Recruitment Consultant
Permanent Role – Hybrid – Renumeration dependent on experience plus uncapped commission.
Fortiva | Manchester (Recruiting Across the USA) | Owners Representative | Construction Consultancy | Mission Critical | Power & Utilities | Real Estate
- Are you looking for a recruitment role with autonomy where you are ready to genuinely own and build your own high-value specialist market in the US?
- Could you confidently advise clients on market intelligence, salary benchmarking, and talent pipelines not just send them CVs?
- Do you want to step away from traditional agency recruitment and transition into high-fee, cross-border executive search across booming sectors like Data Centers and Infrastructure.
About Fortiva
Fortiva is a specialist executive search and recruitment consultancy focused exclusively on the Construction Consultancy and Owner’s Representative markets across North America.
Over the last 18 months we’ve experienced record growth, expanded our US team, strengthened partnerships with some of the industry’s most respected firms and established ourselves as one of the fastest-growing specialist recruitment businesses in our market.
We partner with global consultancies, boutique Owner’s Representatives and private developers delivering some of North America’s most exciting projects across Mission Critical, Data Centers, Aviation, Healthcare, Commercial, Infrastructure, Hospitality, Residential and Higher Education.
Our ambition is simple: to become the leading recruitment partner to the US Construction Consultancy market. To achieve that, we’re looking for ambitious recruiters who want to build markets, influence our growth and become recognised specialists.
The Opportunity
This isn’t a traditional recruitment desk.
You’ll own your own specialist market across the US Construction Consultancy and Owner’s Representative sectors, combining executive search, business development, account management and market intelligence.
You’ll be responsible for developing long-term client partnerships, building exceptional candidate networks and becoming a trusted advisor to senior leaders across the industry.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop new business across Construction Consultancies and Owner’s Representative firms throughout North America.
- Build relationships with Principals, Directors, Vice Presidents and C-Suite leaders.
- Generate retained, contingent and exclusive search opportunities.
- Manage the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle from client brief through to placement and aftercare.
- Recruit Cost Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Project Managers, Project Controls professionals, Estimators and Executive leadership.
- Deliver salary benchmarking, market mapping and competitor intelligence to clients.
- Build long-term talent pipelines before vacancies arise.
- Represent Fortiva through networking, LinkedIn and industry engagement.
- Collaborate with colleagues to support the continued growth of the US division.
What We Offer
- Competitive base salary with uncapped commission.Opportunity to recruit into one of the world’s fastest-growing construction markets.
- Clear progression as Fortiva continues its expansion.
- Ownership of your own specialist market.
- Personal branding and LinkedIn support.
- Training, coaching and ongoing professional development.
- Collaborative team culture with genuine autonomy.Experience, Skills & Attributes.
- Previous agency recruitment experience preferred.Strong business development mindset and commercial awareness.
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
- Confidence engaging senior decision makers.
- Interest in construction, engineering or professional services markets.
- Ambition to build a specialist reputation and contribute to Fortiva’s growth.
Should this be a role you see as you next career step, please send your CV to or contact us today.
This vacancy is being advertised by Fortiva Limited, acting as an employment agency for permanent roles or employment business for temporary roles.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and able to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
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