Principal Recruitment Consultant Civils (Rail, Transportation, Water, Infrastructure, Highways)
Location: Derby, London, Bolton, or Doncaster
Remuneration: Up to £35,000, Uncapped Commission, Benefits
Billing Well But Blocked From Growing? This Civils Desk Offers You Real Progression, Territory, and Earning Power.
If you re a 360 recruiter in Civil Engineering who s consistently billing but feeling stuck fighting over clients internally, facing ever-higher targets without real support, or watching leadership roles go to someone else Ganymede s growing Civils division could be your next step.
Here, you ll take ownership of your patch, with real client backing and a clear route to progress into leadership or Principal-level earnings.
The Role and About You
We re expanding our specialist Civils recruitment team across either Rail, Transportation, Water, Infrastructure, and Highways and we re looking for an experienced recruiter ready to build, grow, and own a high-value desk.
You ll step into a market where Ganymede already has strong client relationships across major frameworks and projects so you re not starting from scratch. You ll inherit warm accounts and live roles, but with the freedom to develop new business in your own style.
About you:
- You re already billing well in civils recruitment but want to move past restrictive targets, shared accounts, or territory battles.
- You ve proven you can win business and deliver but you re ready for a desk where you get full credit and control over your success.
- You re commercially sharp, resilient, and want progression whether that s into leadership or simply bigger, uncapped earnings.
- You have a high level of spoken and written English.
Your role will involve:
- Growing your own civils desk within a high-demand market (Rail, Water, Highways, etc.).
- Managing the full 360 process from client development and account management to candidate sourcing and placement.
- Leveraging Ganymede s existing civils client base while expanding into your own sector.
- Contributing to the team s long-term growth with potential to step into leadership as we expand further.
Why Ganymede?
Recruiters join us because they re ready for more ownership and real progression and stay because they see their billings and careers grow year after year.
Here s what makes us different:
- No moving thresholds our commission structure is simple, transparent, and designed to reward delivery, not penalise.
- Clear progression pathways No guesswork: structured routes from Trainee right through to Associate Director.
- Territory ownership you ll get clear market space to grow without fighting internal competition over clients.
- Support that actually helps marketing, compliance, and delivery resources so you spend more time closing deals, less time firefighting.
Next Steps:
If you re billing but blocked and you re ready to grow your civils recruitment career with more ownership, bigger earnings, and clear progression let s talk.
Contact Rachael, our Talent Manager, for a confidential chat about how Ganymede can give you the platform to move forward.
Ganymede is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation