Our client sought to scale-up and commercialise their technology, within an ambitious 18 month time-frame, as they entered a critical phase of development.
The Client's Hiring Challenge
Having secured funding from a private equity investor, our client sought to scale-up and commercialise their technology, within an ambitious 18 month time-frame, as they entered a critical phase of development.
In order to meet their rapid growth plans and hit the ensuing commercial deadlines, our client needed to build their engineering and project team quickly, and at a senior level in just 4 weeks.
The required vacancies included:
- VP of Projects
- Global Engineering Director
- Process Engineer
- R&D Engineer
Our Solution
NES Fircroft has an extensive office network across the UK and wider European continent and demonstrable experience in the energy market.
Our recruiters launched a comprehensive head-hunting exercise during which time they reviewed hundreds of prospective CVs in order to secure the required talent.
Through the backing of our assignment support team we were able to help personnel relocate so that all successful candidates were onboarded with ease, within the agreed timeframe.
80% of candidates put forward for interview made it through to a second stage
Results
The quality of our candidates was so high that our partnership grew considerably and we are now the client’s exclusive recruitment partner for all permanent hires in the UK, US and India, complemented by our global footprint in these geographies. In the UK, our agreement also covers contract hires, meaning we orchestrate all contractor payroll and logistical needs such as assignment support considerations.