Contract Recruitment Consultant

Owen Daniels; Coleshill Heath; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Uncapped commission

Early finish Fridays

Birthday & Christmas off

Health care

Lunch clubs

Annual incentives

Training & development

Supportive team

Job summary

Owen Daniels is expanding its Birmingham team to recruit a Contract Recruitment Consultant for a full 360 desk in Engineering and Manufacturing. You’ll own the lifecycle from winning new business to contractor placement, with clear earning potential and a progression path to senior and managing consultant levels.

You’ll operate on a hybrid model with a strong back-office and compliance support, targeting UK clients across engineering sectors while building lasting client relationships and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in contract or temporary recruitment.
• Track record of winning new business and building client relationships.
• Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing or wider STEM recruitment.
• Strong candidate sourcing and account management skills.
• Working understanding of IR35 and AWR; compliance support available.

Responsibilities

• Develop new business across target sectors and accounts; win vacancies.
• Manage client relationships; conduct client visits and job-spec calls.
• Source, screen and assess candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter and job boards.
• Handle the full contract lifecycle with in-house compliance support.
• Maintain and grow a book of active contractors on your desk.
• Coordinate interviews, offers, onboarding and pay/margin calculations.
• Log activity in Bullhorn; work towards KPIs and billing targets.

Skills

Contract recruitment

New business development

STEM recruitment

Sourcing & account management

IR35 & AWR knowledge

Target-driven

Organisation

Team player

Tools

Bullhorn CRM

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Contract Recruitment Consultant

We are expanding our Birmingham team and are looking for an ambitious and driven Contract Recruitment Consultant to run a full 360 contract recruitment desk within our Engineering and Manufacturing division. This role sits at Recruitment Consultant level, though we're also happy to speak to candidates at mid to senior recruitment consultant level, with the role and package shaped around the experience you bring.

We're looking for someone who wants full ownership of the recruitment lifecycle, from winning new business through to placing and managing contractors, with clear earning potential and a defined path through to senior and managing consultant level and beyond.

Owen Daniels is a leading STEM recruitment solutions group, founded in 2011, with its head office in Camberley, Surrey and additional offices in Birmingham and Chicago, US. We specialise in delivering bespoke recruitment solutions to Engineering, Manufacturing and wider STEM businesses across the UK & US and we offer one of the strongest, uncapped commission structures in the market.

What we're looking for

• Proven experience in contract or temporary recruitment, essential for this role
• A track record of winning new business and building client relationships
• Experience within Engineering, Manufacturing or wider STEM recruitment
• Strong candidate sourcing and account management skills
• A working understanding of contract legislation, including IR35 and the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR); our compliance team is on hand to support you with the detail
• Confident, resilient and target-driven, with a genuine interest in the engineering or manufacturing sectors
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple live roles and contractors at once
• A team player with a professional and positive approach

The role

As a 360 Recruitment Consultant on our contract desk, you will build and manage your own client base, win new business and place candidates into engineering and manufacturing roles across the UK. You will be responsible for the full recruitment lifecycle, from business development and client management through to candidate sourcing, contractor compliance and ongoing account growth.

You will work towards clear financial targets and promotion thresholds, with progression built around billings, active contractor numbers and contract margin, set out in a transparent career framework from Recruitment Consultant through to Associate Director.

We're proud to offer one of the strongest back offices in the market to support contract recruitment. Our in-house compliance team is highly experienced and on hand to help you navigate difficult discussions and information requests with clients, so you're never left to handle complex IR35 or AWR queries alone. Alongside this, you'll have the tools and support in place to sell contract solutions with confidence.

Duties

• Proactively develop new business across target sectors and accounts, generating leads and winning vacancies with new and existing clients
• Manage client relationships autonomously, including client visits and job-spec calls
• Source, screen and assess candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards and our internal CRM
• Manage the full contract lifecycle, including compliance with IR35 and AWR, contractor status assessments and pay and margin calculations, with support from our dedicated in-house compliance team
• Maintain and grow a book of active contractors within your desk
• Manage interview coordination, offers, counter-offers and onboarding
• Maintain accurate and timely records within Bullhorn CRM, including logging all call activity
• Work towards weekly KPIs and monthly, quarterly and annual billing targets

What we offer

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 from home
• Excellent, uncapped commission structure with clear progression opportunities
• 1.30pm finish every Friday - 37 hours a week contract
• Birthday and Christmas off
• Health care and life insurance
• Quarterly lunch clubs and annual incentive rewards
• Training and development, both internally and externally
• Supportive, collaborative team environment

Why Owen Daniels

We pride ourselves on long-term relationships, quality delivery and developing our people. This role offers genuine career progression within a growing STEM recruitment business, with the support, tools and training to succeed and a clear route through to senior and management level