Success Stories

The situation

SOCOTEC provides a comprehensive and unrivalled range of water hygiene, treatment, equipment and consultancy services.

SOCOTEC hired JS Selection to help them find a Northern-based Water Treatment Consultant. They specified that the most important thing was for us to find someone with a proven sales track record within the water treatment industry, who could service existing clients and also help them develop new business in Northern England.

The feedback

"Fantastic service from Jon. He has placed me in a role that will help me reach my career goals. JS Selection cares about its candidates, which is not always the case with other recruiters. Placing me at SOCOTEC is the best career move I've made yet."

Tom

Water Treatment Consultant

The customer

Swiftclean is the UK’s foremost provider of specialist ventilation hygiene and legionella control, combining industry-leading expertise with competitive rates and great customer service.

They specialise in providing custom designed water treatment programs for boiler, cooling, and process water systems. They help their customers minimize their energy, water, and maintenance costs while ensuring safe and reliable operation of these critical systems. They work with building managers and FM companies offering high quality, expert advice and legally compliant services for Legionella Control, Kitchen Extract Cleaning, Duct Cleaning, Water Tank Cleaning and Grease Trap Management across a variety of business sectors including:

Facilities Management, Social Housing, Pubs & Restaurants, Hotels & Stadiums, Food Production, Healthcare, Education and many more.

Swiftclean have successfully completed over 20000 projects and have won numerous awards in their last 30 years of business.

The situation

At Swiftclean, they aim to provide all clients with an expert and top quality service on all matters of building services, health, safety and hygiene in Legionella Control, Kitchen Extract Cleaning, Duct Cleaning and Water Tank Cleaning.

This means that all hires must fit in with the culture and share the same values. Given that the company are growing and unemployment is low, it’s a challenge to hire people at a quick pace. Working in Water Treatment also brings its own issues and having such a specialised workforce can be challenging.

Very few recruiters understand the needs of the team at Swiftclean. Many haven’t made the effort to visit the sites or get to know what is important to the leadership team. Like any specialist company, there are often confidential roles. It’s important that Swiftclean can trust their recruiter to protect sensitive information.

How JS Selection have helped Swiftclean

• Legionella Risk Assessors
• Air Hygiene Operatives
• Air Hygiene Supervisors
• Graduate Trainees
• Stores Assistants

Successful placements

JS Selection’s founder, Jon Stewart, meets with the team regularly to understand how he can help with recruitment. It’s essential to Swiftclean that the right people get hired. to help us with growth. As such, JS Selection provides candidates who are skilled, relevant and suitable. Time is saved as hiring managers don’t have to review irrelevant CVs.

The sheer amount of placements speaks volumes of recruitment success. Being a recruiter who Swiftclean can get on with really helps.

The feedback

"JS Selection have dedicated a lot of time and resources to help Swiftclean recruit. They’ve worked on a lot of roles for us and I can’t fault them!"

Katie Bloomfield

HR Manager

The customer

This company are a specialist software management company for compliance and fire and security. They sell into all markets across the board, and are part of a larger group that is globally known for its life-saving technology. They are market leading, with a singular platform available to all fire alarm manufacturers.

Successful placement

Product Consultant, Business Development Manager

The Situation

This fast-growth company is constantly building their team, searching for candidates within the fire and security sector who can become an asset to the environment.

They have a global turnover of £30m and are extremely fast-growth, ensuring long term progression to employees and upkeep a fantastic reputation within the industry.

The Solution

"Jon and Jemma have been a huge help to me during the recruitment process. We have successfully placed three candidates in the past five months. 

Jemma has been my main point of contact and has been able to provide the attention and focus we needed to fit our very specific requirements. Would highly recommend."

Business & Sales Manager

The Results

We found them:

Product Consultant. The person has an engineering background within the industry, and is succeeding in the role.

Business Development Manager. The person began in a dual sales engineer role and was awarded top salesman for three consecutive years.  

The customer

HomeGround is a specialist asset manager for residential property portfolios across England and Wales that are owned by freeholder and landlord companies. HomeGround looks after these portfolios on behalf of major institutional UK investors, such as pension funds.

Successful placement

Senior Fire Safety Consultant

The Situation

Homeground, a leading and specialist asset management company for residential portfolios across England and Wales, were looking for a Senior Fire Safety Consultant to take up a critical role within their business. 

They currently have a portfolio of 15,000 properties, with another 1,000 in the pipeline and have invested >£2.5bn within the past 12 years. They are currently in the top tier of their sector, and looking to become the market leader.

Due to their consistent growth, they are always seeking highly energetic employees who want to learn and specialise in the fire industry.

The Solution

"When candidates with a fire asafety background come onto the market, Jon and Jemma are quick to put specialists forward – even if there aren’t any vacancies. Fire & Security is a talent-short market. JS Selection bring industry specialists from the market to Homeground and are always thinking of ways to help grow the business with better talent.

A lot of time is saved by recruiting through JS Selection."

Director

HomeGround

The Results

We found them a Senior Fire Safety Professional. The person was MIFireE accredited, with a Level 4 qualification in Fire Safety.