Principal Recruitment Consultant

USA | Advanced Engineering / Clean Tech / Aerospace & Defence

Build Your Own Desk. Own Your Market. Earn Life-Changing Money.

This is a rare opportunity to take genuine ownership of a high-growth recruitment desk in the USA, backed by exclusive partnerships with some of the most innovative and influential engineering businesses in the country.

At Fruition Group, we don't just fill roles. We work as true talent partners, embedded within our clients' businesses, helping shape their teams and their futures. Our US client base spans Advanced Engineering, Clean Tech, and Aerospace & Defence, and we're growing fast.

The average deal size across our team is currently £40,000, supported by a commission structure with no thresholds. The earning potential here is genuinely life-changing.

The Opportunity

Reporting into our Managing Consultant and working alongside some of our biggest billers, you'll take full 360 ownership of a recruitment desk focused on the US Advanced Engineering, Clean Tech, and Aerospace & Defence sectors.

From day one, you'll be working on live roles with some of the USA's biggest and most innovative clients, where we hold exclusive partnerships. These aren't transactional relationships; you'll be genuinely embedded in their businesses, helping shape hiring strategies and building long-term talent pipelines.

Alongside delivering for existing clients, you'll be building your own network, developing new business, and laying the foundations for a team around you. This is a platform to build a business within a business.

What You'll Be Doing

• Running a full 360 desk covering business development, client management, and candidate delivery
• Working on exclusive briefs with some of the USA's most exciting and innovative Advanced Engineering businesses
• Acting as a genuine talent partner to clients; understanding their businesses deeply and helping shape their hiring
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with both clients and candidates across the US market
• Headhunting and networking to identify top talent via LinkedIn, our database, and beyond
• Attending client meetings to strengthen partnerships and uncover new opportunities
• Writing and posting compelling job adverts to attract high-quality candidates
• Managing the full recruitment process from briefing through to offer and onboarding
• Keeping pace with market trends to position yourself as a trusted specialist in your vertical
• Leveraging our internal tech stack to maximise efficiency and output

What We're Looking For

• 1-4 years' experience in recruitment, ideally with exposure to the US market
• Proven track record running a 360 desk; you're as comfortable winning business as you are delivering
• Experience recruiting within Advanced Engineering, Clean Tech, Aerospace, Defence, or a related technical sector is highly desirable
• A genuine hunter mentality; you build relationships, spot opportunities, and back yourself
• Commercially sharp, self-motivated, and hungry to build something
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to engage senior stakeholders on both sides of the Atlantic

What's In It For You

• Competitive basic salary with truly uncapped earning potential
• Lucrative commission with no thresholds and no caps
• Average deal size of £40,000 across the team
• Exclusive partnerships with some of the USA's biggest and most innovative clients
• Clear, structured career progression with a genuine path to leadership
• In-house Learning & Development and ongoing coaching from senior consultants
• Bi-annual winners' trips to European destinations (previous trips include Marbella, Barcelona & Amsterdam)
• Quarterly lunch clubs for top achievers
• Quarterly team socials
• Flexible hybrid working
• Friday early finish
• Childcare vouchers

What Our Team Says

"Fruition invests heavily in providing their consultants with the best tools and industry-beating training, as well as having a strong team of senior recruiters on hand for coaching and mentorship. Whilst we all have a competitive mindset, we work as a team and play to each other's strengths." — Harry, Recruitment Consultant

Ready to Build Something?

If you're an ambitious recruitment consultant looking to take ownership of a high-growth US desk, with exclusive access to some of the most innovative clients in the market and the freedom to make it your own, we'd love to hear from you.

Get in touch for a confidential conversation: Lois.gooding@fruitiongroup.com

Fruition Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of race, sex, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age.