Engineering and Manufacturing Recruitment
Skilled engineers are hard to find and harder to keep. We reach the ones a job advert alone never will.
Skilled engineers are hard to find and harder to keep. We recruit engineering and manufacturing talent for factories, facilities and production sites, people who are difficult to reach through a job advert alone. Permanent or contract, a single maintenance engineer or a whole production team, we understand the tickets, the shifts and the standards manufacturing demands.
Roles we recruit
- Maintenance Engineers
- Electrical and Mechanical
- Multi skilled Engineers
- CNC and Machinists
- Production Engineers
- Manufacturing Operatives to Managers
- Technical and QA
- Engineering Supervisors
Talent you will not find on a job board
Most good talent is not looking. The best people are busy performing, building relationships and delivering results. They are not scrolling job boards, and they may be quietly ready for the right opportunity. So we go looking for them.
Our consultants source and headhunt off market talent as standard. No algorithms and no shortcuts, just experienced recruiters who take the time to know your business. Unlike a traditional search firm we work on contingency terms, so there is no fee unless we place.
To entice great people who are not actively looking, be prepared to be flexible on salary and benefits. The right hire repays it many times over. And when the open market is the right route, our classic contingency attract and select service runs alongside. It is all part of our 3C = e formula: client plus candidate plus consultant equals Equation.
Call 01869 323 444 or email info@equationrecruitment.com to discuss your vacancy.
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