Senior Recruitment Consultant - Piper Maddox (CleanTech) - New York, NYLocation: New York, NY - Financial District
Brand: Piper Maddox
Market: CleanTech - Energy Storage Systems (ESS) & Electric Vehicles (EV)
Salary: $65,000-$100,000 base + uncapped commission up to 50%
Experience: Experienced staffing professional
The opportunityThis is an opportunity to join a growing team operating in two exciting areas of CleanTech:
Energy Storage and Electric Vehicles.
You'll have the opportunity to develop your own recruitment desk, build relationships with businesses shaping the future of energy and mobility, and work in markets where specialist expertise can translate into significant commercial opportunities.
The team has already generated nearly $600,000 in invoiced revenue during the first half of the year, recorded a best-ever invoicing month of almost $250,000, and is building on a portfolio of established client relationships and repeat business.
With an average fee of almost $40,000, opportunities to develop new markets and 14 live jobs across the team, there is a strong platform from which to grow.
Your focus will be on building your network, developing new business, identifying commercial opportunities and delivering recruitment solutions that make a genuine difference to clients.
The opportunity offers the chance to:- Develop a specialist recruitment desk across Energy Storage or Electric Vehicles.
- Work in markets with significant growth potential and increasingly specialised hiring needs.
- Build relationships with established clients while identifying and winning new business.
- Benefit from a supportive team that has already exceeded its previous year's total billings.
- Earn uncapped commission, with the opportunity to benefit from a generous commission structure.
- Progress towards management and potentially build a team around your market after 6-12 months, subject to performance and business needs.
The immediate hiring priority is an experienced recruiter operating at Manager level or above, ideally with a Renewables background and exposure to engineering recruitment. We're also interested in ambitious recruiters who can help develop these markets and establish themselves as specialists in CleanTech.
Salary, commission and benefitsYour package is designed to reward commercial performance, consistency, collaboration and long-term commitment.
Salary and earning potential- Base salary: $65,000-$100,000, depending on experience and level.
- Commission: Uncapped, with rates of up to 50%, subject to the applicable commission plan.
- Performance bonuses: Additional opportunities to be recognised for consistent performance, collaboration and achievement.
- Quarterly and half-yearly rewards: Opportunities to earn additional recognition through performance-based incentives.
Goosey bonuses and recognitionOur incentive culture goes beyond commission, rewarding both individual achievement and contribution to the wider team.
- Consistency bonuses: Recognition for sustained performance across quarterly and half-yearly periods.
- Quarterly lunch clubs: Opportunities to celebrate success with colleagues.
- Half-year incentives: Additional rewards linked to performance.
- Global incentives: Opportunities to participate in wider group incentive programmes, subject to the relevant criteria.
- Three years' service: An additional week of paid time off.
- Five years' service: The LHi Passport - a week expensed at another office location, subject to programme terms.
- Ten years' service: A Gift of Time, with the choice of a Rolex or a month's sabbatical, subject to programme terms.
Benefits- 401(k): Access to the applicable US retirement savings plan.
- Private healthcare contributions: Employer contributions towards eligible healthcare coverage.
- Stakeholder programme: Opportunity to enrol, with equity available after 12 months, subject to scheme eligibility and terms.
- Employee Assistance Programme: Access to support, discounts and additional benefits.
- Extended lunches: Flexibility to make the most of your lunch break in line with team arrangements.
- Office dogs: A welcoming office environment where dogs are part of the culture.
- Flexible working: Work-from-home flexibility based on internal level and team arrangements.
- Financial District office: A central New York location.
- Learning and development: Structured training, coaching and development throughout your career.
What does a Senior Recruitment Consultant do?You'll take ownership of your specialist recruitment desk, developing client relationships, building candidate networks and delivering successful recruitment outcomes across CleanTech.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing and developing your own specialist recruitment desk.
- Generating new business and identifying opportunities across Energy Storage and Electric Vehicles.
- Building relationships with existing and prospective clients.
- Engaging with hiring managers and senior decision-makers to understand their recruitment needs.
- Identifying, attracting and representing specialist professionals.
- Managing recruitment processes from initial brief through to successful placement.
- Negotiating offers, salaries, fees and commercial terms.
- Developing repeat business through long-term client relationships.
- Building your professional network and reputation within your chosen market.
- Maintaining an understanding of industry trends, hiring challenges and talent availability.
- Managing your pipeline, forecasting activity and working towards agreed targets.
- Sharing market knowledge and supporting colleagues where appropriate.
For those joining at Manager level, there may also be opportunities to take on additional leadership responsibilities and build a team around their market as the business grows.
Who are we looking for?We're looking for a commercially minded recruitment professional who enjoys building relationships, winning business and developing a successful desk.
You'll be motivated by earning potential, interested in specialist markets and keen to take ownership of your results.
Ideally, you'll bring:
- Proven experience in recruitment consulting or a similar commercially focused recruitment role.
- A track record of successful placements and billing performance.
- Experience generating new business and developing client relationships.
- Confidence engaging with hiring managers and senior decision-makers.
- Strong candidate management, negotiation and relationship-building skills.
- The ability to manage recruitment processes independently.
- Commercial awareness, resilience and a proactive approach to achieving targets.
- A willingness to develop specialist market knowledge and contribute to a growing team.
Particularly relevant experience:- Renewables, Clean Energy or CleanTech recruitment.
