Position Summary

At Metrea we don’t just hire pilots – we recruit world class Aviators, Flight Operations leaders, MRO specialists, Engineering visionaries, and Tech, Safety and Training experts that enable our teams to deliver mission-critical effects around the world.

Our Air Domain delivers solutions across Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (AISR), Aerial Firefighting, Air-to-Air Refueling (AAR), Advanced Training, Aircraft Engineering, and more.

We are now building an aviation specific recruitment team that spans the US, UK, EU and APAC. As our US Aviation Recruiter, you’ll be the storyteller and strategist building our talent pipelines both passive and active – someone who can speak the language of pilots, sensor operators, and technicians, spot top-tier talent, and convey the thrill of building solutions that shape national security.

This is your chance to help build an Aviation recruiting program ground-up. If you’re compelled by our mission, seeking to leverage an entrepreneurial mindset, and love to be creative and design, we want to hear from you.

Company Overview

Metrea is a defense company dedicated to translating commercial innovation into solutions for the hardest problems in national security. With deep mission expertise, Metrea focuses on delivering effects-as-a-service across Aerospace, Electromagnetic & Cyber, Digital & Synthetic domains via its capability groups. Metrea also consists of six support groups (Operations, People, Finance, Legal, Strategy and Solutions) that guide the development of specific capabilities that Metrea's files (product, projects, programs etc) leverage to achieve their targets.

Role and Responsibilities

Recruiting Strategy & Execution: Drive the full recruiting process including sourcing, engaging, interviewing, evaluating and offer negotiation.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Consult with hiring managers and business leaders while eagerly learning the business and educating on best practices of talent attraction.
Tenacious Sourcing & Pipelining: Build and maintain a pipeline of high-quality candidates, with a primary focus on Air domain roles and a demonstrated ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences.
Deliver World Class Candidate Experience: Engage and nurture relationships with candidates and prospects using empathy and transparency, ensuring they’re aligned with Metrea’s mission and values.
Market Expertise: Conduct thorough market research to identify key talent pools and stay updated on industry trends that impact sourcing strategies.
Tools & Technology: Maintain accuracy within ATS/recruiting tools and effectively leverage these tools to deliver results.

Skills and Experience

Rooted in Humility: You value the universal over the personal. Maximizing what you know, skeptically filtering what you believe you know, and further limiting what you project to know.
Proven Experience: Previous experience in aviation, aerospace, or defense recruitment or parallel military experience.
Sourcing Expertise: Ability to learn and leverage sourcing tools, techniques, and platforms to identify and attract top talent.
Communication Skills: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust, credibility, and influence stakeholders and candidates alike.
Market Knowledge: Familiarity with a wide range of domain-specific talent markets, including key talent pools and industry trends.
Detail-Oriented, Systematic approach: Strong attention to detail with a process-driven approach to sourcing and candidate management.
Collaborative Mindset: Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced complex environment, collaborating with multiple stakeholders across different teams and time zones.

Additional Qualifications that are a Plus

Candidates with prior aviation recruiting experience – as well as former or transitioning military pilots, maintenance technicians or flight operations professionals with an interest in recruiting are strongly encouraged to apply and will be given priority consideration.

Knowledge of FAA, EASA or military aviation regulations, certifications and terminology
Experience in supporting ISR, Air to Air Refueling or Aerial Fire Fighting mission sets.
Working knowledge of multiple airframes such as King Air, KC-135, Challengers and Dash-8

Our Firmware

Metrea’s single core value, “rooted in humility,” is supported by four key attributes: entrepreneurial, systematic, discerning, and over-deliver. These attributes, combined, form our Teammate Firmware, our culture. We explore these attributes during the hiring process when we grow our teams and continually support the growth of our culture. We are a hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical organization united by a passion for what we do, how we do it, who we do it with, and who we do it for.

AAP/EEO Statement
Metrea Management, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.