time on recruiting, and shorten time to fill.
What you'll do:
- Be a champion of CFS Energy’s operating principles and unique company culture
- Manage the full-cycle recruitment process from sourcing to candidate decision meeting, ensuring an exceptional candidate journey
- Execute high-volume requisitions, both technical and non-technical, across all departments including but not limited to supply chain, engineering, finance, operations, and manufacturing.
- Build strong hiring manager relationships
- Prioritize the candidate experience by ensuring stellar communication, high touch processes, and representing CFS
- Look beyond direct applications and leverage search engines, career sites, recruiting events, and other innovative and creative sourcing techniques to find the best talent in the market
- Lead new manager interview trainings and Fireside Chats to discuss the latest trends in recruiting with hiring managers
- Collaborate with the talent acquisition and human resources team for recruitment best practices and growing the company
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of experience
- 10+ years of full life cycle recruiting including targeted outreach, sourcing, hiring manager collaboration, compensation negotiation, scheduling, closing and onboarding of candidates
- Well-versed in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategies, building networks within talent communities, and creative candidate lead generation
- A solid understanding of recruiting metrics and how they drive performance
- Demonstrated strength in communication, negotiation and organization skills
- Demonstrated ability to successfully lead and facilitate interview stakeholders through the interview, selection and hiring process
- Success at creating and executing complex recruitment strategies and techniques
Bonus points:
- Knowledge of applicant tracking systems, including detailed reporting preferred
- Exposure to US immigration practices is highly valued, but not required
Essential Requirements:
- Perform activities such as typing, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time
- Willingness to occasionally travel to recruiting events, batch hiring days, hiring training events, and team building sessions
- Dedication to safety to mitigate industrial hazards that may include heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead (Pb), high voltage, and cryogenics
- #LI-Onsite
At CFS, we excel in fast-paced environments, driven by our values of integrity, execution, impact, and self-critique. As we grow, we’re eager to bring on mission-driven folks who offer diverse perspectives and fresh ways to tackle challenges.
We value diversity deeply and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer by choice. We consider all qualified applicants equally, regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law.
This role requires compliance with U.S. laws concerning the export of controlled or protected technologies or information (collectively, “Export Control Laws"). Any offer of employment will be contingent on the need for compliance with such Export Control Laws.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of full life cycle recruiting experience
- Experience with targeted outreach, sourcing, hiring manager collaboration, compensation negotiation, scheduling, closing and onboarding
- Well-versed in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategies and talent community building
- Solid understanding of recruiting metrics and performance measurement
- Strong communication, negotiation, and organizational skills
- Ability to lead and facilitate interview stakeholders through selection and hiring
- Proven success creating and executing complex recruitment strategies
- Knowledge of applicant tracking systems, including detailed reporting
- Exposure to US immigration practices
- Willingness to occasionally travel to recruiting events and hiring activities
- Ability to perform typing, standing, or sitting for extended periods
- Dedication to safety to mitigate industrial hazards (heat, cold, noise, fumes, magnets, lead, high voltage, cryogenics)
- On-site work requirement
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The Company
What We Do
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has the fastest, lowest cost path to commercial fusion energy. CFS is collaborating with MIT to leverage decades of research combined with new groundbreaking high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technology. HTS magnets will enable compact fusion power plants that can be constructed faster and at lower cost. CFS is now building SPARC, the world's first commercially relevant, net energy fusion demonstration device. SPARC will pave the way for the first fusion power plant, ARC, that will produce power on the grid. The ultimate mission is to deploy fusion power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible. CFS has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution. Supported by the world’s leading investors, CFS is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change. If you are interested in joining our team, check out cfs.energy/careers for more information.
