Maritime Recruitment Consultant | Shore-Based Roles | Southampton Office

Location: Southampton (Arena office – hybrid after probation)

Salary: £30,000+ basic (DOE) + commission (up to 25%)

Year 1 OTE: £90,000 | Year 2: £120,000+

Sector: Maritime (shore-based) - global coverage across Middle East, APAC, US

Looking to join a high-performing recruitment start-up without all the usual fluff and faff?

This is a genuinely rare opportunity to join a tight-knit team that actually operates consultatively - no spray-and-pray CVs, no crazy KPIs, and no egos. Just a sharp, efficient, and grown-up approach to placing brilliant maritime professionals into technical and commercial shore-based roles across the globe.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Recruiting into an international market (Middle East, US, APAC)
Placing technical and commercial professionals (Ship Managers, Superintendents, QHSE, Brokers)
Working retained and exclusive business 95% of the time
Using SourceWhale, Bullhorn, Market Mapper and LinkedIn Recruiter - one of the best tech-stacks we've seen in a long time.
Building long-term client partnerships (every CV sent is pre-vetted and results in an interview 99% of the time)
Collaborating with a collective-minded team that passes work around rather than hoards it

What You’ll Need:

1–3 years in recruitment (any sector) - maritime experience is a big bonus, but not essential
Confidence picking up the phone and having proper consultative conversations
The drive to build your own market with mentoring and tools provided - we’ll teach you the sector, not how to send a CV
A commercial mindset - this is a business-winning environment, not just account maintenance

Commission & Progression:

Transparent grading system from Day 1 with regular increases
Bill £30k+ in a quarter? You’ll earn 20% commission
Bill 40k+ in a quarter? You'll get 25% of everything!
Under £30k? 5% - paid quarterly
Average fees sit around £12k – it stacks up fast

Office Setup:

Based in a smart Southampton city centre space
5 days in office during probation (with flexibility)
After that – 4 days a week, with trust and autonomy baked in

We appreciate this is a tiny snapshot of what you would do, so If you are interested and want to know more, call me, send me a message (Will Grashoff on LinkedIn), DM, or whatever is easiest. We encourage anyone who feels they are suitable, to apply, we love seeing diversity in our applicants. We use specialist technology to ensure there are no gender biases in our adverts.

Every applicant will receive a response. We sometimes make mistakes and miss things from CVs, so you will be given an opportunity to receive feedback and discuss the role in more detail if you feel necessary.