Senior Recruitment Consultant - Trade & Labour
Location : Essendon Fields, Vic
About Us
Randstad is the world's largest talent company, operating in 39 countries with over 46,000 employees. We connect more than 2 million candidates to roles every year, driving both business growth and career success.
In Australia, Randstad is a market-leading talent company, employing over 1,000 local experts across 30 locations. We are proudly recognized as a top 30 Best Place to Work, celebrated for our exceptional employee culture, flexibility, and commitment to work-life balance.
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Why Join Randstad Australia?
Certified Excellence: Recognized as a Great Place to Work 2024/2025 and named the 15th Best Place to Work in Australia.
Global Recognition: Consistently featured on Forbes' "World's Best Employer" list.
Values-Driven: A proud founding partner of Family-Friendly Workplaces.
The Role
We are seeking a high-performing Senior Recruitment Consultant to join our Trades and Labour team based in our Essendon Fields office. This is a unique opportunity to take over a warm desk with an existing pipeline, allowing you to hit the ground running while continuing to grow your portfolio. You will be responsible for end-to-end business development, client acquisition, and talent placement, focusing specifically on the manufacturing, food, energy industries and across other industries in Melbourne and Victoria.
Your Focus
Business Development: This is a "greenfield" role. You will be responsible for identifying new opportunities and acquiring new clients to build your desk from the ground up.
360-Degree Management: You will own the full recruitment lifecycle, from identifying client needs and securing business to sourcing and placing trades specialists within the manufacturing, food, and energy sectors but with no restriction to industry.
What are we looking for in you:
We invite applications from professionals with transferable skills in:
360 Recruitment Consultants with experience in blue collar trades and labour recruitment
Business Development specialists looking to pivot to being recruitment consultants
If you are an experienced trades person and looking to pivot to being a recruitment consultant this could be the ideal opportunity for you.
What We Offer
Competitive Salary: A solid Base salary range of, commensurate with experience. A tiered approach to commissions with a potential to earn big. We support your business activities with full reimbursement for mileage and tolls, as well as expensed client lunches and meetings.
Flexible work: We value trust and autonomy. There are no rigid office attendance requirements; we trust you to manage your time, client visits, and admin tasks to achieve the best outcomes.
Supportive Environment: While you will be building your own desk, you will align with our established talent and delivery teams for collaborative meetings and monthly wrap-ups.
Work-Life Balance: Generous leave entitlements, including dedicated service leave and a paid "Birthday Day Off." An overseas work away program giving you the opportunity to work from anywhere in the world for 8 weeks each year
Investment Opportunities: Participate in our Share Purchase Plan, with 100% matching input from Randstad.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
