Senior Recruitment Consultant - Defence in Hampshire

Join the Frontline of Talent in the Defence Sector. As a Recruitment Consultant on our Blue Collar Permanent desk, you’ll take ownership of a profitable portfolio of trusted client relationships across a variety of sectors. This is an established market with strong potential, giving you the opportunity to drive business development while building long-term partnerships.

You’ll be supported by an experienced team but will have the autonomy to shape your own success. This is a true 360 role, with around 60% focused on growing and developing client accounts, and 40% on candidate delivery. Typical roles you will cover include mechanical engineers, assembly technicians and wiremen.

We are looking for individuals with:

• Proven success in a 360 permanent recruitment role.
• Experience recruiting into engineering skillsets (defence market experience not required).
• A sales-driven, resilient mindset with determination to achieve and exceed targets.
• Ambition to develop long-term client relationships in a high-performing market.

What’s in it for you?

• Proven earning potential – Step into a warm desk with consistent billings and great earning potential.
• Resilient, future-proof sector – Defence remains one of the most stable industries, continuing to grow even during global slowdowns.
• Strong team culture – Work alongside recruiters with 10–20+ years’ experience, who share knowledge and expertise like nowhere else.
• Unmatched client relationships – Benefit from long-standing partnerships with leading organisations that few agencies can access.
• Clear growth trajectory – Join a business on track for double-digit turnover within two years.

What we offer:

• A profitable warm desk with established client relationships.
• Support and mentoring from some of the most experienced recruiters in the industry.
• A high-performing yet supportive team environment.
• Incentives, socials, and rewards for high achievers.
• A competitive salary and commission structure designed to maximise your earnings.

Who are we?

For over 40 years, Gattaca has been helping clients across the world grow by solving their biggest talent challenges. Every day we aim to deliver a service that is so trusted that our clients, candidates, colleagues, and suppliers recommend us without hesitation. It's our vision to become the STEM talent partner of choice, and we need you to help us get there.

At Gattaca, our values are the backbone of everything we do: Trust, Professionalism, Ambition, and FUN. This, paired with the tools and industry leading training we can provide, will help to elevate your career.

Recruitment Process

Gattaca is dedicated to helping our people to realise their full potential. We understand the value a diverse workforce brings to every workplace and in everything we do, we are committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and accessibility. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and encourage you to consider a career with Gattaca. If there is anything we can do to make our recruitment processes better for you, tell us.

Our recruitment process will include a combination of telephone, video and face to face interviews for you to showcase your talents and potential. We offer reasonable adjustments to accommodate the needs of our applicants, such as providing interview questions in advance, offering written formats, changing interview times, structure, or settings, and arranging office visits before the interview. This list is not exhaustive, and we are open to considering any additional adjustments to support our candidates.