Join Waste Connections, Inc., and Connect with Your Future!

Voted one of the top 200 small and mid-cap companies in America by Forbes Magazine three years in a row, Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE:WCN) is growing throughout the Rocky Mountains, Western, Midwestern, and Southeastern U. S. Our range of services includes solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling to approximately 1.5 million commercial, industrial, and residential customers in 23 states

We are currently seeking a talented Recruiter to support managers in our Southern Region which includes Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois and Iowa. This position, located in our Memphis office, will work at the direction of the corporate Employment Manager and the Regional Vice President. The recruiter is responsible for the effectiveness and quality of recruiting and employee placement throughout the region.

Responsibilities:

• Build relationships with region and district management to assess staffing needs and provide effective solutions.
• Deliver all areas of the recruitment process including sourcing, screening, scheduling, interviewing, assessment, extending offers and monitoring new hire processes.
• Prepare job descriptions and appropriate interview questions to be used by self and others involved in the recruitment process.
• Conduct thorough behaviorally based interviews with candidates and coach hiring managers on behavioral interviewing and other selection methods.
• Develop and maintain relationships with recruiting sources including candidates, employees, other recruiters, trade school and college officials, business associations, state job agencies etc. to foster an ongoing pipeline of highly competent and qualified candidates.
• Develop creative recruiting methods or minimize the use of contingency and retained searches.
• Where necessary, manage and coordinate recruitment efforts with vendors and negotiate contacts and fee arrangements.
• Make recommendations to Corporate Human Resources and Regional and District Managers on solutions to specific recruiting and retention challenges as needed.
• Ensure that recruiting and hiring processes comply with Federal and State employment laws and Company policies. Coach and educate internal clients on the importance of following pre-employment and new hire procedures.
• Keep hiring manager, region management and corporate Employment manager updated on status of all recruitment and placement efforts and progress.
• Manage the tracking and documentation of all open positions, candidate applications and requisite metrics of recruiting success.
• Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict confidentiality on matters that require discretion.
• Performing other job related duties as necessary.