Recruiter in Birkenhead

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW
The Recruitment Department plays a vital role in attracting, selecting, and retaining top talent to drive organisational success. Our primary focus is ensuring that the workforce possesses the right skills, experience, and capabilities to meet both immediate and future business needs. Through strategic workforce planning and data-driven decision-making, we identify skill gaps and develop resourcing strategies that align with organisational goals. We utilise a variety of recruitment methods, including internal promotions, external hiring, and talent pipelines, to secure the best candidates for each role. Beyond filling vacancies, we contribute to long-term workforce development by enhancing employer branding, fostering diversity and inclusion, and optimising recruitment processes for efficiency and effectiveness.

JOB OBJECTIVE
The Recruiter plays a key role in supporting the end‑to‑end engagement of sub‑contractor workers, ensuring a structured, compliant, and efficient recruitment and onboarding process. The role involves coordinating resourcing activity across multiple workstreams, liaising with hiring managers, sub‑contractors, agencies, and internal stakeholders to support timely and effective engagement. The Recruiter will manage candidate communications, documentation, and system updates to ensure all engagements are accurately recorded and compliant. Key objectives include scheduling interviews, supporting sourcing activity, maintaining recruitment and compliance records, and assisting with screening processes appropriate to sub‑contractor engagement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Proactively source, attract, and engage sub‑contractors and contingent labour through approved channels including job boards, agency partners, social platforms, networking, and referrals.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines to support current and future project‑based and operational resourcing requirements.
• Coordinate the recruitment lifecycle for sub‑contractor engagement, including role advertising, candidate sourcing, interview scheduling, selection coordination, and offer documentation.
• Work closely with hiring managers to understand assignment requirements, skill needs, availability, and engagement timelines.
• Review applications and CVs to identify suitably qualified and experienced candidates against role criteria.
• Conduct initial screening conversations to assess skills, experience, availability, and suitability for assignment‑based engagement.
• Act as a key point of contact throughout the engagement process, ensuring clear, professional, and timely communication.
• Maintain accurate recruitment and compliance records, ensuring all documentation is completed in line with company policies and applicable legislation.
• Support adherence to appropriate engagement frameworks, ensuring clear distinction between sub‑contractor and PAYE recruitment processes.
• Collaborate with Training and Operations teams to align resourcing activity with business needs.
• Support recruitment marketing activity, contractor engagement initiatives, and attendance at relevant industry or networking events.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Proven ability to source and engage sub‑contractors or contingent workers using a range of resourcing methods.
• Experience conducting screening interviews and assessing technical skills and assignment suitability.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with hiring managers, agencies, and external partners.
• Ability to build and maintain professional relationships with candidates and supply partners.
• Experience supporting offer processes and engagement documentation within agreed frameworks.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple live requirements and changing priorities.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail when managing recruitment data, records, and compliance documentation.
• Understanding of employer branding within the contractor market and how to position opportunities appropriately.
• Previous experience in a recruitment or resourcing coordination role.
• Experience supporting high‑volume resourcing as well as specialist or niche skill requirements.

HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES
You are expected to work safely and responsibly within MJ Quinn’s values, operational policies, procedures, and accepted behaviours, ensuring that you avoid harm to yourself, your colleagues, and the communities in which we operate.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT
MJ Quinn is committed to promoting an environment that values diversity. All staff are responsible for ensuring that all employees, customers, suppliers, and visitors are treated equally and fairly and not discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnerships, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

SUSTAINABILITY
MJ Quinn is committed to, and is investing in, a sustainable future as this is vital for the planet, our communities, customers, and business.

ABOUT MJ QUINN
MJ Quinn is a UK-based infrastructure services provider specialising in delivering comprehensive, end-to-end solutions across a range of industries, including telecommunications, utilities, and mechanical and electrical engineering.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties. You may be required to undertake additional tasks that are reasonable and relevant to your role, in line with the organisation’s business objectives.