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I'm working with construction professionals across the UK to secure your next career move. If you're open to a discussion about taking the next step in your career, then please get in touch.Operational (Project Engineer to Project Director)Commercial (Quantity Surveyor to Commercial Director) & ProcurementProject Planning & ControlsLeadership roles

I led an internal team in recruiting 'white collar' staff for a range of high profile construction projects across the UK. My team and I were involved with some of the UK's largest construction projects across a range of sectors including Nuclear, Defence, Healthcare, Airports, Rail, Data Centres, Higher Education, Renewable Energy and EV battery manufacturing. Disciplines covered included Project Engineers to Project Directors, Operational Leadership, Graduate Quantity Surveyors to Commercial Directors, Procurement, Planning and Project Controls as well as Early Careers, Administration and Support staff.My team also covered a range of specialist central functions roles including IT, Finance, HR & Legal.Despite working in a market experiencing severe skill shortages and working on projects often in difficult locations, we maintained an impressive direct hire rate through advertising, networking and direct approaches via Linkedin etc.

I was solely responsible for managing all recruitment across Freedom, a leading provider of Facilities and Power engineering services.Freedom is a provider of technical engineering and maintenance services which range from recurring maintenance activities to the end-to-end delivery of replacement and new build capital projects.Our main divisions:NETWORKSPartnering with Distributions Network Operators, offering a full turnkey solution from survey, inspection through to design, construction and handover, with a 24/7 reactionary call out service, and planned maintenance.INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESOffering a wide range of building facilities services, building fabric solutions, planned and reactive maintenance and operations and maintenance on high voltage private electrical networks.POWERFrom initial design to final commissioning and testing, Freedom offers the complete electrical distribution package.PROFESSIONAL SERVICESOur business is compliance, utilising our knowledge and experience refined over 20 years in a regulated environment.

Specialist in the UK Power Transmission & Distribution sector. My client base included most of the National Grid Alliance partners as well as other consultancies and contractors working with DNO's, renewables connections and private networks.

Specialising in the permanent recruitment of professional engineers for the Power, Energy, Renewables and Process Engineering markets.

Contract and Permanent recruitment for design and project engineers within the hygienic process engineering market.

I set up and ran my own business as an engineering recruitment specialist, working mainly within the power generation and nuclear decommissioning sector.

Head of Engineering and Technical Department.I managed a small team delivering contract and permanent recruitment services to a wide range of industries including automotive, aerospace and nuclear.

Head of Engineering and Technical Department at Head Office, Walsall