Recruitment Consultant

Shape the UK’s built environment by connecting top-tier technical talent with landmark engineering, environmental, and infrastructure projects.

At Sustainable Infrastructure, we partner with industry leaders to deliver the specialist talent driving vital national developments. We are seeking an ambitious, driven Graduate Recruitment Consultant (360) to join our team on a hybrid basis in Topsham, Exeter. Working in a full-time, permanent capacity, you will not be relegated to administrative support or restricted to back-office sourcing. Instead, you will be trained across the full 360-degree recruitment cycle, taking ownership of commercial business development and candidate delivery from day one.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive outbound business development and cold calling to engage new engineering and infrastructure clients and identify active hiring requirements.
• Conduct commercial negotiations, establishing recruitment fees and client contract terms.
• Build and nurture long-term client partnerships, developing accounts and positioning yourself as a trusted sector specialist.
• Source, headhunt, and screen technical professionals using platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter alongside internal talent networks.
• Oversee the end-to-end placement pipeline, from initial candidate interviews to offer management and post-placement support.
• Organise your daily workflow, effectively managing time, priorities, and talent pipelines to meet targets.

Required Skills & Experience

• An undergraduate degree in any academic discipline.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the confidence to pitch, present, and engage senior stakeholders over the phone.
• A proactive, commercial mindset geared towards business development, outbound sales, and lead generation.
• The aptitude and confidence to handle commercial discussions and fee negotiations.
• Proven organisational capability, with the ability to prioritise tasks and manage a high-volume recruitment pipeline.
• High resilience, determination, and genuine motivation to achieve measurable targets.

Nice-to-have

• Prior experience in customer-facing environments such as retail sales, hospitality, or customer service.
• An active interest in, or foundational knowledge of, civil engineering, ecology, or the environmental infrastructure sectors.

What We Offer / Why Join

At Sustainable Infrastructure, you will gain immediate, hands-on exposure to the entire recruitment lifecycle rather than being confined to candidate administration. We provide comprehensive training in commercial sales, negotiation, and modern search techniques, giving you direct access to experienced recruiters and leadership. Based in our Topsham office in Exeter, you will work alongside an ambitious team, using modern CRM systems and recruitment technologies to build your own specialist client portfolio and advance through defined progression pathways toward Senior and Principal Consultant positions.