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The recruitment market is complex and it can be costly to careers and company bottom lines to get it wrong.
We pride ourselves on delivering bespoke solutions that achieve sustainable long term outcomes for both companies and individuals.
Fluid Recruitment
EXPERTS IN SPECIALIST
PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT
We have a proven track record of delivering results within the most skill short parts of the market. We use robust, innovative and dedicated sourcing methods to offer a superior service to our clients.
Our consultants have a clear mandate to deliver, honest, informed and supportive candidate engagements, helping many individuals to make lifestyle and career moves not otherwise available to them.
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Featured Jobs
Christchurch, Canterbury
Full time
- Flexibility on both full time or part time applicants
- Superb workplace culture | Join one of the best developing firms in the region
- Fantastic perks - 5 weeks AL, mobile phone and company wellness policy
Varied Senior level role, with a mix between advisory, compliance and client facing responsibilities
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Full time
- Exciting career-growth opportunity
- Modern offices and forward thinking firm
- Award winning global organisation
Fluid Recruitment are working with a blue-chip financial services organisation on a key global hire for a Senior Credit Risk Manager
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Full time
- Work with a diverse portfolio of clients across various industries
- Grow your career with real development opportunities, mentoring, and progression
- Enjoy flexible hours and a supportive team culture in the heart of Dunedin
Help clients with tax, financials, and business advice while being part of a friendly, supportive team in a growing Dunedin based firm.
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Full time
- Join our leading team & experience a rewarding career in recruitment!
- Client facing role; build relationships & connect with premium talent across NZ.
- Suitable for new graduates & emerging professionals; make an impact from day 1.
Fast-paced role in agency recruitment; work to meet commercial targets building relationships with legal professionals across NZ.
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Full time
- Lead a high-performing audit team and drive quality assurance
- Mentor staff and support career development
- Contribute to the firms growth and strategic initiatives
Hawkes Bay based role. Lead a high-performing audit team. Drive quality audits, mentor staff, and shape the firm's future growth
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Full time
- Genuinely supportive team environment, direct access to Partners
- A variety of high-quality work is available under the general practice banner
- Secure, long-term opportunity in a well-regarded firm
Superb opportunity for a junior solicitor eager to get exposure across all general practice areas.
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Full time
- Varied and interesting workload + experienced team members to learn from
- Growth opportunity to join a thriving practice
- Excellent work-life balance + flexible working arrangement available
Trusts, Wills & Estates as well as some Commercial work for a Lower Hutt-based firm.
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Full time
- Progressive firm + lifestyle location
- Thriving social committee + non-hierarchical culture
- Genuine career progression + annual bonus
Practice quality law whilst enjoying a lifestyle location that is second to none!
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Full time
- Unique leadership opportunity + CBD location
- Flexible work arrangements + non-hierarchical culture
- Genuine pathway to partner + generous salary
Lead, cultivate and grow an employment practice!
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Join a respected Auckland firm as a Legal Executive in Property & Commercial. Great team, varied work, and room to grow in a supportive environment.
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- Must have NZ Residency
- Opportunity to travel across Europe while enhancing your electrical skillset
- Visa and Relocation Support + Career Development Opportunities
Explore the Netherlands and expand your skills in the thriving industrial and manufacturing maintenance sector, with endless growth opportunities!
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- Involvement in nationally significant infrastructure developments
- Supportive team with clear pathways for career progression
- Access to high profile clients
Join a leading law firm and take the next step in your construction law career. Work on high-value and complex projects.
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Full time
- Operate across a variety of residential conveyancing + private client matters.
- Genuine autonomy among tight-knit team + supportive, invested partners.
- Flexible hours available + option of 9-day working fortnight.
Service clients as a trusted legal professional. Incl. residential conveyancing & subdivisions, refinancing, estates, asset planning & trust matters.
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Full time
- Manage a diverse and high-level workload
- Achieve a true work-life balance in a supportive environment
- Enhance your leadership abilities while guiding a high-performing team
Are you an experienced legal professional ready to make a real impact in a fast-moving and influential environment?
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Full time
- Be recognised as a technical expert with a renowned consultancy
- Take control of your career with a range of professional development pathways
- Multiple locations - take your pick of Auckland, Wellington, Tauranga, or Chri
Work as part of a high-level specialist consultancy, utilising your skillset as a Protection Engineer across the power sector.
Learn moreNewmarket Auckland
Full time
- Continue to develop New Zealand's energy sector as part of a specialist divisi
- Grow your technical skills on a range of challenging & interesting projects
- Multiple locations - take your pick of Auckland, Wellington, Tauranga, or Chri
Work as part of a NZ owned and operated specialist consultancy, utilising your skillset as a Power Systems Engineer throughout the power sector.
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Full time
- An exciting newly created role as part of Ergo's secondary design
- Work on a unique portfolio of complex & interesting distribution & transmissio
- Utilise your specialist design skillset as a subject matter expert
Work as part of a high-level specialist consultancy, utilising your skillset in Secondary Systems across the power sector, preferably in Transmission
Learn moreChristchurch, Canterbury
Contract/Temp
- Contract through to late March 2026
- Stakeholder business partnering
- ASAP start date
3 positions available
Learn moreChristchurch, Canterbury
Full time
- Newly created position in response to strong client demand & continued success
- Make this role your own with support from the former incumbent readily available
- Competitive remuneration + inclusive & collaborative culture +centrally located
My client is seeking an experienced Trust Administrator for a newly created role: LE, LA, or accounts backgrounds all welcome. Apply now!
Learn moreSouth Waikato, Waikato
Full time
- Best of both worlds; rural living with a one-hour commute to three major cities
- Join a supportive and inclusive workplace
- New role in a newly created team
Are you someone with hands experience with water meters and wanting a step into a senior role?
Learn moreHear what people say about us.
Senior Accountant, CA Practice
Waikato
Workflow Manager, National Energy Provider
Dunedin
Junior Solicitor, Mid Sized Law Firm
Christchurch
Practice Manager, Regional Law Firm
Waikato
Chief Operating Officer, National Advisory Practice
Dunedin
General Manager, Full Service Law Firm
Waikato
Team Leader, Planning, Local Council
Junior Solicitor, Regional Law Firm
Queenstown
Senior Associate (Corporate), Top-tier National Firm
Christchurch
People and Culture Advisor, Mid-tier National Firm
Christchurch
Policy Team Leader, Local Government
Waikato
Registered Legal Executive, Mid Sized Law Firm
Christchurch
Director, Multi-Disciplinary Consultancy
General Manager, Electrical Distribution Network
Intermediate BAS Accountant, National Accounting Firm
Christchurch
OUR TEAM
Speak to a Consultant
Peter leads Fluid Recruitment as Managing Director. He utilises his extensive experience to deliver senior and executive appointments for our legal, commercial and finance divisions.
Contact Peter on 021 278 8653 or peter@fluidrecruitment.com
Tom manages our Engineering Division. His focus is on the electrical distribution sector, working with asset owners across NZ on technical and executive vacancies.
Contact Tom on 021 348 016 or tom@fluidrecruitment.co.nz
Jason is a Principal Consultant in our Commercial division, based in the Dunedin office. He recruits IT, sales and administration vacancies nationwide.
Contact Jason on 020 4151 615 or jason.sutton@fluidrecruitment.co.nz
Marlene is a Principal Consultant in our accounting and finance division. She focuses on corporate, commercial, and public practice accounting sectors.
Contact Marlene on 027 558 8345 or marlene@fluidrecruitment.co.nz
Holly specialises in In-House Legal recruitment on a national basis. Managing a team internally, she works with Private & Public Sector clients and across a range of industries.
Contact Holly on 021 229 9634 or hollyc@fluidrecruitment.co.nz
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ABOUT US
Established in Dunedin in 2009, Fluid Recruitment has grown from a boutique recruitment agency to a leading provider of recruitment services across New Zealand.
We focus on professional level recruitment across four key verticals, with specialist teams in Legal, Accounting & Finance, Engineering and IT/Commercial.
We recruit nationwide, with a physical office presence in Dunedin, Christchurch, Wanaka, Wellington and Sydney.
Our Values
We believe excellence in recruitment is driven by
Integrity
Expertise
Commitment
Our purpose is simple; to add genuine value through consulting.
To expertly advise clients on securing the best talent and be perceptive and innovative in bringing new opportunity to the market.
OUR BUSINESS IS A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY
Community Sponsorships
We sponsor a number of sports franchises and community organisations who share our Fluid values - Integrity, Expertise and Commitment.
Fluid believes in the power of sport to empower communities and make positive change for people of all ages.
Our sponsorships include Basketball Otago, Roslyn Wakari AFC, Otago Cricket and Otago Rugby Referees Association.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE GIVE BACK
Corporate Social
Responsibility
We operate Fluid on a quadruple bottom line - People, Profit, Planet and Purpose.
Our quarterly CSR initiatives help us to measure our wider impact outside of traditional business measurements. We love to get out in the community and give back.
A few recent highlights have been our involvement with KiwiHarvest, Kingslea School and the annual Life Matters Suicide Prevention Trust Appeal.
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