Aaron Wallis Sales Recruitment
Own a desk. Share the profits. Build a team. This is M&E recruitment done differently.
Principal Consultant – M&E Surveying | Leeds | Employee Owned Trust | £40k-£50k + Uncapped Commission
Principal Consultant – M&E Surveying Recruitment | Leeds | Employee Owned
I'm exclusively partnering with a specialist technical recruitment firm based in Leeds to find a Principal Consultant for their Mechanical & Electrical Surveying division. My client is a genuinely impressive business – 20 strong, growing at 20% year-on-year, and structured as an Employee Owned Trust. They operate across five specialist business lines and have built a reputation for deep technical expertise and long-term client relationships. This is not a revolving-door recruiter – this is a business where people stay, grow, and share in the success they create.
Package:
- Salary: £40,000 – £50,000 (Dependant on experience)
- Uncapped commission
- EOT – Employee Owned Trust – Tax free bonus at the end of the year
- Free Parking on site
- Strong annual leave with the chance to buy more
The Role This is a hybrid of strategic business development and consultative recruitment. You'll own the M&E Surveying desk, working directly with the Managing Director and with real scope to build a team around you if that's the direction you want to go.
You'll be targeting facility managers, heads of department and senior operational leaders across construction and housing, and managing a focused portfolio of strategic key accounts alongside self-generated new business.
Day-to-day responsibilities include:
- Building and converting a self-generated new business pipeline across M&E surveying, construction and housing
- Managing a focused portfolio of strategic key accounts (fewer than 10), driving depth of relationship and share-of-wallet
- Running consultative discovery conversations that translate client pain points into tailored recruitment solutions
- Nurturing a strong supply-side network of engineers, chartered surveyors and technical professionals
What My Client Is Looking For
- 5+ years in technical recruitment, ideally across construction, housing, engineering or surveying
- Proven business development track record – self-generated prospecting, cold outreach, and closing deals within 1-3 month sales cycles
- Direct experience recruiting within M&E, structural or surveying disciplines (or a technical sales background in construction)
- Consultative selling skills – someone who leads with questions, not pitches, and is comfortable in commercial conversations at senior level
Desirable But Not Essential
- A background as a practitioner or technical salesperson in construction or engineering
- Experience placing into tier-1 contractors, housebuilders or major FM firms
- Experience mentoring junior consultants, or genuine ambition to grow a team
This vacancy is being advertised by Aaron Wallis Recruitment and Training Limited operating as an Employment Agency, registered in England No. 6356563. View our and
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