Senior Recruitment Consultant

Salary: £30,000 – £40,000, uncapped commission

Location:

Reading – Hybrid, Driving licence required

The Role

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys being busy, takes pride in delivering results, and wants to work in a positive, supportive recruitment environment where effort is recognised and rewarded.
If you’re comfortable speaking to people on the phone, enjoy working as part of a team, and are motivated by seeing the impact of your work, this role offers a strong opportunity to build a long‑term career in recruitment.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Candidate focussed Recruitment Consultant to support established client relationships within the engineering sector, working closely with Business Development colleagues and an experienced delivery team.
This role focuses on candidate attraction, engagement, and end‑to‑end delivery. You’ll typically be working on multiple live roles at any one time, with warm client demand and clear priorities.
While engineering recruitment experience is preferred, we’re open to candidates from other recruitment sectors, as well as those with backgrounds in recruitment resourcing, call centres, outbound calling, or telesales, provided you bring the right attitude and work ethic.
You’ll be supported by experienced consultants, clear processes, and leadership that genuinely wants you to succeed.

Key Responsibilities

Deliver across multiple live engineering roles each week
Proactively source, screen, and engage candidates via outbound calls and job boards
Manage candidates through the recruitment process from initial contact to placement
Support existing client accounts with consistent, high‑quality delivery
Work closely with Business Development colleagues to meet client expectations
Maintain accurate systems and pipelines to ensure a smooth recruitment process

About You

Experience as a Recruitment Consultant, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Recruitment Resourcer, or Delivery Consultant
Alternatively, experience in a call centre, outbound calling, or telesales environment
Comfortable building rapport over the phone
Organised, reliable, and able to manage a busy workload
Enjoys working as part of a collaborative, supportive team
Engineering recruitment experience preferred but not essential
Full UK driving licence
Based within commuting distance of Reading
Right to work in the UK (we’re unable to offer sponsorship)

What’s On Offer

Competitive basic salary (£30k–£40k depending on experience)
Uncapped Commission
Supportive, collaborative culture within a high‑performing team
Ongoing training and development from experienced consultants and leadership
Clear expectations with autonomy and trust
Hybrid working model with early Friday finishes
Additional benefits, incentives, and team rewards
Plus, many more

What Next?

If you would like to apply for the Recruitment Consultant position, please submit your CV via the “Apply Now” button, or contact Josie Shear at Orion Electrotech Reading for a confidential conversation.

Due to the volume of applications, we receive, unfortunately we are not able to respond to every application personally, therefore, if you have not heard back from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. To see our other available vacancies please visit our website.

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