Recruiting engineering talent in Birmingham has changed. Posting an advert and waiting rarely works when the best engineers are already employed and in demand elsewhere.
At Coburg Banks, we've spent over two decades recruiting across the automotive and advanced manufacturing base across Birmingham and the Black Country. We know where the strong performers are, and how to get them interested in your opportunity.
From precision machining and tier-one automotive suppliers in the Black Country to advanced manufacturers around Solihull and the city, we know the local engineering employer base well. We understand what different engineering employers need from a hire, and what tends to go wrong.
The best engineers in Birmingham aren't scrolling job boards. They're already delivering somewhere else. We reach them through our network and proactive outreach, so you see people you wouldn't find on your own.
Our average time to hire is 29 days. We move fast because an unfilled engineering role holds up production and projects, but we never send someone who isn’t right just to fill a gap.
Every placement comes with a three-month replacement and rebate guarantee. If it doesn’t work out, we sort it.
If you’re hiring engineers or engineering managers in Birmingham, let’s have a conversation.
Yes, we’ve been recruiting engineering professionals in Birmingham since 2002. We cover every type of engineering role, from Maintenance and Mechanical Engineers through to Engineering Managers and Operations Directors. We use Teams, Zoom and face-to-face meetings to vet every candidate before presenting them, so you only meet people who are right for the job.
We cover every level of seniority and every type of engineering role. That includes Maintenance, Mechanical, Electrical, Design, Project, Process and Manufacturing Engineers, plus Quality Engineers and Managers, Production and Plant Managers, Health and Safety Managers, Continuous Improvement and Technical Managers, Engineering Managers, Operations Managers and Operations Directors. Across manufacturing, maintenance, design and operations, we recruit for it.
Our average time to hire across engineering roles is 29 days. We typically have a shortlist of vetted, interviewed candidates with you within a few days of receiving your brief. We can move quickly because we have immediate access to thousands of active and passive engineering candidates, so we’re not starting from scratch every time.
Our fees typically range between 15% and 25% of the candidate’s basic salary, depending on seniority and complexity. We give you a clear figure upfront, and we cap our fees, so if you have to offer a higher salary to secure your ideal hire, our fee stays the same. You don’t pay anything unless we find someone you actually hire.
We’ll get back to you within 20 minutes to have a quick chat about your role. We’ll ask about the skills, experience and personality you need, the kind of engineer who would thrive in your business rather than just tick boxes on a spec. Then we get to work, and you’ll typically have a shortlist within a few days. No pressure, no hard sell.
You can recruit directly, and many companies do. But the best engineers in Birmingham are rarely actively looking. They’re already doing good work somewhere else and won’t respond to a job advert. We reach these passive candidates through years of relationship-building and proactive outreach, giving you access to talent you would never find on your own, while your vacancy isn’t left holding up production.
Yes. We operate a replacement and rebate scheme on every placement we make. If you have to dismiss a candidate within the first three months, we’ll either find you a replacement or refund a proportion of the fee. It gives you complete peace of mind, and it means we’re as invested in getting it right as you are.
Not until your new hire starts work. There’s nothing to pay upfront, nothing on shortlist, nothing on interview. Our fee only becomes due once the successful candidate is at their desk working for you, so the risk sits with us, not you.
