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11 September 2026 (3 days ago)
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9 December 2026
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Job Summary
Location: Remote based in Halifax Regional Municipality or the surrounding area
Employment Type: Full-time
Compensation: Competitive salary
Benefits: Extended health and dental benefits
Matrix HR is seeking a driven bilingual Trade Recruiter to join our team remotely from the Halifax area. This is an opportunity for someone who understands the pace of agency recruitment enjoys building real relationships and takes pride in connecting skilled people with meaningful work.
At Matrix HR we support high-profile construction industrial marine and infrastructure projects across the Halifax region and surrounding area. Our recruiters play an important role in helping skilled tradespeople find the right opportunity while ensuring our clients have access to qualified reliable workers when their projects need them.
If you are fluent in English and French have agency recruiting experience and want a role where your work directly helps people move their careers forward we would like to hear from you.
What You Will Do
Employment Type: Full-time
Compensation: Competitive salary
Benefits: Extended health and dental benefits
Matrix HR is seeking a driven bilingual Trade Recruiter to join our team remotely from the Halifax area. This is an opportunity for someone who understands the pace of agency recruitment enjoys building real relationships and takes pride in connecting skilled people with meaningful work.
At Matrix HR we support high-profile construction industrial marine and infrastructure projects across the Halifax region and surrounding area. Our recruiters play an important role in helping skilled tradespeople find the right opportunity while ensuring our clients have access to qualified reliable workers when their projects need them.
If you are fluent in English and French have agency recruiting experience and want a role where your work directly helps people move their careers forward we would like to hear from you.
What You Will Do
- Manage full-cycle recruitment for skilled trades and industrial roles supporting high-profile projects in the Halifax region and surrounding area from sourcing and screening through offer coordination onboarding and follow-up.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with tradespeople apprentices and industry contacts throughout Atlantic Canada and beyond.
- Source qualified candidates using job boards referrals social media recruiting databases and direct outreach.
- Conduct phone and virtual interviews to assess experience work eligibility certifications availability mobility and fit for project requirements.
- Review resumes trade qualifications safety tickets and onboarding documentation to support accurate candidate submissions.
- Work closely with account managers operations teams and client contacts to understand current and upcoming workforce requirements.
- Keep candidates informed throughout the recruitment process and deliver a respectful responsive candidate experience.
- Maintain accurate candidate records activity notes and recruitment pipelines in the applicant tracking system.
- Support targeted recruitment campaigns for priority projects and hard-to-fill skilled trades roles.
- Stay informed on labour-market activity trade demand and candidate availability in the Halifax and Atlantic Canada markets.
- Fluency in both English and French written and spoken.
- Previous recruitment experience in a staffing agency employment agency or high-volume recruitment environment.
- Experience recruiting skilled trades industrial construction marine or technical professionals is strongly preferred.
- Strong relationship-building communication and interviewing skills.
- Confidence speaking with candidates by phone conducting outreach and developing new talent pipelines.
- Ability to manage multiple active roles changing priorities and time-sensitive client requirements.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail when reviewing candidate qualifications and documentation.
- Comfort working independently in a remote environment while staying connected with a national team.
- A practical service-focused approach and genuine interest in helping tradespeople access meaningful opportunities.
- Legal entitlement to work in Canada.
Why Join Matrix HR
- Competitive salary.
- Extended health and dental benefits.
- A remote role based in the Halifax area.
- The opportunity to make a direct impact on the careers of skilled tradespeople.
- A collaborative high-accountability team that understands the realities of project-based work.
Apply Today
If you are a bilingual recruiter with agency experience who is ready to build strong candidate relationships and help connect skilled people with the opportunities they deserve we encourage you to apply.
Please submit your resume and a brief note outlining your recruitment experience to
Matrix HR is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and encourage all qualified candidates to apply.
