14th October, 2025
Manager – White Collar Construction | Perm Desk | Sydney
Be bold. Own outcomes. Build better futures.
Join Hays as a Manager in our thriving Sydney Construction team, overseeing a high-performing desk focused on permanent white collar placements. With strong government investment driving demand for construction professionals, this is a high-potential billing opportunity in a booming market.
You’ll manage a small team of recruitment consultants while running your own successful desk, with the opportunity to grow the team further in the coming years.
Your new company
At Hays, we’re better together—we build long-term partnerships with our people and our customers. We’re here to champion your tomorrow, offering a career full of possibility, purpose, and growth you can feel.
With over 50 years of success, Hays is the global leader in specialist recruitment and workforce solutions. In Australia, we’re proud to be the industry’s leading recruiting experts. Joining Hays means being part of a bold, curious, and high-performing team that’s shaping the future of work.
We’ve got a brilliant team waiting for you in Sydney—ready to support your journey and help you own the outcomes as you kickstart or elevate your recruitment career.
Your new role
- Lead and inspire a team of consultants within the white collar construction space
- Manage your own permanent desk with strong billing potential
- Build and nurture client relationships across Sydney’s construction sector
- Champion the customer by delivering exceptional recruitment solutions
- Drive growth and performance in a high-demand market shaped by housing and infrastructure investment
What you'll need to succeed You know that you've got what it takes because you are:
- An experienced recruitment professional with at least 1 year of management experience under your belt
- Motivated by sales success and driven to exceed targets, with 1+ years in agency recruitment
- Proven in delivering results within white collar construction or a related recruitment sector
- Bold and curious, with a growth mindset and a passion for developing others
- Skilled at building strong relationships and engaging stakeholders with confidence
- A true team player who thrives in a collaborative, high-performance environment
What you'll get in return
Go further in your career than you believed possible. Here you get out what you put in and your energy and dedication is always met by reward and celebration. Other benefits include:
- Access to team leadership training for you to evolve your career
- Cutting-edge tools and technology to enable you to make an extraordinary impact
- Flexible work arrangements: Work from home options and access to work remotely up to four weeks per year using our work from anywhere policy
- Generous leave entitlements to take advantage of parental leave, volunteering days, lifestyle and flex leave
- Celebrate success: Your success is our success, and we reward strong performance as a cornerstone of life at Hays.
- High Performer Incentives: including local and international trips. Fiji 2024, Vietnam 2025 – where to next!?
- Thrive in a workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone feels welcome
- Wellbeing rewards: Benefit from health, leisure and lifestyle partnership discounts
- Employee Resource Groups and Working Groups for you to connect and collaborate with like-minded colleagues
- Global career opportunities - make your mark locally or explore international opportunities with Hays
Ready to own your outcomes and lead with impact? Apply now and build your future with Hays.
Contact, Tanya McDonald, Talent Acquisition Manager by submitting your application via the Apply button.
At Hays, we value equity, diversity and inclusion and are committed to creating a work environment where all people regardless of background feel a sense of belonging. By joining Hays you'll be part of an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity, recognising every individual for their unique differences. We invite people from all backgrounds to apply.
Job reference - 1112631
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