Power & Energy Sector Recruitment
Power & Utilities is one of the fastest growing areas for professional recruitment and the number of energy sector jobs is increasing exponentially every year. Encompassing traditional power generation jobs, essential utilities jobs and renewable energy jobs, this sector is set to continue expanding for years to come as the UK’s reliance on renewable energy sources grows to 30% by 2020.
Recruitment across infrastructure is gaining ever-increasing momentum. In order to best support this, Linear Recruitment is combining our Power & Utilities division with our Rail & Transport and Highways & Infrastructure recruitment teams.
This clarifies who we are and what we do:
- RISQS accredited (five stars), our specialist Rail Consultants deliver high quality service, offering to our Rail candidates and clients Safety Critical and non-safety critical positions
- Our history in transmission & distribution, Electric and Gas, makes us a leading agency with genuine capacity to provide proven candidates on a national basis
- Supplying numerous high profile Highways schemes throughout the land, we can help with all aspects of work, civils, technology or quality related
- Telecoms have and are being relied upon like never before; we are working with the country’s leading contractors in enhancing its broadband and communication networks
- We operate nationwide on Clean & Waste Water projects, civils, commercial and MEICA
Over the past 20 years, Linear Recruitment has built extensive relationships with high-quality power and utilities job candidates and have access to the most desirable vacancies in the energy industry. We work on National Grid Person, SHEA and NRSWA roles amongst a wide range of others.
We’re uniquely placed to support ambitious, proactive energy job seekers to secure high-level employment opportunities in the rapidly growing power generation sector, whilst empowering employers in the energy and utilities sectors to continue sourcing, recruiting and retaining top-level talent at an ever-accelerating pace.
Power and Utilities Disciplines We Work Across
Our Power & Utilities division is located centrally at our Sheffield office, and services the whole of the UK.
This specialist team works exclusively with Power & Utilities candidates and energy sector clients, operating on temporary, contract and permanent job contracts across both white collar and blue collar roles. Linear Recruitment candidates placed into temporary and contact roles are also supported post-employment as we place them in new energy jobs once their existing assignments are complete.
Spread across a wide array of power, utilities and energy job roles, examples of assignments we have recruited for include:
- Transmission and distribution; substation upgrades and new-build projects
- Gas Compressor and AGI maintenance
- IPW and ISS works
- Waste Water Treatment and reservoir preservation
- Flood alleviation and flood prevention schemes
- Renewable energy generation projects
- Telecoms infrastructure maintenance and installation
Understanding our clients’ needs and the individual assignments or projects being undertaken is key to ensuring we source the correct candidates into open power, utilities and energy jobs. This attention to detail and understanding of project lifecycles means we are able to source and place candidates into jobs across the entire spectrum of power and utilities recruitment.
Energy jobs we recruit for might include, but are not limited to:
- Mechanical and Electrical Engineering jobs
- Process Engineer Jobs
- TP137 Site Managers and Site Agents
- Plant Manager jobs
- Planners
- Estimators
- National Grid Competent Person, SCO91s and SCO1&2s
- National Grid & SHEA Gas 360 Operators, Telehandlers, Dumper/Roller Drivers, Groundworkers, Shuttering Joiners and Steel Fixers
Why Energy Clients Choose Linear Recruitment
Linear Recruitment’s energy recruitment and career consultants are available to support candidates throughout their search for a new role within the power and utilities industry.
Assisting our job seekers with practical support, interview tips and guidance on preparing CVs creates a frictionless, stress-free transition to finding a new energy industry job, and ensures we maintain a top-quality candidate pool for our recruitment clients.
Search our energy recruitment and utilities vacancies for available roles, or get in touch with the Power & Utilities team for free and comprehensive careers advice and to find out how we can help you find your perfect role.
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