Sector Depth
We work a narrow set of industrial sub-sectors deeply, so we already hold the map of who is strong, where they sit, and what would move them.
Sector
ENGINEERING &
INDUSTRIALS.
Specialist recruitment for manufacturing, engineering, and capital equipment businesses across Singapore and Southeast Asia. We headhunt the operators who keep plants running and pipelines growing.
WHY SPECIALIST
Industrials is a people business dressed as a hardware business. The difference between a plant that hits its numbers and one that does not usually comes down to a handful of engineers, plant leaders, and commercial operators. Those people are rarely on the open market. We know who they are, which teams they sit in, and what it takes to move them.
- Focus
- Equipment, Automation, Plants, Power
- Functions
- Commercial, Engineering, Supply Chain
- Level
- Specialist, Mid-Level, Leadership
- Markets
- Southeast Asia + selected APAC countries
Passive Market
Most of the best industrial talent is passive. We headhunt against the brief rather than wait for applications, which is why retained search fits critical roles here.
The Brief
We brief on the full picture: scope, team, technology, and the honest reasons a candidate would or would not move. That keeps shortlists short and offers accepted.
Inside the Sector
SUB-SECTORS WE COVER
Five industrial markets, worked deeply rather than broadly. Machine builders, plants, precision manufacturing, automation, and power. Open one for what the work involves and the titles it produces.
What We Recruit
ROLES WE PLACE
Three families, the level each runs at, and where in the sector they sit.
Common Questions
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What engineering and industrial roles do you recruit for in Singapore?
Engineering and operations, commercial and product, and procurement and supply chain, across capital equipment, automation, process and chemical, electronics and power. Roles run from specialist and mid-level through to leadership, in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
How do you screen engineers when the job titles all read the same?
Against what the person actually did. A controls engineer, a process engineer and a reliability engineer share a vocabulary but not a job, so we ask what was designed, what was run and what was fixed, then check that against the brief rather than the title.
Should I use retained or contingency search for an engineering role?
Use contingency for active, mid-level roles. Use retained executive search when the role is senior or niche, the strongest candidates are passive, or the search spans multiple markets.
How do you find engineering candidates who are not actively applying?
We headhunt directly. Each search starts with a map of who holds the relevant roles across the sub-sector, then a direct approach with the full brief rather than a job advert. Most senior industrial hires in Singapore come from this passive pool.
Which markets do you cover for engineering and industrial recruitment?
Singapore is our base and the market we know best, and we run searches across Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the wider Southeast Asia region, plus selected APAC markets on regional mandates. Industrial candidates move across these borders routinely, particularly between Singapore and Malaysia, so we work the region as one pool rather than as separate country lists.