Construction & Engineering Executive Search Recruitment

Spencer Riley work with some of the biggest businesses in the global Construction & Engineering industry.

Introduction

The construction and engineering sector is rapidly evolving with new challenges in process optimisation, mergers, acquisitions, and safety. Spencer Riley helps leading firms find and retain the most talented individuals from an in-demand global workforce.

We work across the entire sector, including several key areas:

  • Building Services
  • Building Envelope
  • Construction Materials & Remediation
  • Fire & Security
  • Ground Engineering
  • Property Development

Our commitment to headhunt and recruit the most capable candidates allows us to reduce time to hire and cut costs when businesses have highly skilled roles to fill, with unique executive search capabilities to find you the C-suite individuals you need to thrive.

Rising to the Challenges of Construction Recruitment

Top talent is in short supply in the construction and engineering industry. We find experienced professionals with cutting-edge skills by conducting global searches.

With our global approach to recruitment, we close the gaps between the many and varied requirements. Our search is led by your demands and the requirements of the role, and we will always work to pre-screen candidates and run any appropriate background checks before advancing qualified individuals to the interview stage.

Find the ideal candidate

Who We Recruit For

Spencer Riley fills senior-level roles in construction and engineering for multinationals and growing SMEs.

Our RPO service streamlines hiring for companies with ongoing recruitment needs, reducing time and costs. We partner with you to define clear performance metrics and provide detailed reporting, ensuring transparency and accountability. Our candidate database ensures no talent is wasted.

Specialist Roles

Talent Acquisition for Construction & Engineering

As mentioned above, Spencer Riley's headhunting and talent acquisition teams can recruit into roles that span senior-level Construction & Engineering, including building services, building envelope, property development, civil/ground engineering, materials, fire & security.

Within these sub-sectors, we recruit into top-level roles, including but not limited to:

  • Civil engineer
  • Commercial manager/director
  • Contracts manager
  • Executive chairman, vice-president and C-suite
  • President of Multi/Single Family
  • Project director/manager
  • Proposal & sales engineer
  • Regional president
  • Sales director
  • Senior land buyer and land director
  • Senior quantity surveyor
  • Senior structural engineer
  • Design Engineer
  • Senior Design Engineer
  • Managing/Estimator
  • Land Directors/Buyers

Our commitment to headhunt and recruit the most capable candidates allows us to reduce time to hire and cut costs when businesses have highly skilled roles to fill, with unique executive search capabilities to find you the C-suite individuals you need to thrive.

Our Approach

We take the time to listen to you and understand your business, the key drivers behind the hire and the importance in relation to your objectives

We will devote time to understand your business goals and role requirements and then develop a search solution that meets your specific needs

We will demonstrate unwavering tenacity, speaking pro-actively and confidentially with every individual with the right experience, in order to be certain we have secured the best person open to your opportunity

Choose a service

Our Services

Choose and adapt one of our three package options.

Connect

Exclusively Tailored Talent Solutions for Lower Level, Non-Critical Roles
This package is designed for exclusive but non-critical hires. Offering access to a curated pool of exclusive talent connections in response to a range of roles from broad to specialist and niche. Features include personalised candidate sourcing, initial screening, and candidate introductions.

Ideal for companies seeking unique talent solutions without immediate urgency.

ASSURE

Retained Hiring Strategy for Urgent, High-Impact or Confidential Roles
This package is tailored for organisations requiring a dedicated and comprehensive approach to executive and critical hires. A retained search solution with a focus on quality, efficiency, and confidentiality. Includes in-depth candidate assessments and exclusive access to top-tier talent.

Ideal for companies seeking assurance in securing top talent for mission-critical roles.
PARTNER
Comprehensive Embedded Solution for Rapid Growth and Retention
This is a total talent partnership, an approach aimed at transforming your talent acquisition process. This comprehensive solution encompasses all aspects of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) to ensure an embedded solution with strategic results.

Ideal for organisations looking to outsource their entire recruitment function for scalability and efficiency.

Construction & Engineering

Further information on our recruiting process

Working With You for the Long Term

Our RPO service is one of the long-term relationships we establish with our clients. We also welcome ad hoc enquiries as and when new executive-level roles become available within your Construction & Engineering business.

In either case, our approach aligns closely with your business goals, delivering a customised solution for every role. Whether change comes from your own business or from external forces in the economy or talent pool, we can help you to achieve and exceed your commercial objectives.

Benefits of Spencer Riley Recruitment

Spencer Riley RPO and ad hoc recruitment for Construction & Engineering roles offers numerous benefits:

  • Find the people you need in a competitive talent pool
  • Fill specialist roles with no training required
  • Cut costs and reduce total time to hire
  • Reduce admin with pre-screened, qualified candidates
  • Offer the right remuneration with fully managed candidate negotiations

We're all about finding exceptional talent who deliver immediate value, strong ROI, and long-term loyalty.

These ambitious are achievable in a highly competitive Construction & Engineering recruitment market, and Spencer Riley has the expertise to deliver the desired individuals for your organisation.

Still have questions?

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How we can help

Get Spencer Riley on Your Side

Start your executive-level construction and engineering recruitment journey with Spencer Riley.

From the initial consultation stage, we can liaise with your key stakeholders to understand exactly what you need from your recruitment process.

If the most desirable candidate happens to be employed and/or have multiple offers from other employers, we can lead negotiations to find out what it will take to secure their services for your business alone.

Our global reach identifies top talent, including passive candidates with multiple offers. We excel at negotiations to secure the best candidates for your business. Our goal is to deliver exceptional value, build long-term partnerships, and minimise costs and time-to-hire.

Construction & Engineering

Our team

Meet our specialists in Construction & Engineering.

Adam Garvey
Divisional Director

Adam does 99.99% permanent placements within construction, especially within the Building Envelope and Interiors sectors.

Luke Difiori-Hughes
Principal Consultant

Luke works exclusively within the Fire and Security sector on a global scale, with a strong US, UAE & European network of professionals in the sector.

Jordan Smith
Executive Search Consultant

Jordan focuses on the property development sector as well as the Audio-Visual sector.

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Bespoke Services

As well as the core sectors to which we recruit Spencer Riley has a proven track record for helping businesses in a wide variety sectors and getting the results required.

Our meticulous and pro-active approach means we are ideally placed to take on assignments in markets that sit outside of our core business areas. We are also well placed to help with a host of Private Equity Services, Outplacement Services as well with Mergers & Acquisitions

For more information and to discuss your unique situation then please get in touch.

Contact us today

Spencer Riley’s team of highly dedicated, specialist consultants’ pride themselves on gaining a full understanding of our client’s business,

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