Talent Acquisition Specialist - engineering, oil/gas/petrochem

BETSY BERNARD

Houston, Texas *****************@*****.*** 713-***-****

Talent Acquisition and Staff Recruitment

Oil and Gas Petrochemical Renewable Energy Manufacturing

Highly accomplished and skilled Talent Acquisition Specialist with extensive experience propelling strategic recruiting initiatives, policy implementation and regulatory compliance as well as organizational planning and development. Proven history of success in driving Recruitment Strategies, Talent Sourcing and Pipelining, Social Networking and building consensus and support for new initiatives, Vendor relations and management, Hiring Manager Relations and corporate objectives. Excellent team building skills and leverage capabilities to ensure both long and short term goals are met. Superlative verbal and written skills, outstanding leadership abilities and exceptional interpersonal and time management skills to effectively balance multiple competing tasks. Expert at communicating across all levels of organizational and senior management teams. Core competencies include:

O&G, Petrochem engineering and project management specialization

“Candidate Experience” driven

Excellent passive candidate capture

Online and Social Network expertise – Linkedin, Swoop, Twitter, etc.

Taleo, Peoplesoft, Brassring etc.

OFCCP/EEOC Compliance

Full cycle recruiting and onboarding

Talent Pipelining, Sourcing Strategy

Salary recommendations and offer letter drafting

Hiring manager partnership

HR partnership

Education - B.A. The University of Virginia

GE Energy Connections 07.16 – 05.17 (Contract)

Talent Acquisition Partner through Yoh RPO (Certified Yoh Recruiter)

Recruiting Engineering, project management, technical sales and power conversion talent for various sites across the United States. Responsible for Talent Sourcing, Pipelining, Screening, Phone Interviewing, Scheduling and partnering with hiring teams to create the most successful interview/hiring process possible.

Successfully completed 14 week certification program based on the CIR

Responsible for all aspects of the Talent Acquisition process from cradle to grave

Provide detailed market data, metrics and competitor trends to Hiring Teams to ensure up to date understanding of regional and national markets

Partnering with Hiring managers and HR to drive the recruitment timeline and ensure a timely process toward each hire

Providing expert advice to Hiring Managers on Candidate selection process and interview techniques

Focus on improving the candidate experience across all business units

Managing all metrics and department goals with an eye on pursuing diversity, veteran initiatives and the highest quality standards

Sourcing, pipelining and engaging internal and external talent to ensure best hiring practices

BASF 07.14 – 03.10.16 (Contract)

Talent Acquisition Specialist – NCE, Freeport

Partnering with Hiring managers and Human Resources to attract, recruit and retain top notch talent for BASF’s Central Engineering Services Division and other sites along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. Divisions Covered: Project Management and execution, chemical, Mechanical, civil/structural, electrical engineering, Project cost estimating and cost control, Construction, maintenance and operational engineering, Piping engineering and design.

Tasked with creating a talent acquisition presence within the Houston office and to liaise with both hiring managers and human resources to create a cohesive process.

Maintain a strong pipeline of potential passive talent and "Silver Medalist" candidates.

Provide full cycle recruiting activities from sourcing and screening potential candidates through offer letter process and acceptance.

Provide exceptional internal client service and full lifecycle recruiting for BASF hiring managers and business groups

Provide a unified link between disciplines to enhance the flow of information and candidate sourcing strategies.

Drive diversity recruiting strategies and maximize our branding and presence to associated groups

Have expert knowledge of both EEOC and OFCCP guidelines for recruiting, staffing and corporate compliance.

Manage 3rd party recruiting vendors and resources.

C&J Energy Services, Inc. 05.13 – 06.14

Sr. Recruiter – Corporate, Engineering, Research and Technology

C&J Energy Services is a premium provider of hydraulic fracturing and coiled tubing services. Divisions Covered: Oilfield Production, Chemical Manufacturing and Storage, Research and Technology, Design Engineering and Manufacturing, etc.

Was the first C&J in-house recruiter for Houston and Dallas and played an integral part in assisting the Director of Recruiting with development and implementation of our ground up recruiting processes, procedures and policies.

Assisted the Director in leading the integration of three newly acquired subsidiaries into the C&J family and headed the staffing efforts for these subsidiaries.

Solely responsible for the tracking and management of vendor relations, expenditures and approvals.

Responsible for addressing key recruitment metrics across all Corporate, Engineering and R&D divisions.

Responsible for salary negotiations, offers, acceptances and tracking.

CB&I/Lutech 10.12 – 05.13 (contract)

Sr. Recruiter – Engineering

Divisions Covered: Process Engineering and Design, Pipeline Engineering and Mechanical, structural, chemical engineering and design, major project recruitment and staffing primarily focused on LNG and Petrochemical divisions.

Responsible for full cycle recruiting for both contract and direct hire engineering positions.

Primary focus was on LNG downstream, Petrochemical processing and manufacturing

WorleyParsons, Inc 04.12 – 09.12 (Contract)

Sr. Talent Advisor – Engineering

Divisions Covered: Electrical Engineering (Offshore power generation and maintenance, Subsea), Onshore Pipelines, Instrumentation and Controls, Design – Electrical and Pipeline, Quality Assurance and Controls.

Responsible for full cycle recruiting, direct hire, contract employee management, salary negotiation, mobility/relocation and onboarding.

Support project staffing for mega projects within discipline for Hebron, Thunderhorse, BPGoM, Juniper, Rosebank and Piloncillo Ranch Full Field

Lyondellbasell Houston, TX 06.11 – 04.12 (contract)

Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist – Manufacturing and Refining (Contract)

Disciplines Supported – Chemical, Mechanical Engineering, Plant Operations management, Research and Development, Industrial Hygiene and HSE, Environmental Engineering, Senior level directors of Engineering.

Supported 9 different refining, Research and Development and manufacturing plants across the country, specializing in niche skill sets specific to production, refining and manufacturing of Petroleum, LNG and Specialty Chemical products.

Headed the four- phase recruitment initiative for the new Technology Center located at the Channelview plant; focusing on start-up staffing plans and metrics for identification and recruitment of PhD Chemists, R&D Scientists and Engineers.

Helped incorporate formerly unused strategies and techniques to assist the company with re-branding, corporate culture transformation and global integration in efforts to take the company to the next level of success.

KBR 11.08 – 06.11

Recruiter – North American Defense, Infrastructure and Mining (NON-LOGCAP)

Disciplines Supported - Design & Construction, Civil, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Mining and power plant engineering, Power Generation, Government Compliance, Federal Contract Operations, Sustainment and Logistics, Contingency Contract recruiting for the US Army, DOD and the Department of State.

Fulfilled staffing needs for Analysts, Electrical, mechanical, process, civil and structural Engineers, Project Managers, Proposal Managers, Operations Managers, and other key personnel.

Created and maintained a superlative pipeline of highly qualified candidates from all branches of the US Military

Conducted full cycle recruitment processes for niche Security level Top Secret Clearance and above positions

Traveled to over a dozen military installations for direct recruitment of key personnel.

The Lucas Group, Houston,TX 04.08 – 11.08

Agency Recruitment Firm – Executive Recruiter

Provided Staffing services for Fortune 500 companies in the areas of accounting and finance

Honed organizational, sourcing, cold calling and candidate capture and retention skills - the basics of Corporate Recruitment Excellence.

Dennard, Rupp, Gray and Easterly, L.L.C. 10.07 to 02.08 (Project based)

Investor Relations Assistant – October 2007 to February 2008

This was a project based position that included assisting IR representatives preparing press releases for corporate clients, peer group research, Wall Street data analysis and coordinating nation-wide marketing initiatives.

Wine Industry - Wholesale representative/Direct Sales 06.03– 10.07

Worked in multiple capacities including customer service representative, wine steward, head of wine education, and wholesale representative. Representative responsibilities included; focused on cold-call accounts to push product and sales initiatives into new markets. Serviced and maintained over 40 existing accounts

AIM Capital Management (Now Invesco Funds) – Houston, TX June 1990 – March 2002

Senior Equity Trader

One of 5 senior traders on the equity desk of 16, comprising a trading team with proven experience in equity trading, broker management, transactions, stocks, research, marketing, financial management and product development.

Executed and settled stock trades through multiple trading institutions including the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and Electronic Communications Networks.

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