Environmental & Industrial sector Executive Search Recruitment

Senior leaders with expertise in Environmental & Industrial verticals.

Introduction

Industry and the environment increasingly go hand in hand in the 21st century, with organisations expected to have clear carbon neutrality commitments which are often referred to as simply 'zero carbon'.

When recruiting for senior leaders with expertise in Environmental & Industrial verticals, you need experienced and capable candidates to withstand the considerable pressures of the current climate and, where appropriate, to steer your organisation in the right direction.

Spencer Riley finds top talent globally, with a focus on the UK, Europe, and North America, to help organisations like yours achieve their environmental and business goals.

Executive Recruitment for Environmental & Industrial Roles

We can recruit into a wide range of Environmental & Industrial disciplines, including:

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

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

Find the ideal candidate

Planning for Future Recruitment with RPO

Our RPO service streamlines your ongoing environmental and industrial recruitment. Instead of starting from scratch for each role, we leverage our deep understanding of your business to deliver faster, more cost-effective hiring. We partner with you to define clear performance metrics and provide transparent reporting. This ensures you get the best possible return on investment from your recruitment spend.

As always, we can liaise with your hiring manager, executives/directors and any key stakeholders, in order to establish some clear KPIs for your Environmental & Industrial recruitment campaign, so that our deliverables are also measurable.

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

Rising to the Challenge

Instead of seeing this as an obstacle, you may consider it an opportunity.

Spencer Riley understands these market forces and helps you find the right leaders. We set clear goals for each campaign and work with candidates to ensure they meet your needs. Our global reach identifies top talent for roles including:

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

We streamline the hiring process by pre-screening and interviewing candidates, handling administrative tasks like right-to-work checks.

This takes the strain off of our clients, so that once you receive your pre-screened and fully qualified candidate shortlist, you only need to make the final decision.

Planning for Future Recruitment with RPO

Our RPO service streamlines your ongoing environmental and industrial recruitment. Instead of starting from scratch for each role, we leverage our deep understanding of your business to deliver faster, more cost-effective hiring. We partner with you to define clear performance metrics and provide transparent reporting. This ensures you get the best possible return on investment from your recruitment spend.

As always, we can liaise with your hiring manager, executives/directors and any key stakeholders, in order to establish some clear KPIs for your Environmental & Industrial recruitment campaign, so that our deliverables are also measurable.

Why Work With Us?

We are proud of the list of benefits we offer to our clients. And because we work closely with our candidates, we are able to deliver high levels of job satisfaction, which equates to high levels of talent retention in the future.

Together this gives you faster, more streamlined recruitment with reduced hiring costs, minimised training requirements and optimised efficiencies across the board.

Some of the capabilities we offer include:

  • Talent search across the globe (focus on UK, EMEA and North America)
  • Pre-screening and background checks on candidates
  • Initial interviews and remuneration negotiations
  • Priority on individual expertise, experience and accreditations
  • Unsuccessful applicants kept in reserve for future consideration

Our attention to detail means you can rely on Spencer Riley to deliver candidates with the right to work in your country, the desire to do their very best for your business, and the professional credentials to back this up.

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How we can help

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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 has led teams across all our core sectors, having completed a significant number of board level placements alongside assisting clients with acquisitions.

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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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