Job description

About Redwood Materials Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 by JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, on a simple but radical idea: the critical minerals powering the energy transition already exist. They just need to come back. Today Redwood is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America — recovering, refining, and redeploying critical minerals from end-of-life batteries back into the supply chain. On the energy side, Redwood has deployed the largest second-life battery project in the world, delivering power to AI data centers in months rather than years using proprietary energy architecture engineered entirely in-house. The company is profitable, the market it operates in is projected to grow 20 to 50 times over the next decade, and Redwood is the only company with the supply chain, the technology, and the operational scale to lead it. Redwood Materials is running one of the most ambitious industrial buildouts in the country. The teams that design and build it come right through this role. As a Staff Recruiter supporting our construction and engineering teams, you will own the searches that decide whether we succeed. This is a broad remit, including the superintendents and field engineers who put steel in the ground, the design and electrical engineers who make the site run, and the first-of-their-kind hires that stand up functions Redwood has never had before. You will operate as the recruiting partner to leaders across the company, shape roles and leveling before requisitions even open, and make the case to iterate when the market demands it. This is role is all about going very deep, in one of the most competitive labor markets in the country. Responsibilities will include: Own many of the most rewarding searches at Redwood: senior, niche, and first-of-their-kind roles across engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC), design engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, battery energy storage systems (BESS) compliance, and environmental health, safety, and sustainability. Partner directly with vice presidents and hiring managers to define roles, organizational structures, and leveling before requisitions open, including functions Redwood is standing up for the first time. Build sourcing strategies that win construction and engineering talent in the Reno and Sparks market: superintendents, field engineers, project managers, construction electricians, and compliance engineers. Shape and re-shape your recruiting strategy when the evidence says so. Carry searches that enable real outcomes, where a certification program, facility startup, or construction milestone depends on the seat being filled. Run a clean, standard, streamlined process from intake through offer, so hiring managers and candidates get the same fantastic experience no matter how hard the search is. Coordinate with the embedded team covering high-volume operations hiring so leaders with roles in both lanes work with one recruiting function, not two. Desired Qualifications: Full-cycle recruiting experience in construction, engineering, energy, manufacturing, mining, or another heavy industry. Experience recruiting for engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects, battery energy storage systems (BESS), or utility-scale infrastructure. A record of closing searches others could not, including roles an organization had never hired before. Experience winning skilled construction trades in a tight regional labor market. Fluency in leveling and compensation, with the ability to explain decisions to executives and candidates and to change minds with data. Judgment to prioritize a demanding search load and name tradeoffs to leaders directly. Working knowledge of an applicant tracking system such as Greenhouse. Ability to work onsite in Northern Nevada and travel to project sites as needed. A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place! The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience. We collect personal information (PI) from you in connection with your application for employment with Redwood Materials, including the following categories of PI: identifiers, personal records, professional or employment information, and inferences drawn from your PI. We collect your PI for our purposes, including performing services and operations related to your potential employment. If you have additional privacy-related questions, please contact us at privacy@redwoodmaterials.com.

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Must-haves

Partner directly with vice presidents and hiring managers to define roles, organizational structures, and leveling before requisitions open, including functions Redwood is standing up for the first time.
Build sourcing strategies that win construction and engineering talent in the Reno and Sparks market: superintendents, field engineers, project managers, construction electricians, and compliance engineers.
Shape and re-shape your recruiting strategy when the evidence says so.
Carry searches that enable real outcomes, where a certification program, facility startup, or construction milestone depends on the seat being filled.
Run a clean, standard, streamlined process from intake through offer, so hiring managers and candidates get the same fantastic experience no matter how hard the search is.
Coordinate with the embedded team covering high-volume operations hiring so leaders with roles in both lanes work with one recruiting function, not two.

Nice-to-haves

Full-cycle recruiting experience in construction, engineering, energy, manufacturing, mining, or another heavy industry.
Experience recruiting for engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects, battery energy storage systems (BESS), or utility-scale infrastructure.
A record of closing searches others could not, including roles an organization had never hired before.
Experience winning skilled construction trades in a tight regional labor market.
Fluency in leveling and compensation, with the ability to explain decisions to executives and candidates and to change minds with data.
Judgment to prioritize a demanding search load and name tradeoffs to leaders directly.
Working knowledge of an applicant tracking system such as Greenhouse.
Ability to work onsite in Northern Nevada and travel to project sites as needed.
A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!
The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

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