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.

Digital giants get hiring: BT and EE announce recruitment drives

Telco providers BT and EE have announced recruitment drives for 150 and 300 staff, respectively.
Your recruitment business 27 August 2013

Spencer Ogden looks to EMEA business expansion with Barker hire

Oil & gas recruiter Spencer Ogden has taken on Nick Barker in the role of contracts director, with responsibility for expanding business in the EMEA region.
Your recruitment business 23 August 2013

Carr drives subsurface recruitment in Houston for NES

Technical manpower specialist NES Global Talent has taken on subsurface specialist Andrew Carr as lead search consultant in the firm’s Houston office.
Your recruitment business 23 August 2013

Nissan’s toddler-turned-technician fronts recruitment campaign

A technician at car maker Nissan’s Sunderland plant is reprising the starring role in a recruitment campaign for the firm that he first held 26 years ago as a toddler.
Your recruitment business 23 August 2013

IT, engineering & manufacturing lead online freelance demand, finds Elance

IT & programming work continues to see the largest demand on online freelance marketplace Elance, while engineering & manufacturing was the job category showing the largest growth, the firm’s Q2 Global Online Employment Report shows.
Your recruitment business 22 August 2013

Middle East tops Anglosphere for UK construction workers looking to build career

The UAE and Qatar are seen as top locations to advance a career in construction, according to the 91% of built environment professionals who tells a survey from specialist job site CareerStructure.com that they would be interested in moving abroad to work.
Your recruitment business 21 August 2013

Management grads popular hires across Middle East firms

More employers in Saudi Arabia are likely to hire over the next quarter than in any market in the Middle East, with business management graduates a key talent need, according to regional job site Bayt.com.

Purchasing talent: Jaguar Land Rover’s ‘fastest-growing’ function keeps hiring

Auto maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has launched a recruitment campaign to attract experienced professionals to its purchasing team, and is casting its net beyond the automotives industry.

Harlow site as recruiter 2B Interface expands

Trades and professional recruitment agency 2B Interface has opened its fourth UK office in Harlow, Essex.
Your recruitment business 19 August 2013

US temp safety inspections ramped up by federal watchdog

US Department of Labor agency the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has increased the frequency of inspections of temporary staffing agencies, after a memorandum sent earlier this year, according to news agency Bloomberg.
Your recruitment business 16 August 2013

Former Swift staff in dock

Four former employees of oil & gas recruiter Swift Worldwide Resources are to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court starting on 12 May 2014 on two counts of corruption each in the firm’s Nigerian arm.
Your recruitment business 15 August 2013

Escape Recruitment Services gets fourth base in Fife

Scottish recruiter Escape Recruitment Services has opened a new office in Fife, where it is expecting to work particularly closely with a number of locally based technical and engineering firms.
Your recruitment business 14 August 2013

EarthStream sets up in world’s oil capital Houston

Energy and earth sciences recruiter EarthStream Global has opened its fourth base in the Americas in Houston, which the firm’s chief executive officer Paul Beeke refers to as “the world’s capital of oil”.
Your recruitment business 14 August 2013

Jobs Watch: Lotus, Overstock and Virgin Holidays

A diverse range of new roles are coming up at UK car maker Lotus, online retailer Overstock.com and travel firm Virgin Holidays.

Recruiting rates keep rising, shows Report on Jobs

July saw permanent staff appointments rise at the fastest rate since March, and the strongest increase in temp billings for nearly two-and-a-half years, shows the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation and KPMG

Earthstaff gets on the ground in Erbil for Kurdistan energy market

Energy recruiter Earthstaff has opened an office in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s self-governing Kurdistan region, where the number of oil rigs in operation is due to double over the next 12 months.
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