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Senior Recruitment Consultant
Job summary
A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Recruitment Consultant in South Africa's built environment sector. The role involves managing full recruitment processes, establishing strong client relationships, and developing new business. Ideal candidates will have proven recruitment experience, exceptional communication and time-management skills, and a consultative mindset. The position offers competitive salary, uncapped commission, and a hybrid working model.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Recruitment Consultant within built environment discipline.
- Strong understanding of the technical recruitment market and industry trends.
- Confident communicator who can influence and build rapport at all levels.
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end recruitment processes for permanent and/or contract roles.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships as a trusted recruitment partner.
- Liaise confidently with candidates and clients at all levels.
Skills
Location: Hybrid / Remote
Salary: Competitive base + uncapped commission + benefits
We are seeking an experienced Senior Recruitment Consultant to join our established and growing team. This role is ideal for a proven recruiter with experience across any one of the following sectors: Civil & Structural Engineering, Mechanical & Electrical (M&E), or Architecture, who thrives in a consultative, relationship‑led environment and is confident operating at all levels with clients and candidates.
As a Senior Recruitment Consultant, you will take ownership of a specialist desk within the built environment sector, managing the full recruitment lifecycle and developing long‑term partnerships with clients.
- Manage end‑to‑end recruitment processes for permanent and/or contract roles
- Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a trusted recruitment partner
- Liaise confidently with candidates and clients at all levels, from junior professionals to senior leadership and directors
- Proactively develop new business while nurturing and expanding existing accounts
- Source, interview, and assess candidates to ensure high‑quality placements
- Negotiate offers, manage counter‑offers, and oversee a smooth onboarding process
- Maintain accurate CRM records and ensure compliance with recruitment standards
- Proven experience as a Recruitment Consultant within built environment discipline
- Strong understanding of the technical recruitment market and industry trends
- Confident communicator with the ability to influence and build rapport at all levels
- Commercially driven with a consultative and solutions‑focused mindset
- Self‑motivated, resilient, and performance‑oriented
- Highly organised with strong time‑management skills
On Offer is a competitive basic salary with a competitive commission structure, flexible working and additional incentives.
If you are a senior recruiter looking to further your career within the built environment sector and want the autonomy to grow a specialist desk with strong business support, we want to hear from you.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.