Most engineering hires fail because the brief was wrong, not the candidate.
We fix that before we send a single CV. Specialist recruitment for Design and Project Engineering, founder-led, UK-wide.
10 Yrs
Specialist experience in engineering recruitment
90%
Of placements still in seat beyond 12 months
95%
Of clients come back for the next hire
3 Days
Average time to first shortlist
We only do two things.
We do them properly.
Engineering hiring fails when specialist roles are treated as generic. Design and Project Engineers carry delivery risk. Get the wrong person in either seat and projects slip, products miss spec, and customers notice. We focus on these two areas only because they are the ones we actually know.
Mechanical. Electrical. Electronic. Embedded Software.
We place the engineers who design the product.
Project Engineers. Project Managers. Programme Managers.
We place the people who deliver it.
Real briefs. Real engineers. Real outcomes.
Eight years, one phone number.
Ten role types placed. One Project Engineer who became Head of Projects.
The brief he thought was impossible.
A unicorn role, a Zemax R&D Engineer who could also talk to customers. Two offers made, both accepted.
He just gets it.
Seven years of medical device hiring without ever having to brief us twice.
Why clients call us back.
01
Founder-led, end to end.
When you engage Elev8, you get Andy. Every brief, every conversation, every placement. No junior consultants on the account. No handovers. The person you brief is the person who delivers.
02
We push back on briefs that will not work.
If the salary is wrong, we tell you. If the spec is unrealistic, we tell you. If we cannot deliver, we say so before we take the job. Most recruiters will run any search to keep the income coming. We will not.
03
Ten years in this exact market.
Design and Project Engineering across UK manufacturing. Automation, medical devices, oil and gas, defence, scientific instruments, agricultural machinery, special purpose machinery. We know the people, we know the salaries, and we know what good looks like.
Sectors we know.
Automation
Medical Devices
Oil & Gas
Defence
Scientific Instruments
Agricultural Machinery
Special Purpose Machinery
Renewables
Automotive
Robotics
Hiring an engineer? Let us see the spec.
Twenty minutes on a call. We will tell you whether we can help, what realistic looks like, and what the market will pay. No commitment, no pitch.