Posted 2 months ago
Trades Recruiter
@ The Byng Group
Kingston, Ontario
Overview
The Byng Group is hiring a full-time Trades Recruiter reporting to the Trade Services Manager to source, screen, onboard and manage skilled tradespeople for renovation projects. The role owns the full recruitment cycle, keeps a pre-vetted trades pipeline, and reports on performance and time-to-fill. Based in Kingston with regular travel to Belleville and Ottawa.
Responsibilities:
- Recruit and select skilled tradespeople for projects
- Build and maintain a pipeline of pre-vetted trades
- Screen candidates and conduct initial interviews
- Monitor new trades' performance and handle trade issues
- Report on recruitment pipeline, retention and time-to-fill
Requirements summary:
- Three to five years of recruitment or trade coordination experience
- Knowledge of skilled trades roles and certifications
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong organization across multiple priorities
- Proficiency with ATS and office software
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · jazzhr
- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-08
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-16
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Human resources |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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The Byng Group
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We’re a full-service interior renovation general contractor with the highest quality standards.
Full company description
The Byng Group is a full-service renovation general contractor specialized in multi-residential rent-ready suite upgrades and common area maintenance and renovations in Ontario, Canada and the Northeast United States. Our custom renovation software, project management professionals and integrated manufacturing yield outstanding savings in time and money. We are large enough to serve any client with distinction, while still entrepreneurial enough to creatively meet each client’s unique needs. As leaders in our industry, each member of our team has been selected for their expertise and understanding of the needs and sensitivities of those we serve. Building upon a longstanding foundation of success, The Byng Group has an ambitious strategic plan to grow further across North America in serving multi-family rental clients. Success will be achieved through a combination of: • expanding existing client relationships, • attracting new clients, • expanding into new markets, • adding new service lines, and • acquiring other renovation companies. Byng’s ongoing success will depend on scaling up operations while continuing to deliver the best service in the multi‐family industry. In support of this effort, Byng must maintain world class tech-enabled processes and infrastructure to support operations and fuel growth. This includes flawless management of logistics and end-to-end supply chain. Furthermore, Byng must invest in nurturing positive client relationships and listening carefully to feedback to ensure client needs are met.
- LinkedIn followers
- 3,836
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 124
- Reported office locations
- Vaughan, ca
- Business categories
- Real Estate
- Home Renovation
- Other recorded names
- The Byng Group
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
The Byng Group is a full-service renovation general contractor specialized in multi-residential rent-ready suite upgrades and common area maintenance and renovations in Ontario, Canada and the Northeast United States. Our custom renovation software, project management professionals and integrated manufacturing yield outstanding savings in time and money. We are large enough to serve any client with distinction…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Construction |
| Company size | 501-1,000 employees |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1951 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 98 |
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Key Responsibilities
Recruitment & Selection of Skilled Trades
- Identify, recruit, and select qualified tradespeople (e.g., carpenters, electricians, plumbers) based on project needs and timelines.
- Develop and maintain a strong network of skilled trades for immediate and future projects.
- Source candidates through job boards, referrals, trade associations, industry events, and social media/networking platforms.
- Screen resumes and applications, conduct initial phone/video interviews, and evaluate candidates against role and project requirements.
- Maintain an active pipeline of pre-vetted trades to reduce time-to-fill for urgent project needs.
- Monitor the early performance of newly placed trades and gather feedback from site/project management to confirm fit and quality of work.
- Support ongoing performance management processes for trades in coordination with the Trade Services Manager, including addressing performance concerns.
- Track performance outcomes to continuously refine sourcing and selection criteria for future recruitment.
- Act as a point of contact for trades on performance-related matters, trade engagement issues, addressing questions and resolving issues as they arise.
- Provide regular updates to the Trade Services Manager on trade performance, retention, and recruitment pipeline status.
- Liaise regularly with local and regional management teams to align on project needs, resource allocation, and client expectations.
- Partner with the Trade Services Manager to forecast upcoming labour needs based on project pipeline.
- Provide regular updates and reporting on recruitment pipeline status, time-to-fill, and trade availability
Qualifications & Skills
- Three to five years of experience in recruitment, staffing, or trade coordination, ideally within construction, renovation, or a related trades environment.
- Strong knowledge of skilled trades roles, requirements, and certifications in multi-family residential (an asset).
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships with trades, site teams, and management.
- Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple recruitment needs and priorities at once.
- Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively across local and regional teams.
- Proficiency with recruitment/ATS tools and general office software.
- Location: Kingston with regular travel to Belleville and Ottawa
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