Experienced Recruitment Consultant

  • Edwards & Pearce
  • Jan 14, 2026
Full time HR / Recruitment

Job Description

Are you looking for a career that is financially rewarding with a clear and achievable progression structure? We are currently looking to recruit an experienced recruitment consultant to work within our business on one of our desks covering the South Yorkshire/North Lincolnshire area. These desks range across the following sectors including Sales & Marketing, HR, Finance, Office Support, Manufacturing, Engineering and Supply Chain. Edwards & Pearce was established in 1998 and is a recognised and long-standing professional recruitment partner, working with clients and candidates across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the rest of the UK.

THE ROLE:

After initial inductions and training, you will be working autonomously in a full 360 degree recruitment consultant role recruiting in the areas of supply chain and procurement, engineering and production. All our consultants build and develop long standing client and candidate relationships and are the first choice for a wide variety of companies from global plcs to the SME sector, education, the Arts, charities and the public sector.

THE CANDIDATE:

With a proven track record of building a strong desk, the successful recruitment consultant will be a real people person, able to identify the right candidates for roles and with the ability to understand not just what those candidates are looking for but most importantly what they are not looking for! You enjoy the client liaison and have great listening skills in order to deliver, building the relationships that keep our clients coming back across all our recruitment divisions. The successful applicant should be able to display the following qualities:

  • Determined - to deliver and achieve results to the high standards expected by Edwards & Pearce, our clients and our candidates.
  • Resourceful - to be able to problem solve and overcome difficult conversations in challenging situations.
  • Responsible - being accountable for your actions and the task in hand.
  • Disciplined - able to evaluate and manage the many parts to this role and work to deadlines
  • Genuine - nobody wants to work with a 'typical salesperson'. We look for those who pride themselves in the service they provide.
  • Adaptable - no day is the same and you may have to drop everything for an urgent assignment.
  • Reliable - do what you say you are going to, every time.
  • Sociable - warm, self confident and with a natural ability to engage with colleagues, clients and candidates.
THE BENEFITS:

Competitive starting salary plus bonus and uncapped commission and a range of benefits including a hybrid working pattern, free parking when in the office and a private healthcare scheme You will join a successful, team playing culture offering support and guidance from consultants and divisional directors some of whom have been with the company for over 20 years.

THE COMPANY:

Edwards & Pearce is a professional recruitment consultancy with specialist divisions managed by experts in their own area of recruitment. Established in 1998. Permanent office at The Deep in Hull plus day offices in Doncaster and York. Edwards & Pearce operates according to a strict ethical code and aims to offer both candidates and clients the highest levels of professionalism and customer service. Edwards & Pearce has an enviable client base including plc's, blue chip organisations and SME's, global FMCG manufacturing, the public sector, charities and the Big 4 accountancy firms achieving preferred supplier status with many clients. Specialising in the South Yorkshire, Humber and North Lincolnshire, Edwards & Pearce successfully recruit for not only local, regional and national clients but also successfully filled international assignments. It is the policy of Edwards & Pearce to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, colour, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.