Engineering

APPOINTMENTS: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Eames Consulting, Faststream Recruitment Group, Gi Group, Heidrick & Struggles, Oyster, Starfish Search, Sellick Partnership

Supplier, Your business 28 April 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Jobmatch Sweden, Matchtech, Meet Life Sciences, Right Management, Synergy

Cobalt Recruitment appoints new UK managing director

Cobalt Recruitment has announced the appointment of Maria Sinclair as the new managing director of its UK operations.

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s new launches include: Busy Bee Recruitment, Deel

Supplier, Your business 14 April 2025

Cheshire-headquartered Gap Personnel acquired by Rcapital

Cheshire-headquartered recruitment agency Gap Personnel has been acquired by Rcapital in a corporate carve-out.

FINANCIALS: Gattaca bucks trend in first half of 2025

Engineering and infrastructure recruiter Gattaca has reported a “robust” financial performance for the first half of 2025.

Associated British Ports names Parr new group HRD

Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest port operator, has appointed Rachael Parr (pictured) as its new group HR director.

Airswift expands board with two industry non-exec directors

Airswift, a global workforce solutions provider, has appointed Melody Meyer and Don Sloan as independent non-executive board members.

Pertemps makes a splash recruiting for Northumbrian Water

UK-wide recruitment agency Pertemps has been awarded the managed service contract for Northumbrian Water.

RTC subsidiary Ganymede wins Network Rail contract

Business services organisation RTC Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary Ganymede Solutions, which provides blue-collar staff to safety critical sectors, has won a contract with Network Rail.

On Tumblr in March

On recruitermagazine.tumblr.com, Recruiter magazine’s tumblr feed, we showcase what recruiters — and a few others — get up to when they’re not recruiting
In-house recruitment 23 February 2015

Thames Tideway Tunnel project will leave legacy to tackle maritime skills shortage

The construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel next year is an opportunity to build a “legacy” to address key skill shortages in the maritime sector, according to Sezen Zeki, managing director at JobsinMaritime.com, the job site and recruitment consultancy charged with filling maritime roles on the project.

Drivers Direct launches ex-military recruitment campaign

Drivers Direct, a provider of temporary and permanent drivers to commercial organisations, has launched a recruitment programme for ex-service personnel to meet growing demand for commercial drivers.
Your recruitment business 23 February 2015

Two new offices for Cordant

Cordant Technical & Engineering, a division of multi-sector recruiter Cordant Recruitment, has opened new offices in Aberdeen and Abu Dhabi.
Your recruitment business 23 February 2015

Horizon looks to future talent to power its plants

Anticipating the need to recruit thousands of workers in a sector with known skills shortages has led Horizon Nuclear Power to develop graduate and apprenticeship programmes.

Rethink engineers global talent for Skype

When Skype was looking for a managed service partner to help it find a pool of talented technical broadcast engineers around the globe, rethink talent management answered the call

Global Spotlight on Dubai

Dubai is taking advantage of a strong tourism market, an influx of expats and a strong financial services hub – even before the world expo 2020
Your recruitment business 20 February 2015

Randstad UK growth down to strategy, employees and value over volume

Randstad UK’s growth comes down to strategy, employee engagement and focusing on value over volume, said the business’s chief executive Mark Bull.

Penna makes five senior hires

Global people management business Penna has made five senior hires to its executive interim and search practice.
Your recruitment business 20 February 2015

Eden Brown appoints Lettington as MD

Greg Lettington joins construction recruiter Eden Brown as managing director for its built environment business.
Your recruitment business 20 February 2015

Emirates eyes UK pilots as part of recruitment campaign to hire 11k across its group

Emirates Group, which comprises the Emirates airline and cargo handling service dnata, is launching a recruitment campaign to hire over 11,000 people this year.

Tata Technologies looks to careers site and uni links to source talent for new HQ

Tata Technologies is to use its career portal and links to local universities to recruit 200 additional staff for its new Warwick headquarters.
In-house recruitment 18 February 2015

Kloodle targets sixth-form colleges to engage talent earlier

Student social network Kloodle is increasingly targeting sixth-form colleges as well as universities and graduates following increased demand from employers to engage with this talent pool, says Kloodle chief executive Phillip Hayes.

Virgin Media promotes 100 apprentices

More than 100 of Virgin Media’s latest batch of apprentices have now been promoted to roles within the telecommunications group.

Ward succeeds Leyshon as CBSbutler MD

Bernard Ward joins technical recruiter CBSbutler as UK managing director, succeeding long-standing incumbent David Leyshon, who takes up the position of chairman.
Your recruitment business 18 February 2015
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