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EMBS Talent

EMBS Talent is a UK recruitment partner dedicated to the engineering and technology sectors, helping employers and professionals build the teams and careers that power innovation. With more than 20 years of delivery across the UK, the company combines deep domain knowledge in advanced manufacturing and digital technology with precise, data informed search to solve complex hiring challenges. Its Engineering practice supports advanced manufacturing environments from blue collar shop floor roles through to senior leadership, with proven delivery across aerospace, automotive and motorsport, nuclear, defence, petrochemical, and energy. Its Technology practice covers permanent and contract hiring in Software Engineering and QA, Data and AI, ERP and digital transformation, MSP, cloud and DevOps, cybersecurity, infrastructure and networking, and agile product and project delivery. Clients choose EMBS Talent for quality, speed, and compliance, backed by robust contractor processes and IR35 assessments delivered with trusted legal partners such as Brookson Legal. The firm offers tailored permanent recruitment, rapid deployment of interim and contract specialists for mission critical projects, and scalable RPO solutions designed specifically for engineering and technology functions. Case studies highlight consistent outcomes: high volume hiring for an aerospace manufacturer with 30 roles filled in under 16 weeks, an RPO engagement delivering 10 permanent hires for a transportation technology provider in 8 weeks, a CTO appointment for an EdTech scale up in 5 days, and swift multi discipline builds for health tech and precision engineering clients. Rooted in Derbyshire with nationwide reach, EMBS Talent blends human insight with advanced tools, extensive candidate networks, and a partnership led approach that prioritizes accuracy, transparency, and long term results. Professional memberships and recruiter partner affiliations reflect its commitment to best practice, compliance, and candidate care.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingRPOAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTelecommunicationsCloud ComputingTelecom

HQDerby, United Kingdom

Empowered Personnel Ltd

Empowered Personnel Ltd is a Coventry based multi sector recruitment agency supporting employers and job seekers across Coventry, the West Midlands and beyond. The consultancy focuses on practical, reliable staffing solutions across driving and logistics, industrial and manufacturing, engineering, and commercial office roles, pairing the right skills and experience to each vacancy. The team delivers temporary and permanent recruitment alongside short and long term contract assignments, understanding that flexibility is essential to manage the peaks and troughs common in supply chains and production environments. Their sector specialists recruit HGV and delivery drivers of all classes, transport managers, warehouse staff, forklift and bendi truck drivers, pickers and packers, production operatives, machine operators, maintenance technicians, welders, fabricators, engineering technicians, as well as commercial professionals including administrators, customer service representatives, sales executives, and line managers. For employers, Empowered Personnel provides an attentive, stress free process with responsive communication, fast turnarounds for temporary cover, and focused searches for longer term hires, always aiming to match skills, qualifications, and experience to the exact needs of the role and workplace. For candidates, the agency offers simple online registration, access to application and starter forms, and early visibility of local opportunities, including regular ongoing work that may not appear on mainstream job boards. Whether supplying skilled or unskilled workers, the company prioritizes safety, reliability, and productivity, ensuring the right cultural and operational fit to help teams perform from day one. Drawing on strong local knowledge of the Coventry and Midlands market, Empowered Personnel blends market insight with straightforward service and a people centered approach to create positive, mutually beneficial connections. From ramping up warehouse operations, strengthening logistics fleets, and adding experienced engineers to placing dependable office staff, Empowered Personnel works diligently to unlock opportunities and deliver results for every client and candidate.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseMaritimeRailroadTrucking

HQCoventry, United Kingdom

Essential Recruitment

Essential Recruitment is a UK recruitment partner focused on delivering temporary and permanent talent across South Yorkshire and the Midlands, with a head office in Chesterfield and local branches in Barnsley, Burton on Trent, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Ilkeston, Mansfield and Worksop. Through its nationwide permanent division, Essential Professional, the company supports mid to high skill appointments for employers across the UK. The team specialises in industrial and commercial hiring, covering warehouse, factory, production, logistics, administration, customer service, sales and engineering roles, and operates at speed by engaging a live candidate database so many vacancies are filled before they ever reach the internet. Clients can outsource all or part of their hiring to Essential, with fully managed services that include advert writing, proactive sourcing, pre screening, interviews, right to work and compliance checks, induction support and ongoing performance reporting through clear KPIs. The agency offers 24/7 availability and is committed to delivering legally compliant processes aligned to industry standards, while temporary workers benefit from weekly pay, varied shifts and ongoing support through a dedicated candidate portal with helpful forms and downloads. Employee owned since 2021, every team member is personally invested in service quality and outcomes, driving accountability, responsiveness and long term partnerships. Whether the need is flexible warehouse operatives to meet seasonal peaks, skilled engineers to strengthen production capability, or office based professionals to enhance customer operations and sales performance, Essential Recruitment and Essential Professional combine local market knowledge with national reach to provide dependable, scalable hiring solutions. From single placements to outsourcing the entire recruitment lifecycle, the business helps employers reduce time to hire, improve candidate fit and maintain compliance, while giving jobseekers clear guidance and fast access to suitable roles.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentRPOAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTruckingWarehousingDistribution

HQChesterfield, United Kingdom

Fay Mayer Recruitment

Fay Mayer Recruitment is a Staffordshire based staffing agency established in 1994 that supplies Commercial, Industrial, and Engineering talent to organizations across both the private and public sectors. From small start ups and SMEs to blue chip companies, the firm builds long standing relationships by being customer service driven rather than target sales driven, ensuring every requirement is handled quickly, efficiently, and with a friendly, approachable style. The team delivers temporary and permanent hiring solutions, including full time and part time schedules as well as regular and ad hoc assignments, and for temporary workers acts as the employer, handling weekly payroll, Employers National Insurance, holiday pay, and other statutory entitlements. A rigorous selection process underpins every placement: candidates are interviewed in person, skills are tested where appropriate, references are obtained and checked, equal opportunities policies are upheld, and right to work is verified in line with Home Office guidance. The agency follows a clear process that moves from meeting and needs discussion to search, testing, targeting, and placement, combining local market knowledge with practical support such as CV guidance, interview techniques, and temping tips. Typical commercial roles include PAs, secretaries, receptionists, administrators, accounts assistants, payroll clerks, data entry clerks, customer service agents, sales administrators, purchasing assistants, and HR professionals. Industrial hiring spans assembly workers, PCB assemblers, warehouse and factory operatives, forklift drivers, cleaners, welders, porters, drivers, and pickers and packers. The engineering division covers mechanical engineering, power engineering, telecommunications, utilities, environmental engineering, transport engineering, sustainable development, and project management. With more than two decades of continuity in Stafford and a reputation for supplying thousands of temporary workers across Staffordshire, Fay Mayer Recruitment combines transparency, persistence, and integrity with responsive delivery, giving employers dependable workforce solutions and candidates reliable, well matched opportunities paid on time and supported by a team that genuinely loves what they do.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseProject ManagementSupply Chain ManagementFreight Forwarding

HQCambridge, United Kingdom

Foxes Recruitment

Foxes Recruitment is an independently owned employment agency based in Leicestershire that specializes in temporary and permanent recruitment across the county. Since 2019 the business has helped more than 3,000 people into work and continues to support local employers with fast, reliable staffing solutions. Best known for its Industrial and Commercial coverage, the agency is equally strong in Professional disciplines such as legal, accounting, and finance, as well as Technical and Engineering recruitment. For employers, Foxes Recruitment removes the time consuming elements of hiring by sourcing, screening, and mobilizing workers at speed, whether that means supplying 30 warehouse operatives for the next day or finding an experienced payroll administrator to cover maternity leave. For candidates, the team invests time to understand skills, preferences, and availability, and treats every application confidentially, never sending details to an employer without consent. The company offers both temporary and permanent contracts, pays workers weekly every Friday, and guarantees at least the National Minimum Wage regardless of age. Where possible the team conducts on site inductions to help new starters settle quickly and safely. Registration can be completed online, removing the need to visit the Leicester or Blaby office and making it easy to apply for roles around existing commitments. With a focus on quality local matches, Foxes Recruitment partners with manufacturers, warehouses, logistics operations, offices, law firms, accountancy practices, and engineering businesses across Leicestershire. Its consultants combine local market knowledge with a straightforward, personable approach and a commitment to compliance, fair pay, and clear communication. Whether a business needs flexible temporary labor, steady permanent hires, or short notice cover, or a job seeker wants shift based industrial work, a commercial office role, or a professional opportunity, Foxes Recruitment aims to make the process simple, quick, and supportive for everyone involved.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseProject ManagementSupply Chain ManagementFreight Forwarding

HQLeicester, United Kingdom

Harper Fox Partners

Harper Fox Partners is a specialist executive search firm focused on delivering senior leadership and critical talent to organizations operating across the energy, engineering, manufacturing, and technology value chains. Operating with a research-led, partner-driven model, the firm executes retained searches for board, C-suite, functional leadership, and transformation mandates, while also supporting clients with interim leadership solutions when rapid impact is required. Its consultants combine deep sector knowledge with rigorous market mapping and competency-based assessment, enabling clients to access diverse shortlists of high-caliber leaders who can drive operational excellence, commercial growth, digital enablement, and sustainability outcomes. Harper Fox Partners is adept at complex and confidential mandates, including succession planning, market entry builds, carve-outs, and turnaround scenarios, and it frequently delivers cross-border assignments that require nuanced stakeholder management and cultural alignment. The firm prioritizes inclusive hiring practices, ensuring balanced slates and equitable processes that expand access to underrepresented talent without compromising on capability or pace. Typical functional coverage spans general management, operations, engineering leadership, supply chain, quality, EHS, commercial and sales leadership, product and technology, finance, and people leadership. Clients range from high-growth innovators to established multinationals modernizing legacy operations and accelerating energy transition strategies. Throughout each engagement, Harper Fox Partners maintains transparent communication, milestone accountability, and robust candidate care, from briefing and insight reports through offer negotiation and post-placement integration. By uniting rigorous search methodology with sector-specific insight and a commitment to diversity, the firm helps clients secure resilient leaders who can navigate volatility, deliver measurable performance, and build future-ready teams.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationSoftware Development

HQSolihull, United Kingdom

Industrial Temporaries

Industrial Temporaries is an independent industrial recruitment agency founded in 1980 and focused on delivering fast, efficient, and compliant staffing solutions across the Midlands. Operating from its Coventry office with early opening hours from 5:00am, the business supplies talent for temporary, contract, and permanent roles, ranging from one temp for a single day to a fully managed large workforce. Clients benefit from dedicated account management from day one, open communication, and transparent, competitive charge rates, while candidates receive thorough interviews, clear briefings, and support that can include coordinated transport to worksites to ensure reliable shift attendance. The agency maintains a large, multi skilled candidate database and performs comprehensive screening and referencing to safeguard quality and compliance. Industrial Temporaries is certified to ISO 9001:2000, is a corporate member of the Association of Labour Providers, and holds a Gangmasters Licence for supply to the food industry, reflecting robust standards in governance and worker welfare. Its recruitment markets span administration, call centre staff, catering and hospitality, cleaning, engineering, food production, forklift drivers, horticulture, manufacturing and production, and warehouse and distribution, supporting both prestigious PLCs and private companies. The team has experience serving customers in sectors such as defense, automotive, and commercial vehicle manufacturing, and is set up to replace same day absentees rapidly from its extensive pool. With a contactable number available 24/7, Industrial Temporaries combines responsiveness with meticulous compliance and practical workforce management to keep operations running smoothly for clients while creating dependable, well matched job opportunities for candidates. The company is also a member of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce and a signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, underscoring its local commitment and values.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseRailroadTruckingWarehousing

HQCoventry, United Kingdom

Ganymede

Ganymede is a UK based workforce and recruitment specialist known for supplying skilled, safety conscious talent to complex, operational environments across rail, infrastructure, utilities, and construction. The company focuses on delivering flexible staffing models that keep critical projects moving, combining deep sector knowledge with rigorous compliance, vetting, and ongoing workforce support. Clients engage Ganymede for permanent hiring to secure long term capability, for contract specialists to bolster project teams, and for large scale temporary labour to meet demanding shift patterns and track possessions. Consultants understand the operational realities of working lines, power networks, and construction sites, aligning resource plans to program milestones, seasonal demand, and possession regimes. A robust compliance framework underpins every placement, including right to work checks, competency verification, medicals, and role specific certifications, with proactive re verification to maintain continuity on site. Ganymede supports candidates with fair scheduling, clear communications, and access to training pathways that help them progress from entry level to supervisory and technical roles, strengthening the talent pipeline for clients over time. Delivery is engineered for reliability and transparency, from rapid mobilisation and rota management to digital timesheets, incident reporting, and KPI dashboards that track fill rates, safety performance, and cost control. The firm prides itself on 24 7 responsiveness for unplanned cover and operational incidents, a disciplined approach to risk management, and a culture that prioritises safety, inclusion, and wellbeing. Whether resourcing track maintenance and renewals, utilities upgrades, or civil engineering works, Ganymede brings together experienced recruiters, proven processes, and a large, engaged candidate community to provide dependable people solutions. By integrating recruitment with workforce planning and on site support, the company helps clients reduce downtime, meet regulatory obligations, and deliver projects safely, on time, and to budget.

Temporary StaffingContract StaffingPermanent RecruitmentSupply Chain ManagementFreight ForwardingAirlines & AviationEnvironmental ServicesWater ManagementUtilities

HQDerby, United Kingdom

Jenrick Group Engineering

Jenrick Group Engineering is a specialist recruitment partner focused on matching skilled engineering and manufacturing talent with organizations that need to build resilient, high-performing teams. Operating as part of a broader recruitment group, the engineering practice concentrates on roles across design, production, maintenance, quality, projects, and operations, supporting both site-based and head office environments. Clients engage Jenrick Group Engineering for permanent recruitment to secure long term hires, contract staffing to flex with project and peak demand, and executive and interim solutions to install experienced leaders for transformation and critical delivery. The team works across the full hiring lifecycle, from defining role requirements and market mapping to targeted sourcing, technical screening, and interview management, through to offer negotiation and onboarding support. Typical assignments span multi skilled maintenance engineers, reliability and asset care specialists, automation and controls engineers, process and manufacturing engineers, health and safety professionals, quality and regulatory experts, design and development engineers, project and program managers, and operational leaders up to executive level. Whether a manufacturer is scaling production, commissioning new lines, improving OEE, delivering CAPEX programs, de bottlenecking operations, or enhancing compliance, Jenrick Group Engineering builds candidate shortlists that balance technical capability, safety and quality mindset, and cultural fit. The practice understands the nuances of shift patterns, site access, contractor management, and the documentation standards common in regulated and high volume environments, and it adapts search strategies to local talent availability and time critical requirements. Candidates value transparent guidance on career moves, skills development, and market demand, while clients benefit from pragmatic advice on salary, contract day rates, and competitive hiring tactics. By combining sector knowledge with consultative delivery, Jenrick Group Engineering helps businesses secure the right people quickly and responsibly, enabling safe operations, reliable output, and sustainable growth.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationEngineering

HQNorthampton, United Kingdom

Harvey Nash

Harvey Nash is a UK based specialist in technology recruitment and solutions that builds amazing technology and digital teams for organizations of every size. Dedicated to the tech sector for over 35 years, the firm supports clients from senior appointments through to recruitment and project solutions, combining deep market knowledge, extensive candidate networks and actionable insights to deliver results at pace. Its consultative approach spans the full technology landscape, from senior IT leadership and enterprise architecture to cloud, data and integration, storage and virtualisation, portfolio management, design and innovation, and IT service management. Harvey Nash is trusted by leading brands across sectors including bp, Google, Meta, Mastercard, Maersk, Rolls Royce, Unilever, John Lewis, Channel 4, Siemens Energy, Tesco Bank and major public institutions such as the NHS and the Scottish Government, as well as universities like Lancaster. For contractors it provides a robust experience through dedicated onboarding, right to work and ID checks, and a contractor management system for timesheets, remittances and approvals, backed by clear UK and Ireland payroll schedules including weekly, monthly, PAYE and IR35. This operational excellence is matched by strong candidate care and communication, reflected in consistent positive feedback from technologists across the UK. With a global footprint and decades of sector focus, Harvey Nash offers the connectivity and reach to secure hard to find talent quickly, guiding clients on where the market is moving and how to attract the skills they need. Its News and Insights, including Tech Talks podcasts and analysis on AI, data and digital transformation, keep clients and candidates informed on trends shaping demand, from generative AI and MLOps to governance and ethics. Whether scaling delivery squads, running defined project solutions, or appointing executive technology leaders, Harvey Nash partners with clients to reduce time to hire, lower cost and deliver measurable outcomes.

Contract StaffingSOW/ProjectsExec Search & Interim MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceInvestment ManagementFinTechGovernment Administration

HQLondon, United Kingdom

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