Recruitment Consultant

Up to £45k basic, uncapped bonus, retained recruitment, flexible working and genuinely sensible hours of 8am to 4pm.

If you`re an experienced Recruitment Consultant who`s worked in engineering, technical sales or technical recruitment and want to build a long-term career without the long hours and pointless KPIs, this could be worth a conversation.

Join a growing, highly respected recruitment business where relationships matter far more than call stats.

Why Join?

• Basic salary up to £45k

• Uncapped bonus structure

• Additional bonuses for every retained assignment won

• Predominantly retained recruitment model

• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays and your birthday off

• Holiday entitlement rising with service

• Car allowance after qualifying period

• Healthcare, pension and death in service benefits

• Flexible, adult approach to working

• 8:00am to 4:00pm, Monday to Friday

• No unrealistic KPIs

• Supportive and experienced team of Recruitment Consultants around you

• Genuine work-life balance

The Role

As an Engineering Recruitment Consultant, you`ll be working in a consultative, relationship-led environment where credibility and service are everything.

• Building relationships with engineering and manufacturing clients across the UK

• Winning and delivering retained assignments

• Consulting clients on recruitment strategy and market conditions

• Managing the full recruitment process from brief to placement

• Attracting and engaging high-calibre engineering professionals

• Developing long-term client and candidate relationships

• Growing your own desk within a supportive, experienced team

This is a sales role, but not a hard-sell environment.

Clients buy into you because they trust your advice. Candidates work with you because you understand their market and can genuinely add value.

About You

We`d like to hear from you if you are an Engineering Recruitment Consultant, Technical Recruiter or someone from a technical or engineering sales background looking to move into recruitment.

You may currently be working as a:

• Technical Recruiter

• Engineering Recruiter

• Sales Engineer

• Technical Sales Executive

• Technical Account Manager

• Business Development Manager

• Project Engineer with strong commercial skills

• Service Engineer looking for a more consultative career path

You`ll ideally have:

• Exposure to engineering or technical markets through education or employment

• A track record of achieving targets

• Strong relationship-building skills

• A consultative approach to sales

• The confidence to communicate with senior stakeholders

• The ability to negotiate and close opportunities professionally

• Plenty of drive, resilience and ambition

Why People Join

• This is a business that has built its reputation on quality, relationships and doing recruitment properly.

• No 7am starts.

• No 8.30pm finishes.

• No room full of Recruitment Consultants fighting over deals.

• Just experienced people, working together, sharing knowledge and enjoying what they do.

• If you`re looking for a role where you can earn well, work retained assignments and still have a life outside work, we`d love to speak with you confidentially.