Attract and retain essential expertise
Do you have the strategies in place to engage essential expertise - and ensure they have a reason to stay?
Our recruitment experience in manufacturing
Future-proof your manufacturing processes by leveraging our 50 plus years of recruitment expertise and established national reach.
Our specialist manufacturing consultants will deliver the candidates you need – be that for temp and/or perm positions throughout the UK and Ireland, from manufacturing operations, through to maintenance technicians and process ops.
The manufacturing and production industry is constantly adapting to rapidly changing customer demands, technological advances and disrupted supply chains. To operate as effectively as possible, you need the right people with the right skills in place to keep your organisation productive. With 90% of organisations experiencing engineering and manufacturing skill shortages in the past year, sourcing the right professionals is not always an easy task.
We support our partnership organisations by offering access to the latest technologies, while also providing specialist training to our consultants to locate and hire the best talent in manufacturing, across manufacturing operations, quality, process, design, maintenance and engineering trades.
Whether you’re facing hurdles like the workforce’s skills gap, the rise of automation and robotics – our specialist recruiters have the in-depth knowledge and market intelligence to find the adaptable experts you need.
Get in contact with one of our specialist consultants today to discuss our manufacturing recruitment solutions.
Our manufacturing fields
Our manufacturing consultants can support your organisation with end-to-end recruitment services for separate fields. These include:
- Manufacturing operations: secure leaders who are integral to the manufacturing engineering process.
- Quality: locate talent that enables your organisation to achieve the highest product standards of service quality assurance and control.
- Process: hire expert process professionals with the ability to design, implement, control and optimise your industrial, machinery and manufacturing processes.
- Design: source high calibre design engineering professionals proficient with numerous design packages including Autocad, Inventor, CATIX, Solidworks, NS and Solid Edge.
- Engineering trades: recruit and retain the highest level suitably qualified and experienced engineering trades professionals in the market.
- Maintenance: source the highest calibre maintenance professionals allowing for effective manufacturing optimisation, maintainability and reliability of your essential equipment and machinery.
Successful manufacturing placements
Every year we place a wealth of high quality, talented manufacturing professionals across a range of sectors, such as FMCG, pharmaceutical, general manufacturing, automotive and aerospace.
We take a proactive approach to provide you with the best technical and engineering talent available, using the latest recruitment technology solutions to secure the skills your organisation needs.
Join a growing list of businesses and public bodies who have benefited from our manufacturing talent recruitment and strategic guidance.
With 50+ years of experience and deep sector knowledge, we connect you with skilled professionals across operations, quality, design, and engineering – helping you stay ahead in an evolving, tech-led industry.
Need new recruits? Look no further
Whether you need short-notice temporary support or longer-term employees, we have candidates in our databases that are sure to fit the bill.
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