Recruitment Consultant | Safety, Trades & Technical

Recruitment Consultant | Safety, Trades & Technical
Build Your Market. Partner with Industry. Drive Growth.

Are you an experienced 360 Recruitment Consultant looking to take ownership of a specialist market with significant growth potential?
Manpower is seeking a commercially focused Recruitment Consultant to join our Safety, Trades & Technical team. This is an exciting opportunity for a recruiter with experience in safety, trades or related sectors to build and grow a hybrid desk across both permanent and temporary recruitment.
You'll be responsible for managing the full recruitment lifecycle while actively developing current business opportunities, building lasting client partnerships and becoming a trusted talent advisor within your market.
If you're motivated by business development, relationship building and delivering outstanding recruitment outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

Who This Role Would Suit

- An experienced 360 Recruitment Consultant recruiting across Safety, Trades, Technical or related specialist markets
- A recruiter who enjoys balancing business development with delivery and candidate engagement
- Someone with experience managing permanent, temporary or hybrid recruitment desks
- A consultant motivated by building a specialist market, developing new business and growing long-term client partnerships
- A recruiter looking to leverage an established brand while having the autonomy to grow their own portfolio

What You'll Be Doing

Business Development & Client Growth

- Proactively identify and secure new client opportunities within the Safety, Trades & Technical market
- Develop and execute business development plans to drive revenue growth




- Build strong relationships with hiring managers and decision-makers
- Conduct market mapping, lead generation and networking activities
- Prepare and present tailored recruitment solutions and proposals
- Grow and develop existing accounts through exceptional service delivery and strategic account management

Recruitment & Talent Acquisition

- Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for permanent and temporary opportunities
- Identify, attract and place top Safety, Trades & Technical talent
- Build engaged talent communities and proactive candidate pipelines
- Partner with clients to provide market insights and tailored hiring solutions
- Ensure compliance and onboarding requirements are managed efficiently
- Deliver exceptional service to both clients and candidates

Desk & Relationship Management

- Manage a hybrid desk across both permanent and temporary recruitment solutions
- Maintain accurate candidate and client records within CRM systems
- Drive client and candidate engagement through consistent communication and follow-up
- Ensure recruitment assignments are delivered to agreed service standards and timelines
- Contribute to achieving divisional revenue, GP and growth targets

What We're Looking For

Essential

- Proven experience as a 360 Recruitment Consultant
- Demonstrated success in business development and client acquisition
- Experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle




- Strong commercial acumen and ability to identify growth opportunities
- Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills

Highly Regarded

- Recruitment experience within Safety, Trades, Technical or related specialist recruitment markets
- Experience managing a blended permanent and temporary recruitment desk
- Knowledge of talent attraction strategies and candidate sourcing methodologies
- Experience using Bullhorn or similar CRM/ATS platforms
- Understanding of Awards, labour hire and workforce compliance requirements

Why Join Manpower?

- Join a globally recognised workforce solutions business
- Take ownership of an established specialist market with significant growth potential
- Access leading recruitment technology, tools and support
- Build your personal brand within the Manpower Brand
- Opportunity to work across both permanent and temporary recruitment solutions
- Competitive salary package plus uncapped earning potential
- Career development opportunities within the broader ManpowerGroup network

About Manpower

Manpower specialises in connecting skilled professionals with organisations across a range of professional and technical disciplines. Our Safety, Trades & Technical division partners with businesses to deliver high-quality talent solutions across permanent, temporary and project-based workforce needs.
Backed by the global strength of ManpowerGroup, we combine industry expertise, market insight and innovative workforce solutions to help organisations and professionals succeed.

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📌 Recruitment Consultant | Safety, Trades & Technical (Melbourne)
🏢 ManpowerGroup
📍 Melbourne