Recruitment Consultant - Rail Market in Arena Offices, Reading

If you're an ambitious recruiter looking for a market with genuine long-term opportunity, specialist talent pools and significant growth potential, Rail could be the perfect sector for you.

We're looking for a driven, relationship-focused Recruitment Consultant to join our Rail team, supporting clients across Ireland during an exciting period of infrastructure investment and growth.

Whether you're an experienced 360 recruiter or a business developer looking to build your own market, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a team with an established reputation, a strong client base and a clear growth strategy.

Rail recruitment offers something many sectors can't.

It's built around long-term infrastructure programmes rather than short-term market fluctuations.

The Irish rail market is undergoing significant transformation through the National Development Plan and Project Ireland 2040, with investment focused on modernisation, network expansion, sustainability initiatives, accessibility improvements and major transport infrastructure upgrades.

For recruiters, this creates:

✅ Long-term demand for specialist talent

✅ Opportunities to build lasting client relationships

✅ Strong contract and permanent recruitment activity

✅ The ability to become a true market specialist

✅ Excellent earning potential through repeat business and contractor relationships

This isn't a market where you're constantly starting from scratch.

It's a market where expertise, credibility and relationships genuinely matter.

Working within our specialist Rail team, you'll focus on white-collar professional services recruitment, supporting clients with key hires including:

• Project Managers

• Project Engineers

• Design Engineers

• Engineering Managers

• Commercial Professionals

• Programme & Project Controls Specialists

• Rail Communications Professionals

• Signalling & Systems Experts

You'll recruit across both contract and permanent opportunities while developing your own specialist market area.

We often refer to this as building "your desk".

Your desk becomes your own business within the business. You'll spend your time:

• Identifying and winning new clients

• Developing long-term customer relationships

• Building talent pipelines

• Managing recruitment processes from initial brief through to placement

• Growing contractor networks

• Becoming a recognised expert within your market

This is a role for someone who enjoys sales, relationship building, problem solving and creating opportunities where others don't see them.

Our Rail business has built an established reputation over decades within the sector.

Unlike many recruiters operating in niche silos, we support clients across the full project lifecycle including:

• Planning

• Design

• Commercial

• HSQE

• Programme Management

• Project Management

• Delivery

• Test & Commissioning

This breadth of capability allows us to develop deeper client relationships and support larger infrastructure programmes.

You'll join a successful team with a strong track record and experienced consultants who understand the market, know how to build relationships and are passionate about sharing their knowledge.

The team is also home to one of the biggest billers within Matchtech, demonstrating the scale of opportunity available when specialist expertise is combined with the right market and support structure.

One of the biggest selling points of this team is the culture.

You'll be joining a supportive, collaborative group of consultants who genuinely enjoy working together, sharing ideas and helping each other succeed.

Whether you're already recruiting within infrastructure or looking to move into a new specialist market, you'll have access to experienced mentors who want to help you develop and grow.

With over 40 years of recruitment excellence and more than 30 years dedicated to supporting the Rail industry, we've built a strong reputation for delivering specialist talent to some of the sector's most important projects.

You'll benefit from the strength of the wider Matchtech brand while operating within a focused specialist team.

We're particularly interested in speaking with recruiters who:

• Have experience in a 360 recruitment role

• Enjoy business development and winning new clients

• Are commercially minded and target driven

• Thrive on building long-term relationships

• Want to become genuine sector specialists

• Are motivated by career progression and earning potential

Previous rail recruitment experience would be advantageous but is not essential.

We're far more interested in your recruitment fundamentals, curiosity and desire to build a successful desk.

✅ A warm, welcoming and inclusive team culture

✅ Flexible working options

✅ Industry-leading recruitment technology and AI tools

✅ Structured learning and development programmes

✅ Ongoing mentoring from experienced recruitment professionals

✅ Clear career progression pathways

✅ Competitive commission structure

✅ Team incentives and reward schemes

✅ Regular socials and team events

✅ Free on-site parking

✅ Comprehensive benefits package

The Irish rail market is entering one of its most exciting periods of growth in recent history.

For recruiters looking to establish themselves in a specialist market with long-term demand, strong client investment and genuine career potential, there has never been a better time to join.

If you're looking for a role where you can build expertise, develop lasting relationships and create a successful recruitment business of your own, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and become part of the team helping to shape the future of Rail across Ireland🚆