Salary: £30,000 – £40,000, uncapped commission
Location: Reading – Hybrid, Driving licence required
The Role
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys being busy, takes pride in delivering results, and wants to work in a positive, supportive recruitment environment where effort is recognised and rewarded. If you’re comfortable speaking to people on the phone, enjoy working as part of a team, and are motivated by seeing the impact of your work, this role offers a strong opportunity to build a long‑term career in recruitment.
The Opportunity
We’re looking for a Candidate focused Recruitment Consultant to support established client relationships within the engineering sector, working closely with Business Development colleagues and an experienced delivery team. This role focuses on candidate attraction, engagement, and end‑to‑end delivery. You’ll typically be working on multiple live roles at any one time, with warm client demand and clear priorities. While engineering recruitment experience is preferred, we’re open to candidates from other recruitment sectors, as well as those with backgrounds in recruitment resourcing, call centres, outbound calling, or telesales, provided you bring the right attitude and work ethic. You’ll be supported by experienced consultants, clear processes, and leadership that genuinely wants you to succeed.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver across multiple live engineering roles each week
* Proactively source, screen, and engage candidates via outbound calls and job boards
* Manage candidates through the recruitment process from initial contact to placement
* Support existing client accounts with consistent, high‑quality delivery
* Work closely with Business Development colleagues to meet client expectations
* Maintain accurate systems and pipelines to ensure a smooth recruitment process
About You
* Experience as a Recruitment Consultant, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Recruitment Resourcer, or Delivery Consultant
* Alternatively, experience in a call centre, outbound calling, or telesales environment
* Comfortable building rapport over the phone
* Organised, reliable, and able to manage a busy workload
* Enjoys working as part of a collaborative, supportive team
* Engineering recruitment experience preferred but not essential
* Full UK driving licence
* Based within commuting distance of Reading
* Right to work in the UK (we’re unable to offer sponsorship)
What’s On Offer
* Competitive basic salary (£30k–£40k depending on experience)
* Uncapped Commission
* Supportive, collaborative culture within a high‑performing team
* Ongoing training and development from experienced consultants and leadership
* Clear expectations with autonomy and trust
* Hybrid working model with early Friday finishes
* Additional benefits, incentives, and team rewards
* Plus, many more
What Next?
If you would like to apply for the Recruitment Consultant position, please submit your CV via the “Apply Now” button, or contact Josie Shear at Orion Electrotech Reading for a confidential conversation.
Due to the volume of applications, we receive, unfortunately we are not able to respond to every application personally, therefore, if you have not heard back from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. To see our other available vacancies please visit our website.
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