Craig Willis Technical Recruiter | Operations + Manufacturing + Cosmos

Senior Recruiter

BlueOrigin

Apr 2024 - Current (2 years 7 months)

• Recruit a diverse slate of high-quality engineering candidates with a passion for the space industry, ensuring a stellar recruitment experience for hiring managers and aspiring talent. • Collaborate with leadership and key stakeholders to formulate a space-centric recruiting strategy tailored to unique opportunities and business needs, while effectively communicating and managing the executive search process, and setting realistic expectations for all parties involved. • Ensure a seamless candidate journey from the initial job posting through to onboarding and employment, focusing on Engineering roles within the space sector. • Establish relationships with client groups, embedding executive space recruitment, a positive candidate expe

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Senior Talent Acquisition Staff Member

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory US Department of Energy

Jul 2022 - Mar 2024 (1 year 9 months)

• DOE site was located in very remote rural location requiring heavy sales of career opportunities. Drive the vision and strategy for the Talent Acquisition function, ensuring a consistent approach to the way we identify and attract talent. Responsible for hiring Engineers, Scientists, Line Management for NNSA, NSF, DHS, and DOE mission programs (Q Clearance required). • Partner with hiring leaders on key open positions, role prioritization and candidate quality assessment • Manage the full lifecycle recruiting process and hiring deliverables, including creating compelling postings and campaigns, sourcing diverse candidate pipelines, screening candidates, advising hiring leaders on the recruiting process, and negotiating job offers. • Cr

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– Senior Recruiter

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Nov 2020 - Jun 2022 (1 year 8 months)

• Heavy sales required of career opportunities due unique requirement for ship crew. Staffing Focal to Senior Leadership overseeing Scientific Research Programs for classified projects for the US Navy. • Full-cycle technical recruiting for engineers, research scientists and technical leadership roles that support government research programs that require a Security Clearance. • Host hiring strategy meetings with Hiring Managers to discuss current staffing needs, discuss current candidate pool and OFCCP policies, and strategize D&I outreach programs.

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Support Chief Technical Staff – Talent Acquisition

Raytheon Intelligence & Space

Nov 2019 - Jul 2020 (9 months)

• Heavy sales required of career opportunities due to unique locations of roles. Providing guidance on OFCCP policies, procedures and best practices to internal customers. • Supported Leadership with hiring needs that require a Top Secret or TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance. Full cycle recruiting for critical engineering requisitions utilizing creative sourcing techniques and D&I outreach programs. • Host hiring strategy meetings with Hiring Managers to discuss current staffing needs, review the current candidate pool and provide on-going training as needed.

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Sr. Engineering Recruiter

Collins Aerospace, Raytheon Technologies Company

May 2019 - Sep 2019 (5 months)

• Acting staffing Focal to Leadership that oversees Engineering, Boeing, Military, and Biz & Reg Jets programs. • Full cycle recruiting for 30+ critical requisitions utilizing creative sourcing techniques & outreach programs. • Host hiring strategy meetings with Hiring Managers and HRBPs. Drive recruiting strategy to identify new candidates, building relationships, and maintaining a talented pool of candidates. • Enforcing and providing guidance on OFCCP policies, procedures and best practices to internal customers. • Identifying recruiting best practices such as tools, technologies, strategic outreach, policies and procedures. • Implement strategies around diversity recruiting or specific outreach associations/events that fit functio

Sr. Talent Acquisition

Arconic

Oct 2018 - Mar 2019 (6 months)

• Full-cycle Recruitment: Manage a requisition load of 25+ critical positions for the (GRP) Global Rolled Products Business Unit. • Host hiring strategy meetings with Hiring Manager and associated HR Business Partner; Drive sourcing strategy to identify a diverse candidate pool, build relationships, and maintain a talented pool of candidates. • Provided guidance on OFCCP policies, procedures and best practices to internal customers. • Utilized recruiting best practices such as sourcing tools, technologies, strategic outreach, customer service, policies and procedures.

HR - Talent Acquisition

Southern California Edison

Aug 2017 - Sep 2018 (1 year 2 months)

• Heavy sales pf our career oppirtunities was required due to location. Responsible for delivering high quality managerial/chief level candidates and advance the SCE brand across numerous markets and professional communities, while guiding hiring managers and candidates through the selection process. • Full lifecycle recruiting including sourcing, posting jobs, candidate screening, extending offers, and assisting with workforce planning activities, and maintain excellent relations with hiring managers, candidates, and the community. • Responsible for applying HR policies and procedures in addition to providing policy interpretation to hiring managers and candidates. • Analyze job profiles/descriptions and candidate profiles/resumes to de

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HR Manager, Talent Acquisition

Physical Optics Corporation – (acquired by Mercury Defense Systems)

Mar 2011 - Apr 2017 (6 years 2 months)

• We were a small aerospace start-up which required heavy sales regarding our career opportunities and product lines. Responsible for recruiting and retaining C-Level, scientific/engineering, and administrative operations talent to meet the needs of (5) Divisions at POC. Lead, coach, and develop a recruiting strategy that works effectively, creatively and collaboratively to quickly and effectively fill all open positions. I improved the company's average-time-to-fill from 122 days to 32 days. Sourcing qualified candidates through a variety of non-traditional & traditional recruiting methods including social networking websites, advertisements, job boards, career fairs, technical conferences, campus recruiting, and networking events. • Dai

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Manager, Talent Acquisition

L-3 Communications – Aerospace & Defense

Oct 2008 - Feb 2011 (2 years 5 months)

• Coach and lead the recruiting team that works creatively and collaboratively to quickly and fill all open positions. • Drove the full cycle recruiting process: sourced, identified, interviewed, negotiated and closed candidates for exempt and non-exempt positions in IT, Engineering, Scientific, Manufacturing, and Advanced Technology business groups. On average, I was personally responsible for recruiting and filling between • 70+ open requisitions throughout the U.S. and Canada during a calendar year. My team's requisition load on average was between 400- 600 positions. • Manage the recruitment strategic vision for multiple divisional locations across the ISS Government Program Sector. Maintain a collaborative team environment and a st

Manager of Recruiting

Adecco

Apr 2007 - Apr 2008 (1 year 1 month)

• Drove the hiring process in a high-volume/time-sensitive environment, working directly with hiring managers for our IT, Engineering, and Accounting clientele. I was responsible for sourcing, identifying, interviewing, negotiating and closing candidates for mid-level to high-level professional roles. • After 90 days of employment, I was chosen to create and implement a training program for Adecco colleagues on best recruiting practices and contract/fee negotiations. • Provide employee relations support to assigned client groups, execute communications strategy, and develop coaching & mentorship management programs. • Responsible for a $2 million operations budget, driving the staffing strategy, managing the college relationship program

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Sr. Lead Technical Recruiter

GeoLogics Aerospace

Apr 2006 - Apr 2007 (1 year 1 month)

• Conducted full life-cycle staffing functions: nationwide recruiting coverage, candidate pre-screening, background checks, interviewing, applicant tracking, labor rate negotiations, and extending job offers. On average I handled between 70 to 75 open requisitions at any given time. • Lead for 8 remote recruiters, managed the recruitment process for the Government programs and implemented a new college relationship program. • Responsible for recruiting low to high level security clearance personnel for the following positions: • Engineering, IT, Accounting, Legal, Supply Chain, and Administrative. • Obtained the #1 Recruiter position within 67 days by filling an average of 22 FTE positions per month.

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HR Talent Acquisition Consultant

C.W.E.S. HR Consultants (C. Willis Executive Search)

Aug 1998 - Mar 2006 (7 years 8 months)

• Daily Business Development required to obtain and maintain client relationshops. Manage the full cycle recruitment process for Defense/Aerospace/Technology clientele such as creating the components of a recruiting plan, constructing and organizing the deployment of the recruiting plan, candidate sourcing and identifying sourcing channels, developing a networking strategy inclusive of diverse labor strategies. • Developed and managed staffing programs for 22 clients. Responsible for managing all stages of the recruitment process, i.e., sourcing, screening, scheduling, interviewing, and extending job offers, etc.

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