Principal recruitment consultant - construction

Job Description

Own a desk. Share the profits. Build a team. This is M&E recruitment done differently. Principal Consultant - M&E Surveying | Leeds | Employee Owned Trust | £40k-£50k + Uncapped Commission

Principal Consultant - M&E Surveying Recruitment | Leeds | Employee Owned

I'm exclusively partnering with a specialist technical recruitment firm based in Leeds to find a Principal Consultant for their Mechanical & Electrical Surveying division. My client is a genuinely impressive business - 20 strong, growing at 20% year-on-year, and structured as an Employee Owned Trust. They operate across five specialist business lines and have built a reputation for deep technical expertise and long-term client relationships. This is not a revolving-door recruiter - this is a business where people stay, grow, and share in the success they create.

Package:

• Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 (Dependant on experience)
• Uncapped commission
• EOT - Employee Owned Trust - Tax free bonus at the end of the year
• Free Parking on site
• Strong annual leave with the chance to buy more

The Role This is a hybrid of strategic business development and consultative recruitment. You'll own the M&E Surveying desk, working directly with the Managing Director and with real scope to build a team around you if that's the direction you want to go.

You'll be targeting facility managers, heads of department and senior operational leaders across construction and housing, and managing a focused portfolio of strategic key accounts alongside self-generated new business.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Building and converting a self-generated new business pipeline across M&E surveying, construction and housing
• Managing a focused portfolio of strategic key accounts (fewer than 10), driving depth of relationship and share-of-wallet
• Running consultative discovery conversations that translate client pain points into tailored recruitment solutions
• Nurturing a strong supply-side network of engineers, chartered surveyors and technical professionals

What My Client Is Looking For

• 5+ years in technical recruitment, ideally across construction, housing, engineering or surveying
• Proven business development track record - self-generated prospecting, cold outreach, and closing deals within 1-3 month sales cycles
• Direct experience recruiting within M&E, structural or surveying disciplines (or a technical sales background in construction)
• Consultative selling skills - someone who leads with questions, not pitches, and is comfortable in commercial conversations at senior level

Desirable But Not Essential

• A background as a practitioner or technical salesperson in construction or engineering
• Experience placing into tier-1 contractors, housebuilders or major FM firms
• Experience mentoring junior consultants, or genuine ambition to grow a team

This vacancy is being advertised by Aaron Wallis Recruitment and Training Limited operating as an Employment Agency, registered in England No. 6356563. View our and