Expert Recruitment for Environmental & Industrial Leaders

We find and secure senior talent with the skills to drive growth and innovation across environmental and industrial sectors.

Introduction

Building a Sustainable Future

To meet both environmental and business goals, you need strong leadership that can navigate the challenges of today’s climate while driving sustainable growth.

We specialise in connecting companies with top-tier talent in the Environmental & Industrial sectors across the UK, Europe, and North America. Whether you're looking for experts in carbon neutrality, sustainability initiatives, or operational efficiency, we deliver the leaders who can make an impact.

How We Help:

  • Proven Expertise: Over a decade of experience in finding executive talent for the Environmental & Industrial sectors.
  • Global Reach: We tap into a worldwide network of highly qualified candidates, ensuring you get the right fit for your organisation.
  • Efficient Delivery: Our recruitment process is fast and thorough, providing you with high-calibre, pre-screened candidates ready to lead.

Environmental & Industrial Roles We Fill

We recruit across a variety of Environmental & Industrial disciplines, including:

  • Chemical Cleaning
  • Energy from Waste
  • Hazardous Waste Management
  • Mechanical Industrial Services
  • Onsite Industrial Services
  • Recycling
  • Remediation
  • Tank Cleaning & Vacuuming
  • Turnaround & Shutdown Management
  • Total Waste Management
  • Waste Water Services

These sectors demand leaders with a thorough understanding of environmental and industrial regulations and operational expertise.

Find the ideal candidate

RPO: Streamline Your Environmental & Industrial Hiring

Speed and efficiency are essential when it comes to filling key roles in the Environmental & Industrial sectors. Our Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) service is designed to streamline your recruitment process, saving time and money while delivering top talent.

Here’s what that looks like:

  • Faster, More Cost-Effective Hiring: We leverage our industry expertise to find the right candidates quickly, ensuring your recruitment is both efficient and budget-friendly.
  • Transparent Reporting: You’ll have full visibility of progress, with clear metrics to track performance and ROI.
  • Customised Solutions: We tailor our services to fit your business needs, whether you’re filling one role or building a long-term talent pipeline.
  • Seamless Integration: Our team works closely with yours to ensure a smooth recruitment process and the best results.

Let’s talk about how RPO can elevate your recruitment strategy and help you build a strong team for the future.

Specialist Roles

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.

Environmental & Industrial Services

Further information on our recruiting process

How do you help with leadership recruitment in the Environmental & Industrial sectors?

We specialise in filling senior leadership roles across the industry, including:

  • C-Suite (CEO, CFO, COO, CCO)
  • Presidents (Vice President, Regional, Operations, Business Development)
  • Directors (MD, Commercial, Operations, Sales, Project)
  • Head of Operations & Procurement
  • Corporate Account Managers, Regional General Managers, Project Managers

Our process takes the weight off your shoulders. We handle pre-screening, background checks, and initial interviews so that you're only meeting fully qualified candidates by the time you receive a shortlist.

What is RPO, and how can it benefit my business?

If you're looking for ongoing support with recruitment, our Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) service is the answer. It’s all about building a long-term partnership to keep your talent pipeline full. We work closely with your team, defining performance goals and offering clear reporting so every hire is aligned with your growth strategy.

Why should I choose your services for my recruitment needs?

Here’s how we make your recruitment easier:

  • Global Talent Access: We search worldwide to find the best candidates, whether they’re based in the UK, EMEA, or North America.
  • No Wasted Time: We handle pre-screening and background checks, meaning you’ll only meet candidates who are a perfect fit.
  • Salary Negotiation: We take care of remuneration discussions to ensure competitive offers that secure top talent.
  • Future-Proofing Your Team: We keep a list of strong candidates in reserve, so even if one role is filled, we’re ready for the next.

With this approach, you’ll save time, reduce costs, and get a team ready to make an immediate impact.

Still have questions?

Get in touch with us.

How we can help

Get Spencer Riley on Your Side

How to Start with Spencer Riley

To get started, we need to know what you are looking for from your Environmental & Industrial recruitment campaign. Whether that's one role or many, we can set out clear expectations and targets to achieve.

After we liaise with all necessary parties, we can get to work as our executive search specialists reach out to candidates all over the world, including those who are already employed elsewhere. Once we have screened and checked our preferred candidates, we can begin the interview process and remuneration negotiations, leaving the final decision in the hands of your hiring manager. We commit to a positive approach: you never know when you might need to go back to your second-choice candidate.

Whether you are growing, restructuring or moving into new Environmental & Industrial markets, we are here for the long haul. As the industry transitions to Net Zero, our expertise helps you secure top talent and navigate these challenging times.

Environmental & Industrial Services

Our team

Meet our specialists in Environmental & Industrial Services.

Scott Ellam
Managing Director

Scott leads teams across all our core sectors, placing senior-level professionals in every market. He has completed numerous board-level placements alongside assisting clients with acquisitions.

Sadie Meadows
Senior Search and Delivery Consultant

Sadie specialises in delivering targeted executive search projects in Medical Devices, Environmental Services and Industrial Services and works with leaders across North America, EMEA and APAC.

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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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