Recruitment Consultant - Energy - Hybrid

About the job

root/edge exists to connect people to energize tomorrow. We run technical searches in energy transition, power infrastructure, grid modernization, and digital infrastructure. We work a niche market that most firms don't understand well enough to work: interconnection, BESS, transmission, substations, data center power. Our clients are committed. They come back because we find people other firms can't, and because we build lasting partnerships instead of one-off placements.

Founded and led by two partners with 40+ years of combined sector expertise, root/edge is a boutique built on a small set of principles: people first, integrity always, sustainable growth over short-term wins, and decisions backed by real data and deep market expertise. That's not a poster on the wall. It's how the desk actually runs.

We're hiring recruitment consultants currently working at an agency, 1-4+ years in, permanent or contract background, who want to build a career in a market that isn't going anywhere. If you're a junior recruiter doing generalist desk work, or a full desk consultant in a market that's crowded and commoditized, this is a chance to specialize in something real before your competitors figure out how valuable it is.

What you'll do

• You'll headhunt. Not post-and-pray. Not ATS management. Sourcing and approaching candidates who aren't looking, building relationships with people who become your network for the next ten years, and placing them with clients who trust us to deliver. You'll work full desk or split desk depending on experience and what you want to build. Want to carve out your own niche inside energy transition (a specific technology, a specific region, a specific client vertical)? We'll build a desk around it.
• Junior consultants get direct mentorship from a team that has built searches in this market for years. You're not handed a job board and a phone. You're taught how to qualify a search properly, how to read a candidate's real motivation, and how to run a process that doesn't fall apart at offer stage.

Who we're looking for

• A hunter. Someone who wants to build a desk, not manage a queue. Someone who's curious about a technical market and willing to learn it. You don't need an engineering background, but you need to be willing to understand what a BESS interconnection timeline actually means before you can sell a candidate on a role.
• 1-4+ years of agency recruitment experience, permanent or contract desk. Full desk experience is a plus but not required. We'll train the right junior consultant who has the drive and the coachability.

What root/edge offers

• A boutique team, not a numbers factory. Flat hierarchy: you'll work directly with experienced consultants and firm leadership, not through three layers of management. Decisions get made fast because the team is small and everyone's opinion matters.
• A market with real tailwinds. Energy transition and grid infrastructure hiring isn't slowing down, and specialists who know the space are in short supply on both sides of the desk. You'll be selling that market to candidates every day, which is a far easier pitch than most desks get.
• A firm that means what it says about people first and integrity always. We don't cut corners with candidates or clients to close faster, and we don't want consultants who will.
• Hybrid work out of Denver. Room to build your own book of business inside the firm if you want to specialize, backed by a team that already has the relationships and reputation to open doors for you.
• Competitive base and commission structure, scaled to experience level and desk type. Full details discussed in the interview process.

How to apply

Send your resume and a short note on why the energy transition market interests you. Tell us what agency you're at now, whether your desk is permanent, contract, or both, and what part of the market you'd want to build here.