Recruitment Consultant - Utilities/Energy in Watford

Our Recruitment Consultant plays a critical role in sourcing, attracting and hiring top talent for Flint Technology Services clients, whilst developing strong commercial relationships across the contract marketplace. This is a 360-recruitment role, requiring ownership of the complete recruitment lifecycle; from understanding client requirements and developing new opportunities, through candidate sourcing and qualification, interview management and negotiation, to successful placement and ongoing relationship management.

This role requires somebody who is a tenacious, commercially minded recruiter who enjoys winning. They will have the drive to identify opportunities, develop existing accounts, grow new client relationships and build a strong candidate network across the utilities, technology, telecoms and associated professional services markets.

What You’ll Do:

• Own the full 360 recruitment lifecycle, from identifying and qualifying (contract) opportunities through to successful placement and ongoing relationship management.
• Build and develop strong relationships with clients, hiring managers, candidates and key stakeholders.
• Develop existing client accounts while proactively identifying and winning new business opportunities.
• Understand client workforce requirements and translate these into effective recruitment and sourcing strategies.
• Manage recruitment requirements across multiple clients, vendors and countries, ensuring a high-quality and responsive service.
• Build and maintain strong candidate networks and talent pools across relevant technical, engineering, project, transformation, commercial and professional services disciplines.
• Proactively source and engage candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, databases, professional networks, referrals and direct approaches.
• Manage the candidate journey from initial engagement and qualification through to interview, offer, negotiation, onboarding and post-placement follow-up.
• Develop strong market knowledge, including emerging skills, talent shortages, candidate availability and market trends, and use this insight to support clients and recruitment activity.
• Manage rate and offer negotiations, balancing client requirements, candidate expectations and commercially sound outcomes.
• Create and promote engaging job advertisements and opportunities across appropriate recruitment channels.
• Provide clients and hiring managers with regular updates on recruitment activity, candidate pipelines and relevant market intelligence.
• Identify opportunities to cross-sell Flint’s wider talent and professional services capabilities and support the development of new areas of business growth.
• Represent Flint at relevant recruitment, networking and industry events, helping to develop our brand and client/candidate network.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records within the ATS/CRM and ensure agreed recruitment processes and compliance requirements are followed.

About you:

• Proven experience in a 360-recruitment role, with responsibility for both client development and candidate delivery.
• Experience recruiting technical and/or professional roles within utilities, energy, technology, telecoms or a related market.
• Strong track record of developing client relationships and identifying new business opportunities.
• Experience of contract and interim recruitment, with a good working knowledge of relevant compliance requirements, including IR35 and umbrella arrangements.
• Confident sourcing and engaging candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, databases, professional networks and direct approaches.
• Experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle, including qualification, interview management, offer negotiation and placement.
• Strong commercial awareness, including experience of rate and commercial negotiations.
• Confident working with hiring managers, senior stakeholders and candidates at all levels.
• Familiarity with ATS/CRM platforms and recruitment technology.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple vacancies, clients and priorities effectively.
• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.

Personal Attributes:

• Commercially minded, proactive and motivated by delivering results.
• Confident developing new relationships and creating business opportunities.
• Resilient and persistent, with the ability to respond positively to challenges and changing priorities.
• Self-motivated and comfortable taking ownership and working independently.
• Collaborative and team orientated, with a willingness to share knowledge and support colleagues.
• Curious and interested in developing knowledge of our markets, clients and services.
• Professional, organised and accountable, with high standards of integrity.