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You bring deep sourcing expertise, strong technical curiosity, and a track record of recruiting specialized engineering and manufacturing professionals.\nYou are proactive, resourceful, and comfortable owning difficult searches from start to finish. You don't rely on inbound applications to build pipelines and know how to turn complex technical requirements into targeted sourcing strategies.\nYou embrace modern recruiting technology, including AI and automation, to work smarter, improve candidate engagement, and accelerate hiring outcomes.\nWhat You'll Do\nOwn full-cycle recruiting for specialized and hard-to-fill engineering, manufacturing, and technical roles.\n\nDevelop and execute proactive sourcing strategies to identify, engage, and attract passive candidates in competitive talent markets.\n\nBuild targeted talent maps and pipelines using advanced search techniques, market intelligence, professional networks, and direct outreach.\n\nPartner closely with hiring managers to understand complex technical requirements, challenge assumptions, and align on effective hiring strategies.\n\nConduct meaningful candidate assessments that evaluate technical relevance, career motivations, and alignment with role requirements.\n\nLeverage AI-powered sourcing tools and recruiting automation to improve candidate discovery, personalize outreach, streamline workflows, and increase productivity.\n\nManage candidates through the full hiring lifecycle, maintaining momentum, strong communication, and a high-quality candidate experience.\n\nUse recruiting data to evaluate sourcing effectiveness, identify bottlenecks, and continuously improve hiring outcomes.\n\nContribute practical ideas and improvements that make recruiting more efficient, scalable, and effective.\n\nWhat You'll Need\n5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with significant experience hiring specialized engineering, manufacturing, or highly technical professionals.\n\nDemonstrated success independently sourcing, engaging, and closing passive candidates for difficult-to-fill technical positions.\n\nAdvanced sourcing capabilities, including Boolean search, talent mapping, targeted outreach, and creative candidate identification techniques.\n\nStrong ability to understand complex technical requirements and engage credibly with engineering and manufacturing professionals.\n\nExperience using AI-enabled recruiting tools, sourcing platforms, or workflow automation to improve recruiting effectiveness.\n\nStrong hiring manager partnership skills, with the confidence to provide market insights, challenge assumptions, and influence hiring decisions.\n\nExcellent organization, communication, and follow-through, with the ability to independently manage multiple complex searches.\n\nHigh ownership, adaptability, and a results-oriented approach to working in a fast-moving environment.\n\nBonus Points\nRecruiting experience in medical devices, diagnostics, biotech, advanced manufacturing, or other regulated technical environments.\n\nExperience recruiting across mechanical, electrical, hardware, manufacturing, or multidisciplinary engineering disciplines.\n\nAgency or search firm experience focused on specialized technical recruitment.\n\nExperience experimenting with or implementing AI-driven sourcing and recruiting automation workflows.\n\nThis role is a current, contract vacancy based in Oakville, ON with a expectation of 2-3 days on site.\nTarget pay $45-60/hr\nAbout Vital Bio\n\nVital is revolutionizing point-of-care diagnostics with our VitalOne platform, delivering real-time care wherever patients are. 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