Principal Recruitment Consultant - Join Our European Growth Story

Are you a high-performing 360 recruiter with experience across European markets?
Do you want to be part of a team building something new - and moving into leadership role as part of a 2-year company strategy?

We have established a new business unit focused on the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) - and we're looking for ambitious Freelance or Permanent Consultants at all levels to build it with us.

The Opportunity

For 25 years, we've successfully placed engineering professionals across the UK, building long-term client partnerships, a trusted brand, and a strong delivery model.

Now, we're taking those proven success stories into the DACH region.

This is your chance to join a team at the ground floor of a strategic European expansion - working collaboratively to establish a new market presence while owning and developing your own niche within it.

You won't be alone. You'll be part of a focused team, supported by leadership, brand credibility, and an established delivery infrastructure - but with the autonomy to shape your market.

What You'll Be Doing

• Working as part of a dedicated team to establish and grow our DACH business unit
• Leveraging our 25-year UK engineering success to win trust in new European markets
• Identifying SME engineering businesses within your vertical and developing key stakeholder relationships
• Generating new recruitment opportunities through proactive business development
• Building and nurturing a specialist candidate network across the region
• Managing the full 360 recruitment lifecycle - from qualification to offer management
• Representing candidates through consultative sales calls and targeted marketing campaigns
• Cross-selling wider project solutions and collaborating with colleagues to maximise account value
• Attending client and contractor meetings to strengthen long-term partnerships
• Driving performance through KPI ownership and revenue targets

This is a commercial, market-building role - combining strategic sales with hands-on delivery.

Who You Are

• A strong 360 recruiter with experience across European markets (ideally DACH)
• Experience of a technical market - ideally engineering
• Confident developing new business and opening new territories
• Motivated by building something from the ground up and moving into a leadership role
• Commercially sharp and comfortable operating at SME and stakeholder level
• Skilled in managing the full recruitment lifecycle
• KPI-driven and accountable for your own performance
• Collaborative - excited to build as part of a team rather than operate in isolation

You understand that recruitment is sales - but you also understand that scaling into a new region requires teamwork, credibility, and long-term thinking.

What You'll Get

• Strong earning potential aligned to performance & investment into your future career
• The opportunity to help build a new European business unit
• The backing of a 25-year established engineering recruitment brand
• A collaborative team environment with leadership support
• Clear progression into a leadership role with a supporting training & development programme
• Hybrid model with opportunity to work 2 days from home

If you're ready to take proven UK engineering success into Europe - and want to be part of building the next chapter - we'd love to speak with you so please call Nicola Mannion for a confidential conversation.