Hays, the leading recruiting experts has expanded its engineering offering to meet growing demand in the market across the UK and Ireland.
Headed up by Paul Gibbens, director of Hays Engineering, the business area has grown it’s headcount by 289 per cent since 2020 and is continuing to hire for both experienced and entry level recruitment professionals. Its Centres for Excellence for engineering recruitment are based London, Bristol, the Midlands, Leeds, Scotland, Liverpool, Northern Ireland, Grimsby, Burnley and in March, the team will begin recruiting for engineering talent in Dublin, Ireland.
Since 2020, Hays Engineering has quadrupled its fee performance as demand for engineering talent has continued to grow. The team specialises in the supply of technical engineering personnel throughout the UK supporting major projects within the areas of nuclear, petrochemical, defence, rail, MOD & aerospace, manufacturing, oil, gas, petrochemical, ports, marine & aviation, power, nuclear & utilities, scientific, pharmaceutical & chemical, renewables and green energy. The aim is to support the UK’s net zero targets with an unrivalled network of high quality and engaged professionals, with the skills to meet the green ambitions.
Paul Gibbens commented: “Career opportunities within engineering are at a peak. Requirements for renewables and green energy roles are increasing by the day, whilst manufacturing, power and nuclear job requirements are increasing by the hour across the UK and Ireland.
“The demand for talent is real, with engineering and manufacturing sector requirements at their highest levels in the fifteen years I’ve been working in recruitment,’ he added. “This has been further hampered by a reduction in the numbers of skilled engineers, given that many decided to take early retirement since the pandemic.”
As demand continues to increase, Gibbens believes Hays Engineering has a big part to play in supporting organisations with the engineering talent they need.
