Senior Executive Recruiter

About the role

GTR has worked exclusively in the electric utility industry since 2008, recruiting engineering and leadership talent across a highly specialized market. We're looking for an experienced recruiter to own the candidate side of our active searches, from the first conversation through start date. This is not a high-volume staffing role, and there is no new-business quota. Your focus is recruiting and developing passive talent. You'll also have a significant head start: 18 years of client relationships, hiring-manager trust, an established industry network, and a team that already knows this market.

What you'll do

• is fully remote, with flexibility in how you manage your day.
• We measure results, not hours logged or whether there's a green dot next to your name.
• What You'll Own Engage experienced engineers, designers, and engineering leaders and turn sourced names into interested, qualified candidates
• Lead in-depth recruiting conversations to assess technical experience, motivation, compensation, notice period, and counteroffer risk
• Prepare strong candidate submittals, manage candidates through interviews, and debriefs
• Own the closing process, including compensation pre-close, resignation planning, counteroffer protection, references, and confirmed start dates
• Maintain disciplined follow-up and ensure every candidate in your pipeline has a clear next step
• This is a phone-first recruiting environment.
• You should be comfortable engaging passive candidates, navigating live objections, and making 40+ outbound recruiting calls per week.
• What Success Looks Like We care about quality, consistency, and placements, not activity for activity's sake.
• Target three strong candidate submittals per active search
• Contribute to the firm's goal of two to three placements per month as you ramp
• Build and maintain strong candidate relationships throughout the search process

What you'll bring

• 5+ years of agency recruiting, executive search, or comparable technical recruiting experience
• Demonstrated success proactively recruiting and engaging passive candidates
• Strong phone skills and the ability to build credibility with experienced professionals
• Clear, direct written communication and the ability to work independently
• A track record of producing results in a remote environment
• Experience in electric utility, power delivery, energy, or heavy engineering is preferred, particularly within substation, transmission, distribution, protection and controls, or power systems studies.
• Experience with engaged or retained search is also a plus.
• If you don't come directly from the utility market, that's not necessarily a dealbreaker.
• You will need to demonstrate that you can learn a specialized technical market quickly and build credibility with the people in it.
• High-volume light industrial or clerical staffing experience alone will not prepare someone for this role.
• Why GTR Established market.
• You're stepping into 18 years of relationships, industry knowledge, and a network of engineers and hiring leaders who know GTR.
• Autonomy. We've operated remotely for years.
• Manage your day around your clients, candidates, and results.
• Uncapped earning potential.
• This is a full-time W-2 position with a base salary plus uncapped commission on every placement you fill.
• Room to grow.
• This role starts with ownership of candidate delivery.
• As you build market credibility, you'll have the opportunity to take on client relationships, run searches end to end, and help build the recruiting team around you.
• We're a small organization by design.
• The person who succeeds in this role will have the opportunity to help shape what GTR becomes next!