Field Service Engineering Recruiter – EMEA
- Location: London / Redhill / Bedford (Hybrid)
- Schedule: Monday–Friday
- Contract: 12 Months Contract
- Rate: £175-£200/day (Inside IR35)
- Experience: Field Service / Engineering Recruitment
- Working Pattern: 1 Day On‑Site Weekly (Hybrid)
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and highly capable Field Service Engineering Recruiter to support a major international organisation with specialist hiring across its Field Service Engineering function. This is a contract role (Inside IR35) requiring strong delivery capability, stakeholder confidence, and proven experience recruiting mobile engineering workforces. You will work on a hybrid basis and must be able to travel to one of these locations: London, Redhill or Bedford as required. This is a specialist engineering recruitment position: not a software, IT, fintech, or general corporate recruitment role. We are specifically looking for recruiters with demonstrable experience hiring Field Service Engineers, Service Technicians, Maintenance Engineers, Commissioning Engineers, or similar technical field‑based roles. You will take ownership of end‑to‑end recruitment across multiple locations, operating independently, managing stakeholders effectively, and sourcing talent in markets where traditional LinkedIn recruitment alone may not be sufficient.
What You’ll Do
- Manage end‑to‑end recruitment for Field Service Engineering and related technical roles.
- Partner closely with hiring managers to understand workforce needs and define effective sourcing strategies.
- Proactively source Field Service Engineers through multiple channels, networks, communities, and non‑traditional platforms.
- Build and maintain strong pipelines of technically qualified candidates.
- Screen, assess, and shortlist candidates against technical and behavioural criteria.
- Manage candidates throughout the full interview, offer, and onboarding process.
- Advise and challenge hiring managers where appropriate, providing insight on candidate availability, market conditions, and recruitment strategy.
- Maintain high responsiveness and deliver an excellent candidate experience.
- Manage multiple vacancies simultaneously across different regions.
- Provide clear updates on pipeline, recruitment activity, and hiring progress.
- Collaborate with the wider Talent Acquisition team while remaining highly self‑sufficient.
What You Bring
- Proven experience recruiting Field Service Engineers or closely related engineering/service roles.
- Strong understanding of the Field Service candidate market and its sourcing challenges.
- Experience identifying candidates beyond traditional LinkedIn sourcing.
- Full lifecycle recruitment experience with strong delivery capability.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Confidence managing challenging hiring situations independently.
- A track record of successfully filling specialist engineering vacancies.
- Strong negotiation, problem‑solving, and candidate management skills.
- Ability to work at pace across multiple live requirements.
Desirable Background
We are particularly interested in recruiters who have:
- Begun their career in a recruitment agency environment with strong delivery performance.
- Progressed into in‑house Talent Acquisition or RPO roles.
Experience recruiting for sectors such as:
- Data centres
- Critical infrastructure
- Electrical engineering
- Power / UPS
- HVAC / cooling
- Industrial engineering
- Engineering maintenance
- Technical services
- Telecommunications
- Energy or utilities
What We’re Looking For
This role will suit someone who is:
- Highly self‑sufficient and delivery‑focused
- Proactive, commercially aware, and confident with stakeholders
- Strong at solving problems rather than escalating them
- Organised, responsive, and able to manage multiple priorities
- Focused on successful hires and outcomes, not just activity
Right to Work
Applicants must have a valid UK visa or existing right to work for the duration of the contract. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Important
Applicants must have previous experience recruiting Field Service Engineers or a closely related mobile engineering workforce. Recruiters whose background is primarily in software engineering, IT, fintech, or general corporate recruitment are unlikely to be suitable for this requirement . Please apply with an updated CV highlighting your Field Service / Engineering recruitment experience, geographical coverage, and recent hiring achievements.
Pay: £175.00-£200.00 per day
Application question(s):
- Preferred Location: London, Redhill or Bedford
Experience:
- Field Service Engineering Recruitment: 3 years (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Location:
- London, Greater London (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London
