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Cooper Golding Recruitment

Cooper Golding Recruitment is a UK based talent partner connecting employers with skilled people across technical, operational, and office based functions. The agency works across manufacturing and engineering, renewable energy, and technology support, while also covering core business roles in customer service, quality, project management, and warehousing. Recent vacancies illustrate the breadth of its work, including mechanical design engineer, renewable energy engineer and PV installer, service desk analyst, warehouse operative, project manager, quality improvement manager, and customer service administrator. By combining market insight with disciplined sourcing and screening, Cooper Golding Recruitment focuses on matching capability, cultural fit, and career goals to help clients secure productive hires and help candidates take confident next steps. For engineering and manufacturing appointments the team understands the importance of CAD proficiency, design for manufacturability, continuous improvement, and compliance with quality standards. In renewable energy and field installation they emphasize practical qualifications, site safety, commissioning experience, and customer facing professionalism. In IT support they prioritize service desk metrics, incident resolution, and stakeholder communication, while for warehouse and logistics roles they consider accuracy, throughput, and shift flexibility. The agency supports permanent, contract, and temporary hiring, coordinating shortlists, interviews, feedback, and offers to streamline processes and reduce time to hire. Its consultants maintain active talent networks and clear communication, ensuring clients see only well matched shortlists and candidates receive transparent briefings on role expectations and progression. Whether the requirement is a single specialist, a small project team, or ongoing operational support, Cooper Golding Recruitment brings pragmatic search methods and consistent service to deliver dependable outcomes for both employers and job seekers across the UK.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingTemporary StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseWater ManagementUtilitiesSoftware Development

HQBarnstaple, United Kingdom

First Logistics Ltd

First Logistics Ltd is an independent driving recruitment agency established in 1998 to serve Greater Manchester and the surrounding North West region with reliable temporary and permanent staffing solutions across the transport, distribution, and supply chain network. Built on more than 20 years in the sector, the firm supplies a full range of logistics talent including HGV Class 1 and Class 2 drivers, 7.5 tonne and van drivers, drivers mates, FLT drivers, warehouse operatives, and office and clerical staff, partnering with blue chip companies, household names, and independent operators alike. As Manchester's leading independent driving agency, First Logistics combines sector expertise with rigorous compliance: every candidate attends a face to face interview, right to work checks are performed, skills and qualifications are verified, DVLA licence checks are repeated every three months, a five year traceable work history is obtained with a minimum of two references, and DBS checks can be undertaken on request. Phones are manned 24/7 by experienced driving consultants who understand real world transport operations and place the right person with the right skills at the right time. The company is an REC member and adheres to the REC code of practice, and unlike many agencies it runs payroll in house to ensure accuracy and on time weekly payments; from April 2021 agency workers are engaged via PAYE or an approved umbrella in line with IR35. For drivers, the agency offers open and honest communication, a welcome pack, a driver handbook, regular and weekend shifts, and practical support such as timely timesheets and a complimentary hi vis vest. For customers, First Logistics delivers dependable cover from single shifts to ongoing requirements, as well as temp to perm pathways, all at competitive rates with professional documentation management and swift, transparent service.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingSupply Chain ManagementFreight ForwardingAirlines & AviationWarehousingDistributionPublic Transit

HQBury, United Kingdom

GEL Recruitment

Founded in 2012, GEL Recruitment is a Rochdale based recruitment agency that provides temporary, permanent, and contract staffing solutions for employers and jobseekers across the local area. Operating through its three core divisions GEL Industrial, GEL Technical, and GEL Professional, the firm supports industrial, engineering, warehousing, and commercial office functions for some of the largest companies in and around Rochdale. Clients rely on GEL to supply vetted workers quickly for shopfloor production, assembly, machine operation, forklift and warehouse roles, as well as skilled technicians and office based administrators, and the team tailors every search to the specific requirements of the site, shift pattern, and safety standards. With consultants who bring more than two decades of local recruiting experience, GEL combines deep market knowledge with a personal, transparent service ethos that emphasizes honest communication, accurate shortlists, and ongoing customer care long after placements start. For candidates, GEL offers a straightforward registration process, clear feedback, and access to immediate starts and permanent opportunities, including continental shifts and day or night work, with roles in Littleborough and the wider Rochdale area frequently updated on its job board. For employers, GEL builds flexible workforce solutions that balance quality, speed, and compliance, from single hires to ongoing volume supply, ensuring that each onboarding meets right to work checks, site induction needs, and any role specific certifications such as forklift licences. GEL works closely with hiring managers to clarify role profiles, productivity targets, and health and safety procedures, then sources and screens talent accordingly so that new starters are job ready from day one. The agency believes recruitment is not one size fits all and adapts its approach to each client environment, whether scaling peak season output, backfilling absences, or hiring permanent staff to strengthen core teams. Focused on transparency, trust, and consistent service delivery, GEL Recruitment has become a dependable local partner for industrial, technical, and professional staffing across Rochdale.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseAirlines & AviationMaritimeRailroad

HQRochdale, United Kingdom

Hexagon Recruitment

Hexagon Recruitment is the talent acquisition arm of Hexagon Group of Companies, a diversified Philippine corporate group headquartered at the Hexagon Corporate Center on Quezon Avenue in Quezon City. With 78 years of service, more than 900 employees, 22 companies, and a footprint that extends to four countries, the group operates across agriculture, automotive, energy, food, healthcare, information technology, industrial distribution, and real estate. Hexagon Recruitment connects this broad business portfolio with the people it needs to grow, managing end to end hiring activities that include workforce planning, sourcing, screening, assessments, background checks, pre employment processing, onboarding coordination, and training support. The team fills blue collar and white collar roles for subsidiaries such as Solar Generation Systems Corporation, Hexagon Motors Inc., Keylargo Car Accessories Inc., Accord Commodities Trading Corporation, Hexagon Chemical Corporation, Sun Biotech Corporation, Hexagon Healthcare Corporation, Trumed Healthcare Corporation, IT Group, Inc., Hexagon Distributing Corporation, Hexagon Mechanelec Systems Inc., SGS Hardware Corporation, Sunproperties Development Corporation, Bahamas Meatshop, BGZ Food Ventures Inc., and Hexagon Nutrifood Corporation. Recent opportunities highlighted by the group range from HR associate roles to drivers and forklift operators and technical sales representatives, reflecting the variety of operational and commercial positions required across manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, technology, and real estate activities. Guided by the group message Building Tomorrow Together, Hexagon Recruitment partners closely with business leaders to scale teams for milestones such as new dealerships, product line expansions, and housing developments, while ensuring values aligned, compliant, and timely hiring outcomes. Candidates engage through the group careers site to explore long term growth pathways within the portfolio, and clients within the group benefit from standardized processes, consistent candidate experience, and data informed decisions that help turn vision into reality across Hexagon’s diverse enterprises.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingFarmingFood ProcessingFishing & AquacultureAutomotiveAerospaceDefense

HQQuezon City, United Kingdom

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions is a UK recruitment consultancy connecting employers and job seekers across multiple sectors. With regional hubs in the North West, South West, West Midlands, and Yorkshire, the business delivers national coverage with local expertise and a straightforward way to get in touch, including a request a callback option for job seekers and a dedicated Recruit staff route for employers. Hawk 3 supports permanent, contract, and temporary hiring across disciplines that include aerospace and defence, business support, creative and digital, facilities management, finance, FMCG and online retail, HR, IT and technology, legal, manufacturing and automation, sales, and supply chain and logistics. Live vacancies showcased on the site span production shift managers, maintenance and design engineers, heads of quality, logistics FLT operatives, and marketing associates, reflecting strength in manufacturing and engineering, technology-enabled roles, and logistics alongside core commercial functions. For employers, Hawk 3 offers a consultative service focused on speed, transparency, and cultural alignment, delivered by sector specialist teams and supported by a searchable Talent Hub for rapid talent discovery. For candidates, the agency provides tailored guidance, current market insights, and access to a broad job network to help them find work that suits their skills and ambitions. The company regularly publishes news and insights on hiring trends, legislation, and workforce strategy, including updates on the Employment Rights Act, Budget 2025 implications for staffing, and practical hiring best practice. Hawk 3 promotes a people first culture built on values that are consultative, accountable, real, and ethical, and has been recognised with a 3 star Best Companies accreditation for outstanding employee engagement. Whether scaling a production line, building a digital team, strengthening finance or legal capability, or optimising supply chain operations, Hawk 3 focuses on long term partnerships and measurable results that align hiring with business goals.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingTemporary StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTelecomSupply Chain ManagementFreight Forwarding

HQChester, United Kingdom

Innotech Partners

Innotech Partners is a specialist recruitment consultancy known for connecting organizations with skilled talent across technical and professional disciplines. Operating with a delivery model built on market research, proactive sourcing, and relationship driven account management, the firm supports clients through the full hiring lifecycle, from defining role requirements and employer value propositions to targeted search, candidate assessment, and post placement follow up. Innotech Partners focuses on roles within renewable energy, engineering, and technology, helping businesses scale project teams, strengthen in house capability, and secure leaders who can drive growth and transformation. The team partners with startups, SMEs, and established enterprises, tailoring searches for permanent hires, time bound contract specialists, and executive appointments when strategic leadership is required. Typical assignments span project management, design and development, site and field engineering, maintenance, operations, health and safety, quality, data and software, sales and commercial, and senior management. Clients value the firms commitment to transparent communication, defined SLAs, and measurable outcomes, including short list speed, interview to offer ratios, and retention metrics. Candidates benefit from detailed role briefs, honest feedback, and support with interview preparation and onboarding. Innotech Partners emphasizes compliance and risk management across contract engagements, ensuring right to work checks, appropriate insurances, and safety standards are rigorously maintained. The consultancy also promotes inclusive hiring practices, advising on accessible job specifications, structured interviewing, and diverse shortlists to broaden access to opportunity and improve long term team performance. With an active network across the UK and international markets, the company leverages sector knowledge, data insights, and targeted headhunting to deliver dependable hiring outcomes for clients navigating competitive talent landscapes in energy, manufacturing and engineering, and technology led environments.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationSoftware Development

HQManchester, United Kingdom

JMT Engineering

JMT Engineering is a fabrication and engineering contractor based in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, serving domestic through industrial clients with turnkey delivery from design to installation. The company provides coded welding and emergency on site weld repair 24 hours a day, covering MIG, TIG, and MMA processes across mild steel, stainless steel, aluminium, chromoly, and flux core applications. Its specialist fabrication capability includes hotwell and chemical storage tanks, industrial platforms, walkways and ladders, frame building, precast concrete moulds, pipework, and comprehensive insulation and cladding. JMT Engineering is certified to BS EN 1090-1 Execution Class 2, enabling the production of structural steelwork up to 15 stories, and operates under rigorous factory production control with all welding procedures and certifications maintained on file. From an initial site visit the team can project manage, design, fabricate, and install, working alongside chartered structural engineers to ensure compliance, quality, and safety. The company manufactures hotwell, coldwell, and chemical storage tanks tailored to boiler house and process needs, with options that include stainless steel or mild steel construction, flanged or screwed connections positioned to suit, insulation and cladding, internal or external bracing, optional manway positioning, supporting steel stands to create space for water softening, and integrated access ladders and platforms. Tanks can be supplied as rectangular or cylindrical units to meet space and performance requirements, supporting energy efficiency and uptime by maintaining correct temperatures and dosing within boiler systems. With an overhead crane equipped facility in Annan and a track record across industrial sites and food and beverage environments, JMT Engineering combines responsive field support with precision shop fabrication to deliver durable, compliant, and cost effective steelwork and process solutions throughout the region.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingTemporary StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstruction

HQAnnan, United Kingdom

Jobline Recruitment

Jobline Recruitment is an independent, family run recruitment agency based in Sale, Greater Manchester, with more than 25 years of experience supporting employers and candidates across the North West and throughout the UK. The firm focuses on delivering fast, reliable staffing solutions tailored to operational environments where continuity and responsiveness matter, providing temporary, permanent, and contract placements to match demand peaks, holiday cover, and longer term growth. Operating a true 24 hours a day, 7 days a week service, Jobline Recruitment answers calls around the clock and can supply personnel for engagements from a single day to 365 days a year, ensuring clients have the right candidates at the right time. Their sector coverage spans warehousing and logistics, industrial production, hospitality, construction, and office support, with typical roles including FLT drivers, warehouse operatives, pickers and packers, loaders and unloaders, quality checkers, despatch and distribution staff, production and machine operators, operations supervisors, reception and front of house staff, housekeepers, cleaners, porters, joiners, roofers, decorators, general labourers, and administrative personnel. For employers, the agency simplifies hiring with weekly invoicing, clear and competitive rates that include NI, tax, and holiday pay, and discounts for multiple bookings, all backed by a consultative approach that designs solutions around each site and shift pattern. For candidates, the team provides guidance across skilled and unskilled positions, aligning individual experience with current and upcoming opportunities, and keeping in close contact with hiring managers to uncover roles that may not be advertised. Long standing client relationships, a hands on service ethic, and local market knowledge enable Jobline Recruitment to maintain a dependable pool of vetted workers and to mobilize quickly when needs change. The company is committed to fair and ethical practices and to delivering consistent quality without shortcuts.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseRailroadTruckingWarehousing

HQLeeds, United Kingdom

Kenect Recruitment

Kenect Recruitment is a multi award winning UK recruitment agency with national coverage, focused on connecting candidates and clients across the transport, industrial, commercial and professional sectors. The business provides temporary and permanent staffing solutions and complements these with managed service options for high volume and multi site accounts. With branches across the country and an accessible digital experience, Kenect blends local market knowledge with national reach, enabling job seekers to register, search and apply for roles quickly, get support building their CV, and access free CPC training for driving professionals. Employers benefit from experienced consultants, transparent communication and a tailored approach designed to improve reliability, fill rates and workforce quality. Kenects track record includes long term partnerships with leading logistics operators such as DHL, Royal Mail, Wincanton and UPS. DHL first engaged Kenect in 2014; in 2018 Kenect became one of only 20 UK recruitment partners on the national panel and now supports DHL in over 15 locations across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Clients cite rapid response, honest service and seamless onboarding during peak and fast changing demand. Compliance and quality are core to the model, underpinned by REC membership, GLAA licence, Logistics UK and RHA affiliations, GDPR and ICO registration, and certification to ISO 9001:2015. Kenect operates a national accounts function, a client portal for visibility and control, and a franchise network that extends service coverage while maintaining consistent standards. The mission is simple and people first: to be the first choice for job seekers and employers by providing a caring, professional and results driven service. Whether scaling a distribution centre, staffing industrial and manufacturing operations, or hiring office and professional roles, Kenect delivers a dependable mix of capacity, compliance and candidate care to keep workforces moving.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentMSPSupply Chain ManagementFreight ForwardingAirlines & AviationIndustrial MachineryChemical ManufacturingElectrical Engineering

HQBurton Upon Trent, United Kingdom

MacArthur Recruitment Ltd

MacArthur Recruitment Ltd is a specialist talent partner focused on the food production and seafood supply chain, connecting skilled people with employers across aquaculture, processing, cold chain logistics, and commercial distribution. Drawing on deep domain knowledge of categories such as Scottish salmon (gutted, fillets, smoked), fresh fish (haddock, cod, tuna, sword, halibut, sea bass, sea bream, trout, plaice), shellfish (langoustines, mussels, razors, clams, brown crabs, king scallops, winkles, cockles, lobsters, pasteurised crabmeat), and smoked lines (smoked haddock, cod, kippers, mackerel, coley), the firm understands the speed, seasonality, and compliance demands that define seafood operations. Its consultants recruit for permanent, temporary, and contract roles spanning production operatives and supervisors, quality and technical (HACCP, BRCGS, microbiology, traceability), engineering and maintenance (planned and reactive in chilled and wet environments), health and safety, planning and scheduling, procurement, logistics and warehousing, and commercial functions including account management, export sales, and category. By translating operational language into hiring outcomes, MacArthur Recruitment Ltd helps processors, wholesalers, and retailers build resilient teams that meet daily yield, giveaway, and on time in full targets while safeguarding product integrity from intake through filleting, smoking, packing, and dispatch. The company partners with clients to map workflows, identify bottlenecks around shift patterns and peak periods, and design staffing plans that balance productivity with compliance, whether scaling lines for shellfish surges or maintaining continuity in smoked and marinated product ranges. Candidates benefit from transparent briefing, interview preparation tailored to factory audits and retailer codes of practice, and clear feedback loops. Clients gain access to curated shortlists, market insight on pay and shift premiums, and rapid deployment of vetted operatives and specialists. Committed to long term relationships, MacArthur Recruitment Ltd focuses on sustainable placements that align workforce capability with the evolving needs of discerning wholesale and retail markets worldwide.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingFarmingFood ProcessingFishing & AquacultureTruckingWarehousingDistribution

HQKeswick, United Kingdom

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