Hello, I’m Sam, Director of EMT Talent.
We specialise in technical engineering recruitment across sectors where getting the right hire genuinely matters — environments where hiring decisions directly impact project delivery, operational performance, and commercial outcomes.
I’ve spent over 10 years in recruitment, but what defines my approach is not just time in the industry - it is exposure to how hiring decisions actually affect businesses.
I understand what it feels like to hire under pressure, when a role has a direct impact on delivery and performance. I also understand the consequences when it goes wrong - the cost of mis-hires, the disruption to teams, and the knock-on effect on projects and clients.
Just as importantly, I understand what good looks like in practice. Not just on a CV, but in behaviour, decision-making, technical depth, and the ability to operate in complex environments.
I’ve been involved in scaling businesses, restructuring teams, and making difficult commercial decisions - experience that gives perspective on how hiring fits into the wider realities of running an organisation.
I previously built and scaled my last recruitment business to approximately £3.5m annual revenue, during my time directly hiring +50 employees across multiple teams and office locations.
This experience covered both semi skilled workforce delivery and specialist technical recruitment across engineering and industrial sectors.
Engineering and infrastructure exposure
Alongside business leadership, I have directly supported specialist recruitment across critical sectors such as technical manufacturing, energy, utilities, and industrial engineering environments, including:
Centrax Gas Turbines
Supporting a recruitment partnership and sourcing a commissioning engineer deployed to Italy to support international gas turbine commissioning and project delivery.
Martin-Baker Aerospace
Supporting the appointment of a Vice President of Engineering on a six-figure salary package, coordinating a complex international recruitment process across the USA and UK, including stakeholder management, interview coordination, and relocation considerations.
Cetix (Industrial automation & systems integration)
Sourcing a SCADA Project Manager to support delivery of complex automation and control system integration contracts involving PLC, SCADA, and wider industrial systems engineering.
These environments require more than technical alignment - they require understanding how engineering systems, project delivery, and commercial constraints interact.
Across all of the sectors I have recruited, the same pattern consistently appears.
The most difficult hiring challenges are rarely about availability - they are about specificity.
The strongest candidates are typically:
This is where generalist recruitment approaches consistently fail.
My approach is direct, research-led, and focused on relevance over volume.
That includes:
At the centre of it is a simple principle: understanding what the hire actually needs to achieve inside the business.
If you’re hiring in environments where judgement, context, and access to the right people directly impact performance I’d be happy to have a conversation.
