Career Highlights

From the most traditional contractors imaginable, steeped in history, with very specific cultures to the wildest, fastest-paced, dynamic businesses, we have successfully worked with them all, helping them to secure the right personalities and skills for their businesses.

• Recruited key construction management team for a Hong Kong based highway construction project.
• Worked directly for the MD, helping him identify, approach and secure staff at all levels for one of the UK’s most dynamic civil engineering contractors.
• Identified and recruited a Commercial Director from Hong Kong for a major UK civil engineering contractor.
• Involved in the formation and initial implementation of a management transformation programme rolled out to major contractors.
• Identified and recruited Project Directors for major DBFO road projects for UK consortiums.
• Set up and ran a complete recruitment management system for a construction company.
• Recruited regional MDs for the country’s premier housebuilder.
• Consulted to a major civil engineering contractor, helping to build a team of over 30 people over five years.
• Worked with the MD of a leading heavy rail business to build a team including senior staff from outside the sector.
• Recruited a highways Project Manager to rescue a major project that had fallen off course on budget and programme.
• Recruiter and business adviser to the MD of a major construction company over four years.
• Identified and recruited a Group Design Director for a top UK construction and civil engineering business.
• Worked as Recruitment Manager for a leading specialist high-end building contractor.
• Mentored and counselled senior people throughout their careers, in some cases for more than 20 years.
• Designed and led a team motivation exercise for a main contractor where the business had lost its way.
• Seconded to London’s Crossrail Tunnels team for 18 months to identify and recruit key staff.
• Organised a Tunnel Inspectors recruitment evening for Crossrail where every attendee was secured for the project.
• Completed an international search exercise in competition with an internal TA team, staffing a major Middle-Eastern Metro project.
• Recruited a Global Head of Rail for one of the world’s largest engineering businesses.

One thing remains constant: securing the right personality is key.