The CARIAN Group

The CARIAN Group

Talent Acquisition Manager - Power & Utilities

Somerset, NJ · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$85k-$115kDetected 25 days ago
Project ManagementBusiness DevelopmentRecruitingResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

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odds of building a lasting career here

47Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role80
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level II)66
Fits your clock70

Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~30% per draw at Level II). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.

Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.

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H-1B wage level

the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry

Level II · 2×
Level I$61,7971 entry
Level II$79,8512 entries
Level III$97,9263 entries
Level IV$115,9814 entries

$12,926 more — $97,926 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.

Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $97,926 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Human Resources Specialists" for prevailing-wage purposes.

DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Human Resources Specialists (13-1071) · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.

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About the role

  • Approximately 75% of the role will remain directly focused on recruiting and sourcing, including personally owning CARIAN's most difficult technical, professional, and leadership searches.
  • This is not a role for someone looking to move away from recruiting.
  • Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Responsibilities

  • Personally own priority, difficult, technical, leadership, and confidential searches from intake through accepted offer
  • Develop targeted sourcing strategies for specialized power, utility, engineering, construction, project management, project controls, field services, consulting, digital, and business-development positions
  • Build and maintain pipelines for recurring and strategically important positions
  • Manage candidate engagement, interviews, compensation discussions, offers, counteroffer risk, and closing
  • Personally intervene when difficult or stalled searches require additional sourcing or recruiting support
  • Directly manage, coach, and develop Talent Acquisition team members
  • Maintain ATS discipline and recruiting data quality across the team
  • Lead effective intake discussions with hiring leaders
  • Challenge unclear, unrealistic, or unnecessarily restrictive requirements when market evidence supports a different approach

Requirements

  • 8+ years of progressive experience in talent acquisition, corporate recruiting, technical recruiting, executive search, staffing, or a related field
  • Strong passive-candidate sourcing capability and demonstrated proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter or similar platforms
  • Demonstrated ability to advise and constructively challenge hiring managers
  • Strong understanding of compensation discussions, candidate motivation, offer management, counteroffers, and closing
  • Experience using applicant tracking and recruiting systems
  • Experience recruiting within an engineering, AEC, technical consulting, management consulting, or specialized search environment
  • Experience recruiting both specialized individual contributors and senior leadership positions
  • Experience with Ashby or another modern applicant tracking system
  • Experience using AI-enabled sourcing, research, recruiting, and productivity tools effectively
  • Demonstrated success personally sourcing and closing difficult professional and technical positions
  • Experience recruiting professional and technical talent within AEC, engineering, utilities, energy, infrastructure, construction, management consulting, technical professional services, or a specialized staffing/search firm serving these markets required
  • Demonstrated experience directly managing or formally leading recruiters, including responsibility for pipeline review, coaching, performance, and accountability
  • Demonstrated success recruiting engineering, project/program management, project controls, construction and field services, technical consulting, business development, or comparable specialized talent
  • Strong candidate-assessment and interviewing judgment
  • Strong analytical, organizational, communication, judgment, and follow-through skills
  • Ability and willingness to remain personally involved in day-to-day sourcing and recruiting
  • Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered
  • Ability to work on-site at CARIAN's Somerset, NJ office three days per week

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree preferred
  • equivalent relevant experience will be considered
  • Preferred Experience

Compensation

  • The base salary range for this role is $85,000 - $115,000 annually. This range represents a good-faith estimate at the time of posting
  • actual compensation will depend on experience, qualifications, technical recruiting background, sourcing capability, leadership experience, demonstrated recruiting results, and business needs.
  • This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonus incentives or other compensation programs based on company and individual performance.

Benefits

  • Own and regularly review recruiting metrics, including pipeline health, requisition aging, time to fill, and offer acceptance, and report results to leadership
  • CARIAN offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, holidays, and 401(k) participation with company match.

Company info

  • Proactively source passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, industry networks, referrals, databases, direct outreach, and other channels
  • Conduct recruiter screens and independently assess candidate qualifications, relevance, motivation, compensation expectations, and fit
  • Present qualified candidates to hiring leaders with clear recommendations and relevant market context
  • Conduct regular pipeline and requisition reviews
  • Establish clear expectations for candidate quality, sourcing activity, responsiveness, ownership, and follow-through
  • Review candidate submissions and help calibrate recruiter judgment when needed
  • Improve recruiter sourcing strategies, screening quality, hiring-manager communication, and candidate closing
  • Identify searches that are not progressing and require corrective action

Equal opportunity

  • CARIAN is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
  • We hire and develop talent based on qualifications, performance, and business needs.
  • As a woman-owned firm dedicated to the power sector, we are committed to building a team that reflects professionalism, expertise, and integrity at every level.
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