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Skilled Talent. Expert Solutions.

In an industry with stark skills shortages, you need a partner who knows the market inside out and can access the talent you need, fast. At Manpower Engineering, we connect employers to highly specialised, in-demand talent - accelerating careers and driving business growth.

Knowledge

Our recruiters are subject matter experts ready to put their expertise to work for you. Many have engineering degrees and an average 7-year tenure with Manpower Engineering

Talent

We have deep talent networks because we expertly match our engineering consultants with enriching, challenging roles in outstanding companies like yours

Scale

Whether you need one engineer or a one-stop-shop for comprehensive workforce solutions, make Manpower Engineering your first choice

Our Expertise

Manpower Engineering leads the way in matching highly-skilled professionals to in-demand careers in high growth industries across a wide range of sectors:

Manufacturing:
Production

Power & energy:
Nuclear, O&G, green, gas

Defence:
Aerospace, marine, space

Civil engineering & construction:
Infrastructure and buildings

Environmental:
Waste, water, wastewater, water treatment, recycling

Resources:
Mining, ore reserves, aggregates

Transportation:
Public and private

1,000+

The number of organisations that we work with annually to achieve their unique business goals

80%

The number of Fortune 500 companies that we partner with

1,000

The average number of engineers on active assignment at any one time

Customer Stories

See how companies like yours are successfully managing industry challenges.

High-touch, hybrid solution for a time-critical automotive project

Aston Martin, one of the UK’s most prestigious car manufacturers, had a requirement to recruit 142 automotive technicians at their plant in St Athan in South Wales, to support the production of...

Production, engineering, management and office-based roles

The company develops, manufactures, operates and installs wind turbines that are used by energy companies to generate power in offshore locations...

Manpower Working in Partnership With WHP Engineering Since 2015

WHP Engineering Ltd is a world-class leader in the supply of bespoke design and build services, providing construction solutions to their ever increasing national and international...

Data Managers

MAC Clinical Research is one of Europe’s largest contract research organisations (CRO), committed to providing fullservice delivery of global clinical studies.

MAC have a consistent stream of Data Manager roles. These roles are notoriously difficult to fill due to lack of expertise available in the candidate marketplace at any time, as well as...

Print & packaging roles at various levels, from shop floor Engineers to Senior Managers

Reflex-Labels began in 2002 with a vision of what the future of packaging could look like. They had a sense of purpose to create a better and more efficient way of working. This shapes the way they see, perceive and interact with packaging. Now operating out of 18 sites in the UK with a varied and wide range of...

Specialist Engineering Roles

Sulzer is a global industry leader in fluid engineering with sustainable pumping, agitation, mixing, separation and application technologies. From its beginnings in Winterthur, Switzerland, back in 1834, Sulzer has developed to become a reliable, fast, and trusted partner for its customers, with a responsive network of 180 world-class manufacturing facilities and service centres across the globe...

Workforce Insights

Explore our latest research and expertise

Making more with what you have – meeting the UK’s need for more manufacturing...

14/04/2023

‘Build it and they will come’ is a fine idea when you have the resources to build with. Unfortunately, many UK manufacturers cannot secure the engineering talent they need and production is suffering.

Skills shortages put the communications industry’s future on the line

14/04/2023

An ageing workforce and critical engineering skills gaps have left the UK’s communications industry struggling to prepare for the next wave of technological advancement. Amid the tightest labour market in years, what can telecoms employers do to answer the call?

ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey – Q1 2024

12/12/2023

Data from the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey of UK hiring managers indicates that cross-sector skills gaps have reached a record 18-year high of 80% nationally, whilst hiring plans for Q1 2024 remain cautious-yet-steady, quarter-on-quarter, with a net hiring intent of +27%.

How to attract new talent into the driving profession

15/06/2022

Recent years have seen a growing crisis in attracting and retaining HGV drivers. In 2021, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) estimated that there’s now a shortage of more than 100,000 qualified drivers in the UK, while our Talent Shortage Survey has...

Memberships and Partnerships

We’re on a mission to help you get the results you need and uncover opportunities you might never have considered. That’s why we partner with a range of organisations to make sure we’re ahead of the curve and can keep you up-to-speed on all the latest from the world of work. Take a look at some of the organisations Manpower UK currently partners with:

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Connect With Us

Whether you have an immediate engineering staffing need or want to start a conversation about how you could improve your workforce strategy, reach out today and let's chat.