The client’s challenge

A renewable energy organisation needed to hire two Technical Surveyors who could create detailed assessments and cost breakdowns of the organisation’s planned contracts, valued at several million pounds. Without these roles being filled, this organisation was at serious risk of being unable to process work and continue with these contracts, which would have created significant disruptions down the supply chain and raised costs.

The renewable energy organisation had been working with a recruitment agency to fill these positions, but they had been unsuccessful. Despite the roles being advertised for over three months and the organisation’s hiring team being open to revising certain skill requirements and elements of the compensation package, the previous recruitment agency had still been unable to source suitable candidates for these roles.

We had worked with this organisation to fill a role within a different department a few years prior, and when the internal hiring team decided to engage an alternative agency, they remembered how effective our team had been at securing niche talent on that occasion. The organisation approached us to see if we would be able to use our networks and expertise to secure them skilled technical surveyors.

Actions taken by VIQU Energy

Following our initial communication with this business, we promptly spoke with all the key stakeholders to qualify the role and gain a detailed understanding of the specialised skills and experience required.

Due to our previous experience working with this organisation, we had a solid understanding of their team and company culture. Gathering all of this information and know-how together enabled us to take this role to market immediately and to start vetting candidates.

Our team advertised the role via our company’s LinkedIn page, as well as individual team profiles. This combined reach and our wide networks meant we were able to increase visibility of the role and attract more suitable professionals.

We also searched through our extensive database of qualified technical surveyors and reached out to relevant professionals to assess their availability and suitability for the role.

The outcomes

Due to our team’s extensive networks and our agency’s substantial reputation and reach in the market, we were able to source several highly qualified technical surveyors for the role. After providing the organisation with a shortlist of ten relevant CVs, the organisation’s hiring team decided to proceed with interviewing four candidates, two of whom were successful.

After three months of significant delays in progressing with multi-million-pound contracts, we secured two highly skilled technical surveyors for the organisation. Both professionals were onboarded within six weeks of the organisation engaging us, enabling the business to resume the contracts without further disruption.