At a Glance
- Tasks: Fill live trades and labour bookings, manage candidates, and support construction clients.
- Company: Dara People, a growing recruitment agency in the construction sector.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, realistic OTE, commission, and direct support from experienced leaders.
- Other info: Opportunity to take ownership of a growing Trades & Labour desk.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real impact in the construction recruitment industry.
- Qualifications: Previous recruitment experience and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 28000 - 32000 £ per year.
Location: Aylesbury
Salary: £28,000 – £32,000 basic
OTE: £45,000 – £55,000+
Sector: Construction Recruitment | Trades & Labour | Blue Collar Construction
This is for a recruiter who knows temp markets, moves quickly, keeps candidates under control, and can fill bookings without needing their hand held.
About the role
Dara People is growing its Trades & Labour desk and needs a practical, high-activity Recruitment Consultant to help supply reliable blue-collar workers into construction clients across the UK. You’ll be working live roles, building candidate pools, speaking to site contacts, arranging starts, taking references, handling no-shows, and keeping the desk moving day to day. This is not a passive resourcing role. It suits someone from construction recruitment, trades and labour, industrial, logistics, driving, or another fast-paced temp recruitment market.
Key responsibilities
- Fill live trades and labour bookings quickly and accurately
- Speak to candidates daily and check availability
- Build reliable pools of labourers, groundworkers, plant operators, gangers, supervisors, decorators, plasterers and multi-traders
- Register candidates and complete basic screening
- Take references and check suitability before submission
- Keep clients updated before they need to chase
- Re-engage old candidates and lapsed client contacts
- Support existing accounts and help develop new business
- Manage starts, no-shows, replacements and daily issues
- Keep CRM records accurate and up to date
Requirements
- Previous recruitment experience
- Background in trades and labour, construction, industrial, logistics, driving or high-volume temp recruitment
- Strong phone manner and confidence making daily calls
- Good organisation, follow-up and attention to detail
- Ability to work at pace and manage multiple moving parts
- Confidence dealing with candidates, site contacts and clients
- Resilient, direct and comfortable working to clear activity targets
Desirable / nice-to-have background
- Experience filling blue-collar construction roles
- Existing understanding of site-based trades and labour requirements
- Temp desk experience with live bookings, availability checks and same-day issues
- Experience developing warm accounts or reactivating lapsed clients
What you’ll get
- £28,000 – £32,000 basic salary
- Realistic OTE of £45,000 – £100,000+
- Commission on delivered margin
- Warm construction client base
- Live roles and active requirements
- Direct support from an experienced recruitment business owner
- Clear targets and a simple operating structure
- Opportunity to take ownership of a growing Trades & Labour desk
About Dara People
Dara People supplies white-collar and blue-collar professionals into the construction and civil engineering sectors. We work with construction businesses across groundworks, civils, data centres, infrastructure, refurbishment and specialist subcontracting.
Best-Fit Candidates / Useful Matching Context
This role may suit recruiters currently working as a Recruitment Consultant, Trades & Labour Consultant, Construction Recruitment Consultant, Industrial Recruitment Consultant, Driving Recruitment Consultant, Logistics Recruitment Consultant, Temp Desk Consultant, Resourcer or Account Manager. Relevant backgrounds include construction recruitment agencies, blue-collar labour supply, industrial staffing, logistics recruitment, driving recruitment, facilities recruitment, civil engineering recruitment, subcontractor supply, temporary recruitment and high-volume candidate delivery.
Recommended LinkedIn posting skills
- Recruitment
- Temporary Staffing
- Construction Recruitment
- Candidate Management
Trades & Labour Recruitment Consultant in Aylesbury employer: DARA PEOPLE LTD.
Dara People is an exceptional employer for those looking to thrive in the fast-paced world of construction recruitment. With a competitive salary structure, realistic OTE, and a warm client base, employees are empowered to take ownership of their roles while benefiting from direct support and clear targets. The vibrant work culture fosters growth and resilience, making Aylesbury an ideal location for ambitious recruitment professionals seeking meaningful and rewarding careers.
