Nob Smith

I have great experience of building long term relationships from cold calls within a number of industries, Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical, Electronic, Civil, Construction, Design and Build, Architects, Surveyors, Environmental, Building Services, Oil and Gas, I.T. City Councils, Education, Banking and Finance.

Self Employed - MF Recruitment - Leeds, UK

(2025-03)

Search and Selection Recruitment of Key Personnel and Talent to clients across industry in the UK.

Group Talent Acquisition Manager - GHG Ltd - UK

(2024-05 - 2025-03)

Group of Companies which includes: Facilities Management (PFI Contracts), Fire Protection and Resistance Design / Implementation as well as Civil / Construction Retrofit Projects across the U.K. I was asked to join the company with a view to setup the new Talent Acquisition role for the UK & Ireland. Over the period of the contract I was able to save the company £80,000k plus via direct recruitment and getting Agency's to reduce fees from 20% to 10% across the board.

• Ownership of the implementation of the group recruitment strategy.
• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process ensuring best practice is followed at all times.
• Pro-actively build talent pipelines for current and future needs.
• Manage the stakeholder relationship with local educational bodies to ensure engagement with future talents.
• Develop and attract a market leading apprenticeship programme utilising the apprenticeship levy.
• Develop and publish job adverts and marketing materials to attract candidates.
• Review applications against role criteria.
• Conduct initial screening and interviews to assess candidates' suitability for the role.
• Coordinate and facilitate recruitment activities, i.e. interviews, assessment days etc. with hiring Managers.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand their current and future workforce needs and develop recruitment strategies accordingly.
• Track and analyse recruitment trends for the business and wider industries.
• Management reporting on recruitment activities and associated KPI's.
• Regular travel to sites and career fairs, seminars etc. throughout the UK.
• Support the Group HR Manager and wider HR team with HR projects as and when required.

Talent Acquisition Specialist - MF Recruitment - UK

(2023-07 - 2024-05)

Recruitment of Key Personnel and Talent to clients across industry in the UK.

Talent Acquisition Specialist UK & Ireland - Univar Solutions Ltd - UK & Ireland

(2022-07 - 2023-07)

Multi-National Chemicals Supply Company. I was asked to join the company to setup and run the new Talent Acquisition for the UK & Ireland. As an International Recruiter I am responsible for the entire recruitment process from A to Z.

Covering onboarding, recruiting, working closely with hiring managers throughout the UK & Ireland. My main areas of work are, tackling recruitment from the full perspective. I focus on different themes such as branding, search & hire, process optimization, external partnerships, internal and external referrals, onboarding, diversity in the work place, women in leadership, mentoring, future talent identification and so on across different business functions with particular focus on IT, Finance and Accounting, Sales, Product Management, Key Account Managers, organizational change managers, etc.

• Manage a recruitment lifecycle including sourcing, pre-screening and interviewing candidates
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers and applicants
• Support hiring managers by ensuring job description is ready for posting, interview plan is determined, and candidate feedback is managed quickly and efficiently
• Partner with talent acquisition peers in other Regions and globally
• Manage candidate relationships to enhance candidate experience
• Search and build for diverse candidate pipeline and cultivate positive relationships with active and passive candidates
• Participate in the development of ongoing creative and cost-effective sourcing strategies
• Develop an effective pipeline of key talent
• Stay informed of trends and innovative recruiting techniques

Owner - MF Recruitment (Own Company) - UK

(1997-01 - 2022-07)

I started MF Recruitment with the purpose of providing high quality recruitment service to companies throughout the U.K. This was based on two factors, one being previous clients that I had built up a good working relationship with over many years, the other to provide a professional and effective recruitment service to new clients. The initial emphasis was on clients I knew and had worked with successfully prior to MF Recruitment.

One was "Sphinx CST" who, upon hearing that I had set-up on my own appointed me a sole supplier for their Leeds head office. This obviously gave MFR a flying start and a great base to move forward from. New business was always a major factor and later the same year I began working with a company "ITL" in Leeds.

After many months of recruiting a variety of personnel for them, they also appointed MFR as a sole supplier. I have recruited Graduates and Placement students for a number of companies across a wide variety of professions. This resulted in the recruitment of a complete new Snr.

Management tear within the company as it expanded and then the personnel within the new departments. Such as sales, procurement, operations, repair and engineering. After t

Area Manager - Network Recruitment Leeds - Leeds, UK

(1994-08 - 1997-02)

I joined the company to set-up and run this completely new company. The vision was to have a combination of contract staff and deal with permanent placements in any industry covering all job titles. I eventually had four consultants and one secretary working with me.

We covered quite a wide range of companies and disciplines, recruiting within the IT market, construction, engineering, (mechanical, electrical, design, etc.) sales, purchasing, process, plus many others. Some of my major achievements with the company, recruitment wise, apart from the quality of new business, were the invoicing of c £47, 000 in the first week of our new year. The reason this was a quite an achievement was because upon returning from the Christmas break we had no prospects of placing anyone prior to the end of that week.

All of this work was produced via cold calling companies with existing CV's. I also recruited, via headhunt, the engineering director of for a local / international manufacturing company. Although this project took some time, the result was a £37,000 fee.

Recruitment Consultant / Manager - Rullion Engineering - Eastern UK

(1991-05 - 1994-06)

Recruiting contract personnel within the oil / gas, petro / chem., civil, structural, construction, architectural, mechanical, electrical and electronics fields. We covered the Eastern side of the UK, however we dealt with companies on an association basis throughout the U.K. Major achievements, I secured (via a cold call) a major contract with "British Gas Research and Development" gaining some 50 new contract personnel immediately.

Snr. Recruitment Consultant - Bertram Personnel

(1981-09 - 1991-03)

As a member of a team of three working in the commercial recruitment division, I covered a wide range of disciplines. Sales people, marketing, civil, construction, telecomm, engineers, Sales, Graduates plus many more.

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