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Industrial Recruitment Agency – Nigel Wright Group


Specialist industrial recruitment agency for the UK

Nigel Wright Group is the leading and largest specialist recruitment agency in the North of England. Since the late 1980s, we have provided permanent and temporary recruitment services to the UK’s industrial sector. Today, we enjoy long standing relationships with a wide variety of businesses operating small, medium, and large scale industrial operations across the UK.

Clients and candidates benefit from our strong local, regional, and national networks and market-leading customer service. Our consultants are discipline specialists and recruit key positions at all levels within the sales, marketing, engineering & manufacturing, supply chain & procurement, HR, ITfinance & accounting, and business support professions.

Whether it’s a digital marketing specialist, finance director, warehouse manager or health and safety advisor, our industrial recruitment team can solve your talent needs. To discuss your staffing requirements, please contact a member of our team directly or use the chat function below to talk with an expert. Candidates can view all of the latest industrial jobs on our vacancies page.

Our track record as an industrial recruitment agency

We’re proud to represent organisations of all sizes from the aerospace, automotive, chemical, construction, electronics, energy, engineering, manufacturing, metals, oil & gas, packaging and R&D industries, amongst others. Some of our clients include:

Praise for our industrial recruitment agency services:

"I have worked with Nigel Wright Recruitment both as a candidate and a client. The service received in both instances has been extremely friendly, polite and professional. I would have no hesitation in working with them again." Electrical Engineering Manager, Carroll & Meynell

“This was a genuine search and screening process, rather than just sending a batch of CVs for me to plough through. The shortlist meeting was invaluable in reading between the lines and obtaining a better sense of the candidates' characters and aspirations.” CFO, CAV Ice Protection

“Nigel Wright provided a brilliant service. The MD, regional heads and I were very impressed with the consultant’s level of knowledge and specialist skills. They went above and beyond to ensure candidates were well prepared for the interviews.” Head of HR, Dräger

“I recently worked with Nigel Wright when recruiting an HR Advisor. The stand out moment for me was the consultative advice I received, ensuring that my expectations were realistic and matched the service level promised.” Recruitment Advisor, Egger

“It was a pleasure working with Nigel Wright’s consultant during our recruitment process. They were always reliable, honest and proactive in their approach.” Head of Finance, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies

“Our consultant was excellent throughout the process. They were professional, clearly understood the role and our requirements and stuck to agreed action plans and timings to find us suitable candidates.” HR Manager, Hitachi Rail

“The consultant's thorough and knowledgeable approach was excellent. At all times, they ensured that the expectations of all parties involved were expertly managed and that every decision being made was to the benefit of all.” Business Development Manager, Liberty Steel

“Nigel Wright has been very successful in finding several high calibre candidates for our organisation. The consultant gets the brief quickly, understands our business completely and only ever puts forward candidates who will be a good fit.” Managing Director, UK & Ireland, Premier Tech

“Really good service. Time was taken to get to know me and the business I support, and then the right kind of candidates for the role and the business were proposed.” Head of Supply Chain, Rotary Power

“A superb service from Nigel Wright’s consultant. They understood the brief and delivered against all aspects. They identified high calibre candidates and gave us some superb options for a new the commercial manager role. Highly recommended.” Managing Director, VGC Group

Searching for an industrial recruitment agency?

To discuss your hiring needs, please contact our team via the details below:

Email: marketing@nigelwright.com with details of your recruitment requirements and we will respond on the same working day.

Industrial Recruitment Agency Newcastle

Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 0770

Address: Lloyds Court, 78 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6AF, United Kingdom

Industrial Recruitment Agency Teesside

Telephone: +44 (0)1740 6610

Address: Wynyard Park House, Wynyard Avenue, Billingham, TS22 5TB, United Kingdom

Industrial Recruitment Agency Leeds

Telephone: +44 113 524 1111

Address: 7 Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5HD, United Kingdom

Industrial Recruitment Agency London

Telephone: +44 (0)207 405 3921

Address: 20 St Dunstan's Hill, London, EC3R 8HL, United Kingdom

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