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.

Salary survey points to revitalised East Anglian economy

Improving business confidence is funding modest salary increases across the board in East Anglia, while demand for key management personnel is producing spectacular gains for some, according to multi-sector recruiter Cooper Lomaz’s Recruitment Salary Survey.
Your recruitment business 9 January 2014

More details revealed on RS Components global outsourcing deal with AMS

The former head of global resourcing at RS Components explains to Recruiter the thinking behind a global outsourcing deal between Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) and his former employer RS Components, which left his role redundant.
In-house recruitment 8 January 2014

Aberdeen set for job boost after AMEC wins North Sea contract

Engineering company AMEC is set to hire 150 workers after winning a North Sea contract.

Car manufacturers deliver on job creation promises

Job creation announcements don’t always pan out as planned, but as car sales in the UK hit their highest level since the heady days of 2007, recruitment plans announced last year by two of the UK’s motor manufacturers are already coming to fruition.

UK’s manufacturing sector set to achieve fastest growth in Europe

The UK’s manufacturing sector is set to grow by 2.7% in 2014, outperforming its European counterparts, according to manufacturing trade body EEF and think-tank Oxford Economics.
Your recruitment business 6 January 2014

Bromak staff trained to fit life-saving face masks

Staff at built environment recruitment and training firm Bromak have attended a training course to learn how to provide respiratory protective equipment to workers it supplies.
Your recruitment business 3 January 2014

Oil Consultants confirms Dubai office to open this month

UK oil & gas recruiter Oil Consultants will kick off 2014 with expansion, having confirmed it is to open an office in Dubai this month.
Your recruitment business 2 January 2014

Ford to hire 11,000 across US and Asia in 2014

Global motor company Ford is to create 11,000 new jobs across the US and Asia in 2014.

Vinci Energies buys oil & gas recruiter Mentor IMC

Niche international oil & gas recruiter, Mentor IMC Group, has been acquired by Vinci Energies, a subsidiary of French conglomerate Vinci SA.

BMW put agency temps first in push for 1,000 new hires

Car maker BMW is to create 1,000 new permanent jobs across its four UK manufacturing plants, saying current agency staff will be given first priority in recruitment.
In-house recruitment 13 December 2013

Randstad CFO takes on non-exec role and government consulting position

Robert Jan van de Kraats, the chief finance officer and vice-chair of global recruiter Randstad, has taken on an industrial non-executive position and joined a new Dutch governmental commission.
Your recruitment business 12 December 2013

Smart hire for Alium Partners for aviation and infrastructure division

Interim management provider Alium Partners has appointed Mike Smart to launch its new aviation and infrastructure division.
Your recruitment business 12 December 2013

How are recruitment businesses being valued? City Comment

If there is one topic which clients ask me about the most, it's valuation. Either a specific ‘How much is my business worth?’ or a more general ‘Are valuations increasing?’
Your recruitment business 12 December 2013

Nuclear ambitions for CERN recruitment

Recruitment targets at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, are set in proportion to its 23-member countries’ financial contributions.

Cross-selling Bull builds on Randstad development

The chief executive officer of Randstad for UK and the Middle East has told Recruiter that he is pleased with recent financial and organisational development progress at the company, but that more needs to be done.
Your recruitment business 11 December 2013

Sector Analysis Construction

Both retention and succession planning are key in the sector, with geography certainly playing a role
Analysis, In-house recruitment 11 December 2013
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