Recruitment Co-ordinator

The Recruitment Co-ordinator will deliver a professional, efficient end to end recruitment service. This role will drive direct recruitment across a diverse range of roles including engineering, production, manufacturing and business support. The postholder will manage the full recruitment lifecycle, strengthen direct sourcing capability, reduce agency dependency and ensure an outstanding candidate and hiring manager experience at every stage.

Recruitment delivery 

• Manage the recruitment lifecycle from vacancy approval through to offer and onboarding. 
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, agree selection methods and provide high quality, pre-screened shortlists. 
• Support hiring managers throughout the selection process, including interview planning, scheduling, scoring and decision making. 
• Develop and implement effective recruitment strategies aligned to business needs. 
• Source candidates directly using LinkedIn, CV databases, job boards, referrals, social media and professional networks. 
• Build strong internal talent pipelines and increasing direct applications. 
• Promote vacancies across job boards, social platforms, career sites and industry networks. 
• Use recruitment data and insights to improve hiring outcomes, efficiency and candidate quality. 
• Monitor recruitment costs and contribute to an effective and sustainable recruitment budget. 

Candidate experience and employer brand 

• Deliver a consistent, inclusive and engaging candidate journey across all recruitment activity. 
• Communicate clearly and promptly with candidates, providing updates, feedback and a positive impression. 
• Monitor candidate experience feedback and implement improvements where required. 
• Manage recruitment advertising and employer branding activity to attract a diverse early careers and experienced hire talent pipeline. 

• Significant, recent experience recruiting within engineering, manufacturing or maritime led environment. 
• Proven experience of sourcing, screening and evaluating candidates across multiple role types. 
• Strong understanding of end to end recruitment best practice and selection methodologies. 
• Demonstrated experience of direct sourcing using LinkedIn and CV databases. 
• Highly organised, proactive and resilient, with the ability to manage multiple roles and competing priorities. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with confidence working with stakeholders at all levels. 
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work accurately in a fast-paced, changing environment. 
• Passionate about delivering thoughtful, inclusive and efficient candidate experiences. 
• Able to fulfil the driving requirements of the role. 

• Professional recruitment qualification or certification. 
• Familiarity with Eploy ATS. 
• Knowledge of UK employment law and recruitment compliance. 
• Experience designing or running assessment centres or assessment days. 
• Industry specific recruitment experience.

You’ll work closely with hiring managers and teams across the business, managing vacancies from initial approval through to offer and onboarding. You’ll balance multiple recruitment priorities while providing clear advice, well-organised support and high-quality, pre-screened candidate shortlists.

You’ll be trusted to manage your workload independently while maintaining regular communication with candidates and hiring managers. Accuracy, confidentiality and a positive candidate experience will be central to how you work.

You’ll join a growing, forward-thinking business where recruitment plays a key role in bringing together the people and skills needed to deliver ambitious engineering and maritime projects.

This is a varied role where no two vacancies are the same. You’ll have the freedom to build strong relationships across the business and create a positive experience for every candidate. You’ll also have the opportunity to develop your recruitment expertise while making a visible contribution to Kraken’s continued growth.

• 25 days holiday per year, plus paid bank holiday
• After two years’ consecutive service, one additional day’s annual leave up to a maximum of five additional days annual leave
• Holiday buy/sell, up to five days per calendar year
• Flexi working, core hours 10:00 to 15:00, subject to departmental requirements
• Private Medical Insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme with a 5% employer contribution, there is no cap on the employee contribution level
• Life assurance 3x salary
• Group Income Protection
• Health Care Cash Plan
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement

Due to the nature of our work many of our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance.  Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to Government security checks.

Kraken Works Limited is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and offers equal opportunities to all.  Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.