Recruitment Consultant

Overview

Maritime Recruitment Consultant | Shore-Based Roles | Southampton Office

Location: Southampton (hybrid after probation)

Sector: Maritime (shore-based) – global coverage across Middle East, APAC, US

Looking to join a high-performing recruitment start-up without all the usual fluff and faff?

This is a genuinely rare opportunity to join a tight-knit team that actually operates consultatively – no spray-and-pray CVs, no crazy KPIs, and no egos. Just a sharp, efficient, and grown-up approach to placing brilliant maritime professionals into technical and commercial shore-based roles across the globe.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Recruiting into an international market (Middle East, US, APAC)
• Placing technical and commercial professionals (Ship Managers, Superintendents, QHSE, Brokers)
• Working retained and exclusive business 95% of the time
• Using SourceWhale, Bullhorn, Market Mapper and LinkedIn Recruiter – one of the best tech-stacks we\’ve seen in a long time.
• Building long-term client partnerships (every CV sent is pre-vetted and results in an interview 99% of the time)
• Collaborating with a collective-minded team that passes work around rather than hoards it

What You’ll Need

• 1–3 years in recruitment (any sector) – maritime experience is a big bonus, but not essential
• Confidence picking up the phone and having proper consultative conversations
• The drive to build your own market with mentoring and tools provided – we’ll teach you the sector, not how to send a CV
• A commercial mindset – this is a business-winning environment, not just account maintenance

Commission & Progression

Transparent grading system from Day 1 with regular increases

Bill £30k+ in a quarter? You’ll earn 20% commission

Bill 40k+ in a quarter? You\’ll get 25% of everything!

Average fees sit around £12k – it stacks up fast

Office Setup

Based in a smart Southampton city centre space

5 days in office during probation (with flexibility)

After that – 4 days a week, with trust and autonomy baked in

We appreciate this is a tiny snapshot of what you would do, so if you are interested and want to know more, call me, send me a message (Will Grashoff on LinkedIn), DM, or whatever is easiest. We encourage anyone who feels they are suitable to apply; we love seeing diversity in our applicants. We use specialist technology to ensure there are no gender biases in our adverts.

Every applicant will receive a response. We sometimes make mistakes and miss things from CVs, so you will be given an opportunity to receive feedback and discuss the role in more detail if you feel necessary.