services
Services
We provide a range of recruitment services in the energy sector, to meet your needs. Whether you’re looking for suitable candidates for permanent, hard-to-fill positions globally or even urgent short-term contract roles, our tailored solutions can help. We also offer a longer-term, cost-effective alternative to high-volume recruitment needs with efficient innovative outsourcing models, proven to give our clients a hiring advantage wherever they operate internationally.
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A proactive and targeted approach that provides a broader candidate choice.
As the energy sector evolves, the scarcity of readily available technical and senior talent becomes more acute. The extended global reach of our AI-optimised toolkit provides broader choice faster than traditional means.
Working in partnership with our clients, we take the time to understand your company and the best quality fit required by hiring teams. Our intelligent search techniques provide us with access to the hard-to-find candidates who are often not active on the typical digital hiring platforms. This approach also allows us to work “under the radar” as required for confidential and/or sensitive positions that cannot be advertised.
We conduct thorough interviews with each candidate to assess competency and culture suitability against key requirements. Only then do we present our shortlisted profiles to our clients, who are reassured that the proposed candidates reflect a targeted, proactive and refined approach. We pride ourselves on our placement success which has included highly technical engineers with strict security clearance and multi-lingual proficiency requirements to entire populations of contractor project teams in remote global locations.
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Drawing on our experience and international energy industry network.
We know, from experience, that working at board or senior level in any industry is extremely challenging and demands exceptional candidates.
Simpson Booth was formed by two former executives of a global energy firm. Making use of our extensive personal contacts across the sector, we are confident that our unique approach, AI-optimised deep-search toolkit and dedication to excellence, make us the ideal partner for board level, senior leadership and C-suite hires globally.
We draw on our combined 100 years of professional experience and expansive ever-growing network to identify quality candidates for senior-level appointments. Given that we are smaller, specialist recruiter, we are unencumbered by restrictive non-compete clauses and are recognised for having the broadest reach in the energy industry. We can provide access to psychometric profiles and coaching support services for newly placed candidates to assist them to succeed and add value as quickly as possible.
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A completely integrated, cost-effective, and instantly scalable turnkey recruitment service.
Proven to be 30% less expensive and 50% more efficient than handling multiple fee-per-placement agencies or maintaining an internal recruitment function. Our innovative outsourced solution absorbs the peaks and troughs of high-volume recruitment and provides committed cover all year round, for a cost-effective monthly fee.
We know what it takes to source and secure quality candidates quickly and at volume. It can take a disproportionate slice of time, effort and budget away from internal HR teams and hiring managers. The correlating administration, GDPR compliance obligations and candidate engagement can quickly reach a level of magnitude which becomes unmanageable. Delays to hire can impact project schedules and expensive external support can drive up costs, pose reputational risk and maximise internal interfaces.
Our alternative solution to high-volume recruitment provides our clients with a completely integrated and instantly scalable resource throughout the year. For a cost-effective monthly fee, our clients benefit from the distinct market advantage of an integrated partner all year round. Market benchmarking intelligence, the provision of a dedicated account manager, automated GDPR tracking software, brand amplification and access to the most superior and cutting-edge deep-search tools on the market are all included in our monthly price. Our flexibility and agility allow us to quickly scale up the resource to accommodate spiking recruitment traffic and scale back the support should you wish to take the recruitment function back in house. You choose how you want us to provide support and how you want to manage the costs. You remain in control.
Why Choose Us
We adopt leading AI-optimised deep-search technology throughout our recruitment process. This ensures a proactive and targeted approach for each position we work on globally. Our intelligent search techniques provide broader results faster than traditional recruitment methods.
Our dedicated team of technical energy specialists provide a personal service, and our agility and flexibility allow us to adapt quickly to changing market trends. We are unencumbered by restrictive non-compete clauses and pride ourselves on having one of the broadest reaches in the global energy industry.
We offer a range of bespoke resourcing solutions and pricing models, tailored to your precise needs. From single person searches to the population of entire project teams, the service we offer is informed, thorough, and backed by AI-optimised technology that delivers proven results every time.
Our Services
Whether you're looking for suitable candidates for board-level directorships, permanent hard-to-fill positions or even urgent short-term contact roles to resource, our tailored solutions can help. We also offer a longer-term, cost-effective alternative to high-volume recruitments needs with innovative tailored solutions.
-
A proactive and targeted approach that provides a broader candidate choice.
As the energy sector evolves, the scarcity of readily available technical and senior talent becomes more acute. The extended global reach of our AI-optimised toolkit provides broader choice faster than traditional means.
Working in partnership with our Clients, we take the time to understand the measure of the company and the best quality fit required by hiring teams. Our intelligent search techniques and AI-optimised toolkit provide us with access to the hard-to-find candidates who are usually missed by other firms because they are not applying to adverts and are not active on the typical digital hiring platforms. This approach also allows us to work “under the radar” for the replacement and confidentially sensitive positions that perhaps cannot be advertised.
We conduct thorough interviews with each candidate to assess competency and culture suitability against your requirements. Only then do we present our shortlisted profiles to our Clients who are reassured that the proposed candidates represent a targeted, proactive and refined approach, every time. We pride ourselves on our placement success which has included highly technical engineers with strict security clearance and multi-lingual proficiency requirements to entire populations of contractor project teams in remote global locations.
-
Drawing on our experience and international energy industry network.
We know, from experience, that working at board or senior level in any industry is extremely challenging and demands exceptional qualities
Simpson Booth was formed by two former executives from a global energy firm. Making use of our extensive personal contacts across the energy sector, we are confident that our unique approach, AI-optimised deep-search toolkit and dedication to excellence make us the ideal partner for board level, senior leadership and Chief Executive hires globally.
We draw on our combined 100 years of professional experience and expansive ever-growing network to identify quality candidates for senior-level appointments. Unlike the larger firms, we are unencumbered by restrictive non-compete clauses and are recognised for having the broadest reach in the energy industry. We are able to provide access to psychometric profiles and coaching support services for newly placed candidates to assist them to succeed and add value as quickly as possible.
-
A completely integrated, cost-effective, and instantly scalable turnkey recruitment service.
Proven to be 30% less expensive and 50% more efficient than handling multiple fee-per-placement agencies or maintaining an internal recruitment function. Our innovative outsourced solution absorbs the peaks and troughs of high-volume recruitment and provides committed cover all year round, for one consistent and cost-effective monthly fee.
We know what it takes to source and secure quality candidates quickly and at volume. It can take a disproportionate slice of time, effort and budget away from internal HR teams and hiring managers. The correlating administration, GDPR compliance obligations and candidate engagement can quickly reach a level of magnitude which becomes unmanageable. Delays to hire can impact project schedules and expensive external support can drive up costs, pose reputational risk and maximise internal interfaces.
Our alternative solution to high-volume recruitment provides our Clients with a completely integrated and instantly scalable resource throughout the year. For one consistent, cost-effective and instantly forecastable monthly fee, our Clients benefit from the distinct market advantage of an integrated partner all year round. Market benchmarking intelligence, the provision of a dedicated account manager, automated GDPR tracking software, brand amplification and access to the most superior and cutting-edge deep-search tools on the market are all included in our monthly price. Our flexibility and agility allow us to quickly scale up the resource to accommodate spiking regional recruitment traffic and scale back the support should you wish to take the recruitment function back in house. You choose how you want us to provide support and how you want to manage the costs. You remain in control.
A tailored approach
We understand that each client and every project is different. Let us explain how we can tailor a solution to match your needs so we can tailor the right approach for you.
Following completion of this form, our team will engage with you to schedule a meeting in order to discuss our proposed solution to your needs and indicative pricing options.
Example Mandates
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![nuclear power station at night]()
Nuclear Power and Defence
Permanent and Contract service
Assigned niche, senior nuclear safety case and engineering vacancies with strict security clearance requirements by the Head of Safety Profession and Technical Engineering Director of a listed global engineering, defence and power company. Our proactive intelligent search techniques enabled extended reach into scarcely available talent pools to source candidates that our client had not seen before. We successfully placed a range of nuclear safety case, discipline lead, digital integration, engineering, assurance, licensing, human factors and fire safety positions for this consultancy’s major programme resourcing needs in the UK.
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![oil and gas infrastructure remote location]()
Energy Infrastructure and Storage
Permanent and Contract service
Successfully placed a challenging Operations Manager vacancy in Norway for a leading energy industry pipeline manufacturer. Based in a remote area in northern Norway, this vacancy was proving difficult for our client due to the limited regional talent available. The global reach of our tools allowed us to expand a radial search of the surrounding Scandic countries. The personal service provided incentivised the successful candidate to relocate for this opportunity.
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![offshore oil rig drilling]()
Oil and Gas
Contractor services
Achieved recognised success from the Global Head of Well Delivery for the contractors provided in-country on a remote land and offshore drilling campaign in Mozambique. We provided a rotational contractor team of drilling, civils, construction, logistics and HSE personnel for a major project. This service provided the contractor workforce with instantly available answers to contractual queries, verification of consultancy services and information on invoices and timesheets.
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![offshore oil rig]()
Marine
Contractor services
We supplied contractors and temporary resources to a recognised marine and offshore construction and engineering services company. Assignments included Asia-Pacific rotational roles for quality and HSE personnel on our client’s hydrogen and CCS projects and senior vessel chartering professionals in the UK. In a market saturated with job opportunities, the time taken to understand what sets our clients apart from competitors enables a smooth offer negotiation process every time.
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![drilling platform at sea]()
Marine
Executive Search
Engaged on an exclusive basis by a leading trade association client in the global offshore marine construction industry to conduct a search for a Chief Executive Officer. We successfully placed this CEO at the client’s UK headquarters after providing a psychometrically profiled and pre-interviewed shortlist, managing the interview schedule and ensuring a smooth offer negotiation. The placed CEO commended our service, and we now supply a wider recruitment solution across the broader organisation.
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![EV charging station]()
Energy-Tech
Executive Search
Successfully placed an integral member of the senior leadership team for an EV-charging and smart energy and utilities company. This position had accountability for critical transformation and change management programmes across the entire business, but our client tried and failed to recruit using their usual advertising route. We identified what was important to both our client and our candidate and ensured the best possible fit for both sides. This client remains engaged with us and we have provided recruitment solutions to various solar, field services and technology vacancy requirements.
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![wind turbines at sea]()
Renewables
Executive Search
Although we are not physically based in the US, our tools provide unrestricted international access to niche talent pools in this region, among others. We successfully placed a Houston-based Renewables Director to spearhead our client’s business development endeavours in the offshore wind and renewables arena. This assignment required an intense personal service throughout and especially at offer negotiation stage. Our flexibility allowed us to accommodate fluctuating time zones for our client’s key decision makers and for our successful candidate.
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![submersibles]()
Marine and Energy-Tech
Complete Outsourced Solution
Our client is a subsea technology, underwater vehicle and diving systems specialist. Faced with urgent high-volume resourcing needs across their Middle East, Australia, Singapore, South Africa, Europe and US regions, their recruitment strategy lacked synergy and external contingent support was proving expensive. Senior leadership found it difficult to achieve full oversight of global recruitment progress and regional HR teams were spending a disproportionate amount of time, effort and budget on recruitment efforts. Our integrated service removed these problems by providing a dedicated resource covering all global hiring needs. The partnership provided a distinct increase to brand exposure, efficiency in accessing regional talent quickly and clarity on global salary benchmarking and competitor intelligence. We also managed this client’s career page on their website and handled all internal applications.
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![nuclear power station]()
Nuclear
Complete Outsourced Solution
Our client is a rapidly growing European and UK headquartered nuclear power start-up. Their initially stretched internal HR resource meant this client faced a significant challenge with the planned high-volume and technically niche recruitment required. This client initially outsourced all UK recruitment to us, and we were fully embedded within the business, operating their success factors internal system and providing employment contract administrative support. The scalability of our model allowed us to appropriately scale back the support to cover all Engineering Department roles only as their internal resourcing team increased. Despite the hiring of an internal resourcing team, the sheer recruitment volume faced by this client necessitated our support still and we were assigned all 40+ highly technical engineering vacancies on an exclusive basis. Our partnership provided a distinct cost saving compared to contingent support. We successfully placed design authority, safety and licensing, mechanical, CE&I, Process, HVAC, and structural engineers as well as export control, audit and finance functional professionals during this partnership.
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![pipeline across land]()
Energy Infrastructure and Storage
Complete Outsourced Solution
A global leader in offshore and onshore tubular and pipeline infrastructure, our client continues to grow at pace around the world. The international high-volume recruitment and administration required by this client reached a level of magnitude that necessitated fast and targeted support. Our solution provides this client with an instantly scalable resource that can absorb the traffic of changing priorities across all global regions. We have worked on vacancies in China, India, Brazil and Latin America, Europe and throughout the UK, providing a broader choice of candidates faster and cheaper than the usual traditional contingent means.
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![wind turbine in landscape]()
Oil and Gas and Renewables
Complete Outsourced Solution
We have been proud to work with this partner for several years. A leader in inspection, repair and technology solutions to the oil and gas and renewables industry globally, our client continues to rely on our support for all global vacancies. They have benefited from the continuous, dedicated service that our model provides – the alternative to the halting of progress if an internal recruiter was to take long term absence or annual leave. We have successfully placed a number of BD and sales directors across their MENA, US and European regions as well as technical authorities, project managers, finance professionals and Offshore NDT technicians.
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![Industrial power plant with cooling towers emitting steam against a sunset backdrop and mountainous landscape.]()
Nuclear Power and Defence
Permanent and Contract service
Assigned niche, senior nuclear safety case and engineering vacancies with strict security clearance requirements by the Head of Safety Profession and Technical Engineering Director of a Listed global engineering, defence and power company. Our proactive intelligent search techniques enabled extended reach into scarcely available talent pools to source candidates that our Client had not seen before. We successfully placed a range of Nuclear Safety Case, Discipline Lead, Digital Integration, Engineering, Assurance, Licensing, Human Factors and Fire Safety positions for this consultancy’s major programme resourcing needs in the UK.
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![Close-up view of the Golden Gate Bridge suspension cable in fog]()
Energy Infrastructure and Storage
Permanent and Contract service
Successfully placed a challenging Operations Manager vacancy in Norway for a leading energy industry pipeline manufacturer. Based in a remote area in Northern Norway, this vacancy was proving difficult for our Client due to the limited regional talent available. The global reach of our tools allowed us to expand a radial search of the surrounding Scandic countries. The personal service provided incentivised the successful candidate to relocate for this opportunity and enabled a genuine rapport to be built.
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![Oil pumpjacks operating in a grassy field under a cloudy sky.]()
Oil and Gas
Contractor services
Achieved recognised success from the Global Head of Well Delivery for the contractors provided in-country on a remote land and offshore drilling campaign in Mozambique. We continue to provide a rotational contractor team of Drilling, Civils, Construction, Logistics and HSE personnel for a major project. . This service provides the contractor workforce with instantly available answers to contractual queries, verification of consultancy services and information on invoices and timesheets.
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![Offshore oil rig silhouetted against an orange sunset sky over the ocean.]()
Marine
Contractor services
We continue to supply contractors and temporary resource to a recognised marine and offshore construction and engineering services company. Assignments have included Asia-Pacific rotational roles for Quality and HSE personnel on our Client’s hydrogen and CCS projects and Senior Vessel Chartering professionals in the UK. In a market saturated with job opportunities, the time taken to understand what sets our Clients apart from competitors enables a smooth offer negotiation process every time.
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![Offshore oil rig silhouetted against a vibrant sunset over the ocean.]()
Marine
Executive Search
Engaged on an exclusive basis by a leading trade association Client in the global offshore marine construction industry to conduct a search for a Chief Executive Officer. We successfully placed this CEO at the Client’s UK Headquarters after providing a psychometrically profiled and pre-interviewed shortlist, managing the interview schedule and ensuring a smooth offer negotiation. The placed CEO commended our service, and we now supply a wider recruitment solution across the broader organisation.
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![Electric vehicle charging plug connected to a charging station.]()
Energy-Tech
Executive Search
Successfully placed an integral member of the Senior Leadership Team for an EV-charging and smart energy and utilities company. This position had accountability for critical transformation and change management programmes across the entire business and our Client had found that adverts were not pulling in the right level of people. We identified what was important to both our Client and our candidate and ensured the best possible fit for both sides. This Client remains engaged with us and we have provided recruitment solutions to various solar, field services and technology vacancy requirements.
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![Offshore wind farm with multiple wind turbines in the ocean against a clear blue sky.]()
Renewables
Executive Search
Although we are not physically based in the US, our tools provide unrestricted international access to niche talent pools in this region, among others. We successfully placed a Houston-based Renewables Director to spearhead our Client’s business development endeavours in the offshore wind and renewables arena. This assignment required an intense personal service throughout and especially at offer negotiation stage. Our flexibility allowed us to accommodate fluctuating time zones for our Client’s key decision makers and for our successful candidate.
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![Silhouette of a person wearing headphones inside a cockpit with a blue background]()
Marine and Energy-Tech
Complete Outsourced Solution
Our Client is a subsea technology, underwater vehicle and diving systems specialist. Faced with urgent high-volume resourcing needs across their Middle East, Australia, Singapore, South Africa, Europe and US regions, their recruitment strategy lacked synergy and external contingent support was proving expensive. Senior leadership found it difficult to achieve full oversight of global recruitment progress and regional HR teams were spending a disproportionate amount of time, effort and budget on recruitment efforts. Our integrated service removed these problems by providing a dedicated resource covering all global hiring needs. The partnership provided a distinct increase to brand exposure, efficiency in accessing regional talent quickly and clarity on global salary benchmarking and competitor intelligence. We also managed this Client’s Career Page on their website and handled all internal applications.
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![Nuclear power plant at night with cooling towers emitting steam, lit up with lights and surrounded by electrical infrastructure.]()
Nuclear
Complete Outsourced Solution
Our Client is a rapidly growing European and UK headquartered nuclear power start-up. Their initially stretched internal HR resource meant this Client faced a significant challenge with the planned high-volume and technically niche recruitment required. This Client initially outsourced all UK recruitment to us, and we were fully embedded within the business, operating their Success Factors internal system and providing employment contract administrative support. The scalability of our model allowed us to appropriately scale back the support to cover all Engineering Department roles only as their internal resourcing team increased. Despite the hiring of an internal resourcing team, the sheer recruitment volume faced by this Client necessitated our support still and we were assigned all 40+ highly technical engineering vacancies on an exclusive basis. Our partnership provided a distinct cost saving compared to contingent support. We successfully placed Design Authority, Safety and Licensing, Mechanical, CE&I, Process, HVAC, and Structural Engineers as well as Export Control, Audit and Finance functional professionals during this partnership.
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![Long pipeline traversing a lush green landscape with distant hills and mountains under a cloudy sky.]()
Energy Infrastructure and Storage
Complete Outsourced Solution
A global leader in offshore and onshore tubular and pipeline infrastructure, our Client continues to grow at pace around the world. The international high-volume recruitment and administration required by this Client reached a level of magnitude that necessitated fast and targeted support. Our solution provides this Client with an instantly scalable resource that can absorb the traffic of changing priorities across all global regions. We have worked on vacancies in China, India, Brazil and Latin America, Europe and throughout the UK, providing a broader choice of candidates faster and cheaper than the usual traditional contingent means.
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![Wind turbines on a grassy landscape with clear blue sky]()
Oil and Gas and Renewables (ICR)
Complete Outsourced Solution
We have been proud to work with this partner for several years. A leader in inspection, repair and technology solutions to the oil and gas and renewables industry globally, our Client continues to rely on our support for all global vacancies. They have benefited from the continuous, dedicated service that our model provides – the alternative to the halting of progress if an internal recruiter was to take long term absence or annual leave. We have successfully placed a number of BD and Sales Directors across their MENA, US and European regions as well as Technical Authorities, Project Managers, Finance professionals and Offshore NDT Technicians.
