Recruitment Consultant - Utilities/Energy
13 days ago
Watford
\n Our Recruitment Consultants play a critical role in sourcing, attracting and hiring top talent for Flint Technology Services clients, whilst developing strong commercial relationships across the contract marketplace. This is a 360-recruitment role, requiring ownership of the complete recruitment life cycle; from understanding client requirements and developing new opportunities, through candidate sourcing and qualification, interview management and negotiation, to successful placement and ongoing relationship management. This role requires somebody who is a tenacious, commercially minded recruiter who enjoys winning. They will have the drive to identify opportunities, develop existing accounts, grow new client relationships and build a strong candidate network across the utilities, technology, telecoms and associated professional services markets. \n What You'll Do: \n\n • Own the full 360 recruitment life cycle, from identifying and qualifying (contract) opportunities through to successful placement and ongoing relationship management.\n, • Build and develop strong relationships with clients, hiring managers, candidates and key stakeholders.\n, • Develop existing client accounts while proactively identifying and winning new business opportunities.\n, • Understand client workforce requirements and translate these into effective recruitment and sourcing strategies.\n, • Manage recruitment requirements across multiple clients, vendors and countries, ensuring a high-quality and responsive service.\n, • Build and maintain strong candidate networks and talent pools across relevant technical, engineering, project, transformation, commercial and professional services disciplines.\n, • Proactively source and engage candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, databases, professional networks, referrals and direct approaches.\n, • Manage the candidate journey from initial engagement and qualification through to interview, offer, negotiation, onboarding and post-placement follow-up.\n, • Develop strong market knowledge, including emerging skills, talent shortages, candidate availability and market trends, and use this insight to support clients and recruitment activity.\n, • Manage rate and offer negotiations, balancing client requirements, candidate expectations and commercially sound outcomes.\n, • Create and promote engaging job advertisements and opportunities across appropriate recruitment channels.\n, • Provide clients and hiring managers with regular updates on recruitment activity, candidate pipelines and relevant market intelligence.\n, • Identify opportunities to cross-sell Flint's wider talent and professional services capabilities and support the development of new areas of business growth.\n, • Represent Flint at relevant recruitment, networking and industry events, helping to develop our brand and client/candidate network.\n, • Maintain accurate and up-to-date records within the ATS/CRM and ensure agreed recruitment processes and compliance requirements are followed.\n\n About you: \n\n • Proven experience in a 360-recruitment role, with responsibility for both client development and candidate delivery.\n, • Experience recruiting technical and/or professional roles within utilities, energy, technology, telecoms or a related market.\n, • Strong track record of developing client relationships and identifying new business opportunities.\n, • Experience of contract and interim recruitment, with a good working knowledge of relevant compliance requirements, including IR35 and umbrella arrangements.\n, • Confident sourcing and engaging candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, databases, professional networks and direct approaches.\n, • Experience managing the full recruitment life cycle, including qualification, interview management, offer negotiation and placement.\n, • Strong commercial awareness, including experience of rate and commercial negotiations.\n, • Confident working with hiring managers, senior stakeholders and candidates at all levels.\n, • Familiarity with ATS/CRM platforms and recruitment technology.\n, • Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple vacancies, clients and priorities effectively.\n, • Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.\n\n Personal Attributes: \n\n • Commercially minded, proactive and motivated by delivering results.\n, • Confident developing new relationships and creating business opportunities.\n, • Resilient and persistent, with the ability to respond positively to challenges and changing priorities.\n, • Self-motivated and comfortable taking ownership and working independently.\n, • Collaborative and team orientated, with a willingness to share knowledge and support colleagues.\n, • Curious and interested in developing knowledge of our markets, clients and services. Professional, organised and accountable, with high standards of integrity.\n