Green Fingers

Carbon emissions, recycling, and wind farms are now all familiar terms as we continue to come to terms with the effects of global warming. Government, industry and individuals are focussed on reducing waste, increasing efficiency and generating power more cleanly. Jonathan Lee Recruitment is able to advise both industry and candidates on how they can cope with this green shift.

The ‘green’ technology industry is growing very quickly in the UK as projects in wind, wave and tidal energy progress. Skilled engineers are required at the development, manufacturing and construction phases of these projects and as ever, skills are not in abundant supply, at least not at first look. Jonathan Lee’s broad experience in other industries, especially in automotive and aerospace, has given it a unique ability to identify skilled engineers in other sectors who could work in green energy manufacturing. “Many of the skills found in engineering sectors are transferable into wind, wave and tidal power generation” says Mike Rowles, Managing Consultant Manufacturing and Supply Chain, “especially when you consider how similar precision components and processes are. Candidates can get advice from us on how they might be able to transfer their skills while manufacturers in the green sector can use us to help identify which other areas they can recruit talent from.”

Jonathan Lee Recruitment has seen a greater demand for engineers into energy management positions in existing manufacturing and process industries as the drive for energy efficiency goes on.