Recruitment Consultant - Utilities/Energy in Watford, United Kingdom

Our Recruitment Consultants play 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 life cycle; 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 life cycle, 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 recruitm...