Senior Recruiter (Remote) - Technical & Operational Roles

About the role

A remote Senior Recruiter is sought to manage end-to-end recruitment across international operations, focusing on technical, operational, facilities management, construction, logistics and remote-site positions, including projects in Africa and other challenging environments. This is a hands-on delivery role covering recruitment from vacancy approval through to candidate mobilisation.

Key responsibilities

• Own the full recruitment cycle from approved vacancy to accepted offer.
• Sourcing candidates directly via LinkedIn Recruiter, regional job portals, databases, referrals, agencies and headhunting, and build pipelines for recurring technical and operational roles.
• Screen candidates against job descriptions, contracts, qualifications, licences and experience, and run initial competency interviews and coordinate technical interviews with operational managers.
• Confirm salary expectations, notice periods and availability, manage offers within approved salary levels and keep candidates in contact until mobilisation.
• Recruit roles such as project and operations managers, facilities management, fleet and workshop managers, heavy equipment operators, mechanics, electricians, plumbers, welders, warehouse, logistics and HSE personnel.
• Verify education, certifications, licences and experience, collect documents (CVs, passports, certificates, references) and keep audit-ready candidate files.
• Maintain a live recruitment tracker and give weekly reports on vacancies, candidates, interviews, offers, acceptances, roles filled and bottlenecks.

Required profile

• 8+ years of recruitment experience with significant hands-on responsibility, including high-volume blue-collar and technical recruitment.
• Demonstrable experience in technical, engineering, construction, facilities management, logistics, oil and gas, automotive or heavy-equipment recruitment.
• International recruitment experience, including rotational or overseas assignments, and familiarity with Africa, the Middle East and/or South Asia.
• Established candidate networks in Kenya, Uganda, India, UAE and East Africa.
• Experience recruiting for UN, government, NGO, defence-support or international contracting projects, and with remote camps and challenging operating environments.

Required skills

• Advanced use of LinkedIn and online recruitment platforms.
• Strong direct sourcing, headhunting, interviewing and assessment capability.
• Salary negotiation and offer management.
• Excellent written and spoken English; strong Excel and recruitment-tracker skills.
• Ability to work independently and responsively in a remote environment.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems such as SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle Recruiting or Taleo.