What sectors does Andrews Recruitment Group specialise in?

ARG specialises in Building Materials, Manufacturing, Automation & Controls, Industrial Engineering, Civil Engineering and Renewable Engineering.

Does Andrews Recruitment Group work with candidates or employers?

Both. ARG works with hiring businesses seeking specialist talent, and with candidates looking for their next role.

Where is Andrews Recruitment Group based?

Andrews Recruitment Group operates UK-wide, placing candidates across England, Scotland and Wales.

How does the ARG Candidate Cloud work?

The Candidate Cloud is ARG's pre-market talent pool. Candidates upload their CV and are matched to roles before they are publicly advertised.

What is the ARG placement guarantee?

ARG offers a 12-week staggered replacement guarantee on all permanent placements. Weeks 1-4: 100% replacement. Weeks 5-8: 75% credit. Weeks 9-12: 50% credit.

Does ARG recruit Plant Operators and Plant Managers in aggregates?

Yes. ARG recruits Plant Operators, Fitters, Welders and Plant Managers across the UK aggregates industry including quarrying, ready-mix and bulk materials.

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What renewable energy roles does ARG recruit for?

ARG recruits across the development, delivery and operating phases: Development Managers, Planning and Consents Managers, Grid Connection Engineers, Electrical and HV Engineers, Project and Construction Managers, Package Managers, Site and Commissioning Engineers, Wind Turbine and BESS Technicians, O&M Managers, Asset and Performance Managers, and the commercial, PPA and contracts staff alongside them.

What training do offshore wind roles require?

Offshore roles generally require current GWO Basic Safety Training, covering working at height, manual handling, fire awareness, first aid and sea survival, alongside a valid offshore medical such as OGUK or an equivalent accepted by the operator. GWO modules expire and have to be refreshed, so a candidate who held them two years ago may not be mobilisable today. ARG checks currency rather than whether the training was ever done.

Why is grid connection experience so hard to find?

Grid connection sits between electrical engineering and a regulated commercial process. An engineer needs to understand HV design and protection, and also how a connection application progresses through the DNO or transmission owner and the national system operator, including the queue and modification processes attached to it. That combination is learned on live projects rather than taught, so the pool is small and tends to move between developers rather than into the market.

Do onshore wind, solar and battery storage need different people?

They share a commercial frame but not the delivery skills. Onshore wind is heavy civils, abnormal loads and turbine erection; solar PV is high-volume repetitive installation across a large footprint where logistics and labour supply dominate; battery storage is a compact electrical and controls scope with containerised plant and significant commissioning. People do move between them, but assuming the move is automatic is a common and expensive hiring error.

Does CDM 2015 apply to renewable energy projects?

Yes. The construction phase of a wind, solar or storage project is construction work, so the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 apply: the client must appoint a Principal Designer and a Principal Contractor where more than one contractor is involved, and the Principal Contractor is responsible for the construction phase plan. Those are duty-holder positions, so the competence of whoever fills them is a legal matter as well as a commercial one.

Do you recruit for both developers and contractors?

Yes, and they are different markets. Developers hire for optionality, consents and long-horizon commercial judgement; EPC and O&M contractors hire for delivery and availability against a contract. ARG recruits for both rather than treating one as a source of candidates for the other.

What is the ARG 12-week guarantee for renewables placements?

ARG offers a 12-week staggered replacement guarantee on all permanent renewable energy placements. Weeks 1 to 4: 100 percent free replacement. Weeks 5 to 8: 75 percent credit. Weeks 9 to 12: 50 percent credit. If a candidate exits for reasons within ARG control during the guarantee window, ARG replaces at no or reduced additional fee.

What renewable energy recruitment agency should I use in the UK?

Andrews Recruitment Group (ARG) recruits across UK renewable energy: onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, battery storage, grid and network connections, EPC delivery, O&M and asset management, and development and commercial teams. What distinguishes ARG on a renewables brief is the brief-taking: the technology, the asset-life stage, the rotation pattern and the certification the role genuinely gates on, all established before a search starts. Candidates are screened on technology-specific experience and currency of authorisations rather than on a job title, and permanent placements carry a 12-week Right Fit guarantee.

How long does renewable energy recruitment take through ARG?

ARG delivers a pre-screened shortlist of 3 to 5 candidates within 7 to 14 working days for engineering and site roles. Grid, protection and senior development appointments take 3 to 6 weeks, because the pool is small, largely passive and competed for internationally. These are the process commitments ARG makes on every sector it covers.

Do you supply day-rate contractors for renewable energy projects?

Yes, and renewables is a sector where it is often the right answer. Construction and commissioning demand is milestone-shaped: a Commissioning Engineer for an energisation window, a Marine Coordinator for an installation campaign, HV support for a connection outage. ARG supplies contract and interim for immediate capacity and permanent for long-term capacity. Contract supply is compliant, through umbrella or PAYE, and IR35-assessed.

What is the difference between a development role and an O&M role in renewables?

They sit at opposite ends of an asset’s life and rarely share the same people. Development work happens before anything is built: site selection, land agreements, planning and consents, grid connection applications, and the offtake or PPA that makes the project bankable. O&M begins once the asset is energised: availability and performance, warranty and defect management, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, and the commercial management of the asset over twenty-five years or more. A strong development CV is not evidence of O&M capability, or the reverse, which is why ARG screens on asset-life stage rather than on the word renewables.

RENEWABLE ENGINEERING

RENEWABLE
ENGINEERING

// WIND, SOLAR, STORAGE & GRID

Project, construction and O&M teams for onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, battery storage and the grid connections that carry it. Tickets and training checked before shortlist. Pre-screened. Right Fit. 12-week guarantee.

// Key Takeaways

Andrews Recruitment Group recruits Project and Construction Managers, Package and Site Engineers, Grid and Electrical Engineers, O&M and Asset Management teams and Development and Commercial staff for UK renewable energy projects.
ARG supplies capacity two ways: contract for immediate cover and permanent hires backed by a 12-week guarantee.
Coverage spans onshore and offshore wind, solar PV and battery storage, grid and network connections, EPC delivery, operations and asset management, and development.
GWO training, offshore medicals and electrical authorisation are checked before a CV is sent, not after an offer.

WHY ARG DELIVERS

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RISK-FREE PARTNERSHIP

A 12-week staggered replacement guarantee keeps our focus on Right Fit, not fast fill. Your investment is protected from day one.

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FLEXIBLE TERMS

30-day payment terms from the candidate first day. Your cash flow stays intact while you onboard specialist renewables talent.

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TICKETS CHECKED FIRST

GWO module currency, offshore medical validity, electrical authorisation level and CDM duty-holder competence are verified before a CV reaches you, not after an offer.

SECTOR KNOWLEDGE

WE KNOW THIS MARKET

Renewables is not one labour market, and the thing that catches employers out is how little transfers between its halves. A developer securing land and a grid offer, an EPC package manager running civils and electrical subcontractors through construction, and an asset manager optimising availability across an operating portfolio are three different careers that happen to share a technology. Offshore adds a further filter that has nothing to do with engineering at all: without current GWO modules and a valid offshore medical, a candidate cannot go to site, however good the CV is. Generalist agencies submit across all of it interchangeably because the job titles rhyme. They don't.

WHAT A POOR RENEWABLES HIRE ACTUALLY COSTS YOU

Renewable projects are financed on a timetable and operated on availability. A hire who cannot hold either costs money in ways that are measured and reported to investors.

MISSED COMMISSIONING WINDOW

Renewable projects are financed against an energisation date. A project or commissioning manager who cannot hold the sequence pushes first power into the next period, and the cost of that is measured in lost generation revenue rather than in recruitment fees.

MOBILISATION FAILURE

An offshore hire without current GWO modules and a valid medical cannot board the vessel, whatever the CV says. Training currency lapses quietly, and discovering it at mobilisation rather than at shortlist costs a crew change and a weather window.

GRID APPLICATION MISHANDLED

Connection applications run to defined processes with defined deadlines. An engineer who understands HV design but not how an application progresses through the DNO and the system operator can let a position slip, and a connection date is not something you can buy back.

AVAILABILITY DRIFT

On an operating asset the contract is written around availability. A weak O&M or asset manager does not announce themselves; availability drifts a point or two, response times stretch, and it surfaces as a liquidated damages conversation months later.

DUTY-HOLDER EXPOSURE

The construction phase of a wind, solar or storage project is construction work, so CDM 2015 applies and the Principal Contractor owns the construction phase plan. Filling that position with someone who cannot discharge it is a legal exposure, not just a performance problem.

RECRUITING THE ADJACENT TECHNOLOGY

The most common renewables hiring failure is a competent person from the wrong half of the sector. A developer is not a delivery manager, an onshore civils package manager is not a BESS commissioning lead, and solar volume experience does not transfer to turbine erection. The CVs read alike enough that generalist agencies submit them interchangeably.

Our 12-week Right Fit guarantee exists because we understand what a failed hire costs on a live project. We verify training, check tickets and authorisations, and replace at no additional fee if a placement exits within the guarantee window for reasons within our control.

COVERAGE

NICHES WE ACTUALLY COVER

Development, delivery and operations draw on different people, and the technologies below are less interchangeable than their job titles suggest. We brief against the phase and the technology, not the headline.

ONSHORE & OFFSHORE WIND

Project Manager (Wind)
Package Manager
Site Manager
Turbine Installation Supervisor
Commissioning Engineer
Wind Turbine Technician
Marine Coordinator

SOLAR PV & BATTERY STORAGE

Solar Project Manager
BESS Project Engineer
Design Engineer (PV)
Installation Supervisor
BESS Commissioning Engineer
SCADA & Controls Engineer

GRID & NETWORK CONNECTIONS

Grid Connection Engineer
HV Electrical Engineer
Protection & Control Engineer
Substation Project Manager
Power Systems Analyst
Senior Authorised Person

EPC & PROJECT DELIVERY

Construction Manager
Civils Package Manager
Site Engineer
HSE Advisor (Renewables)
Quantity Surveyor (Renewables)
Project Planner

O&M AND ASSET MANAGEMENT

O&M Manager
Asset Manager
Performance Engineer
Site Supervisor (O&M)
Technical Asset Manager
Reliability & Warranty Engineer

DEVELOPMENT & COMMERCIAL

Development Manager
Planning & Consents Manager
Land Manager
PPA & Offtake Manager
Commercial Manager
Head of Development

SPECIALIST ROLES

ROLES WE RECRUIT

Renewables is four labour markets rather than one, and people move between them far less than the shared technology suggests. Explore a role for what the market pays, which certifications are a gate rather than a preference, and where the transferability traps are:

RENEWABLE
ENGINEERING

WHY ARG DELIVERS

RISK-FREE PARTNERSHIP

FLEXIBLE TERMS

TICKETS CHECKED FIRST

WE KNOW THIS MARKET

WHAT A POOR RENEWABLES HIRE ACTUALLY COSTS YOU

NICHES WE ACTUALLY COVER

ROLES WE RECRUIT

Project Delivery

Grid & Electrical

Operations & Asset Management

Development & Commercial

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