Recruiter, Manufacturing – Tesla, Markham, ON
Location: Markham, ON | Company: Tesla
Tesla is hiring a full-time Manufacturing Recruiter in Markham, Ontario. This on-site position supports the Talent Acquisition team by sourcing, assessing, and hiring candidates for skilled trades, technical, leadership, and high-volume manufacturing roles.
The role may suit an experienced recruiter with a background in skilled trades and production hiring who can move quickly without reducing candidate quality. The Recruiter will work directly with manufacturing leaders and hiring managers to develop hiring strategies for positions such as Electricians, Maintenance Technicians, Controls Technicians, Machinists, Tool and Die Specialists, and Facilities employees.
About the Manufacturing Recruiter Role
The Recruiter will help Tesla build the technical and skilled workforce required to support its manufacturing operations. This includes understanding business requirements, developing targeted sourcing plans, engaging passive candidates, conducting structured interviews, and advising hiring teams throughout the selection process.
The position is fast paced and highly visible because recruiting results directly affect manufacturing capacity and operational performance. Candidates should be comfortable balancing several urgent vacancies while maintaining accurate communication, dependable reporting, and a positive experience for applicants.
Key Areas of Responsibility
The position combines workforce planning, talent sourcing, candidate assessment, stakeholder management, recruiting analytics, and offer negotiation.
Hiring Strategy
Partner with manufacturing leaders and hiring managers to understand workforce needs and recommend suitable recruiting and sourcing strategies.
Talent Sourcing
Use multiple recruiting methods to identify and engage skilled trades, technical, leadership, and passive candidates.
Candidate Assessment
Conduct behavioural interviews and phone screens to evaluate technical foundations, relevant experience, communication, and workplace suitability.
Stakeholder Communication
Provide hiring managers and business partners with regular, data-informed updates regarding candidate pipelines, priorities, and recruiting progress.
Candidate Experience
Maintain clear, respectful, and timely communication with candidates throughout sourcing, interviewing, negotiation, and hiring stages.
Offer and Project Management
Support offer negotiations and lead recruiting initiatives while balancing speed, candidate quality, stakeholder needs, and project deadlines.
Recruiting Experience and Requirements
Tesla requires at least two years of recruiting experience and a demonstrated record of sourcing and assessing skilled trades or leadership talent. Candidates should understand the challenges involved in high-volume technical recruitment and be able to identify applicants with the experience needed for manufacturing operations.
The employer also expects proven relationship management experience with hiring teams and business partners. A combination of internal corporate recruiting and agency or executive search experience is preferred. Candidates should understand offer negotiation, relevant employment legislation, and current employment-market conditions.
Skills That May Help Candidates Succeed
The role requires recruiting judgment, clear communication, efficient project execution, and the ability to build productive relationships with candidates and manufacturing stakeholders.
Experience sourcing Electricians, Technicians, Machinists, Tool and Die Specialists, Facilities employees, or similar talent is particularly relevant.
The ability to find and engage passive candidates supports hiring for competitive technical and manufacturing positions.
Strong working relationships with managers help recruiters clarify requirements, improve assessments, and keep hiring decisions moving forward.
Structured behavioural interviewing helps evaluate technical experience, work habits, communication, and suitability for Tesla’s operating environment.
The Recruiter must manage several searches, deadlines, reports, and stakeholder expectations while maintaining consistent candidate quality.
Work Environment, Compensation and Benefits
This is a full-time position that requires the successful candidate to work on site at Tesla’s Markham facility. The role involves regular interaction with manufacturing leaders, hiring managers, candidates, and other Talent Acquisition employees in a fast-moving operational environment.
Tesla lists an expected annual salary from $43,680 to $88,200 CAD, together with potential cash and stock awards. Eligible full-time employees may also receive company-paid health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, an RRSP with employer matching, employee stock purchase opportunities, paid time off, paid holidays, employee assistance resources, parental programs, discounts, and additional benefits.
How to Apply
Candidates should review the complete position description on Tesla’s official careers website before applying. Application materials should highlight skilled trades or manufacturing recruitment experience, candidate sourcing, interviewing, stakeholder management, offer negotiation, employment legislation knowledge, and high-volume hiring results.
This posting is for an existing vacancy. Tesla accepts applications through its online careers portal, and applicants who require an accommodation during the recruitment process may communicate their accessibility needs to the employer or recruiter.