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Recruitment Specialties

Everything we recruit for.

Every discipline we recruit for, in one place — six sectors, twenty-two disciplines, and the 359 roles underneath them.

Most engineering recruitment agencies list six sectors and stop. This one goes role by role, because that is the level a search is actually scoped at — and it is the fastest way to tell whether a recruiter knows your work before you call one. If what you are hiring is not here, ask anyway.

Engineering

Civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and environmental consulting — from design leads to practice principals.

Civil Engineering

Bridges · Highways & roadways · Municipal infrastructure · Water & wastewater · Water resources · Stormwater management · Land development · Greenfield & brownfield · Site servicing & grading · Subdivisions · Land surveying · Transportation · Transit / LRT / BRT · Rail · Traffic & signals · Active transportation · Tunnels · GIS · Planning · Estimating · Contract administration · Site inspection

Consulting & Design

Discipline lead · Design lead · Project manager · Project engineer · Associate · Principal · Practice lead · Studio lead · Technical director · Seal-carrying engineer · Proposals & pursuits · Business development · Client account lead · Project controls · Quality & risk · Regional manager · Office lead · Partner track

Electrical Engineering

Power distribution · Building electrical services · Substation · Protection & controls · Instrumentation & controls · PLC / SCADA · Industrial electrical · Automation · Motor control · Low voltage · Medium / high voltage · Lighting design · Electrical design (Revit) · Arc flash / studies · Renewable & utility · Data-center power · Commissioning · Project management

Environmental Engineering

Contaminated sites · Remediation · Site assessment (ESA) · Hydrogeology · Water & wastewater · Air quality · Environmental permitting · Impact assessment (EIA) · Waste management · Regulatory & compliance · Sustainability / ESG · Climate & resilience · GIS · Field services · Environmental planning · Approvals · Environmental scientists · Project management

Mechanical Engineering

Building services / HVAC · Mechanical building services · Process engineering · Manufacturing · Equipment design · Rotating equipment · Stationary equipment · Reliability engineering · Instrumentation & controls · Automation · Piping systems · Commissioning · Product development · Machine design · Maintenance · Power & energy · Oil & gas mechanical · Project management · Estimating

Structural Engineering

Structural design · Building science · Building envelope · Building condition assessment · Restoration & rehabilitation · High-rise · Mid-rise / low-rise · ICI (industrial/commercial/institutional) · Residential · Steel detailing · Revit / BIM · Electrical building services · Mechanical building services · Commissioning · Estimating · Project management · Construction management · Tenant fit-ups · Data centres · Sustainability / LEED

Construction

Project and construction management, architecture, real estate and land development, and mission-critical build — from developer through to site delivery.

Architecture & Planning

Architecture · Project architect · Intern architect · Architectural technologist · Design · Job captain · Interior design · Building design · Revit / BIM · Specifications · Contract administration · Urban design · Planning · Landscape architecture · Sustainability / LEED · Building science · Visualization · Practice leadership

Construction Management

Project management · Construction management · Site superintendents · Estimating · Preconstruction · Project controls · Scheduling (P6) · Quantity surveying · Contract administration · Cost control · Field engineering · Safety / HSE · Quality · VDC / BIM · Commissioning · Operations · Business development · Project directors

Data Centre & Mission-Critical

Data centre construction · Mission-critical facilities · Electrical / power distribution · UPS & switchgear · Mechanical / cooling · CRAC / CRAH · Chilled water · MEP coordination · Commissioning (Cx) · Integrated systems testing · Controls / BMS · Project management · Construction management · Site superintendents · Preconstruction / estimating · Structured cabling · Hyperscale · Colocation · Edge · Sustainability / PUE

General Contractor

Chief estimator · Estimator · Preconstruction manager · Project manager · Senior project manager · Project director · Site superintendent · General superintendent · Project coordinator · Project accountant · Project controls · Scheduling (P6) · Contract administration · Change management · Safety / HSE · Quality · VDC / BIM · Self-perform trades · Operations manager · VP Operations

Real Estate & Land Development

Real estate development · Land development · Greenfield & brownfield · Master-planned communities · Subdivision development · Infill & redevelopment · Development management · Acquisitions · Land acquisition · Planning & entitlements · Municipal approvals · Site servicing · Zoning & site plan · Feasibility · Pro forma / financial analysis · Residential development · Commercial / ICI development · Mixed-use · Development finance · VP / Director of Development

Technology

Recruitment for technology companies — the engineering, data, and leadership talent building the next generation of software and AI-driven businesses.

AI, Analytics & Data

Data engineering · Data science · Machine learning · ML engineering / MLOps · Applied AI / GenAI · LLM / NLP · Analytics · Business intelligence · Data architecture · Data platform · Analytics engineering · ETL / pipelines · Cloud data (Snowflake / Databricks) · Data governance · Big data · Data visualization · Data strategy · Head of Data / AI

Cloud & Infrastructure

Cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP) · Cloud architecture · DevOps · Platform engineering · Kubernetes / containers · Infrastructure as code · Networking · Systems administration · Database administration · Site reliability (SRE) · Cybersecurity · Identity & access · Virtualization · Storage · Data-center infrastructure · Network security · IT operations · IT support

Software Engineering & Development

Full-stack · Backend · Frontend · Web development · Mobile · Software architecture · DevOps · QA / test automation · Embedded / firmware · APIs / microservices · Product engineering · Platform engineering · Site reliability (SRE) · Java / .NET / Python · JavaScript / TypeScript · Cloud-native · Engineering management · Technical product

Energy & Power

Where front-line demand runs hardest — grid, generation, and conventional energy talent for a build-out that is not slowing down.

Oil, Gas & Energy

Oil & gas · Upstream · Midstream · Downstream · Pipeline · Process engineering · Facilities engineering · Rotating equipment · Mechanical · Instrumentation & controls · Project engineering · Project management · HSE · Commissioning · LNG · Petrochemical · Energy transition · Hydrogen · Carbon capture (CCUS) · Reliability

Power & Grid Engineering

Power systems · Transmission & distribution · Substation design · High-voltage · Protection & controls · Relay protection · Grid modernization · SCADA · Power systems studies · Load flow / short circuit · Generation · Nuclear / SMR · Renewables integration · Solar & wind · Battery / energy storage · Utility & IPP · Interconnection · Data-center power · Electrical distribution · Commissioning

Industrial

Process, production, quality, automation and robotics, and plant leadership for modern manufacturing operations.

Advanced Manufacturing

Process engineering · Production · Manufacturing engineering · Quality (QA / QC) · Automation · Robotics · Controls / PLC · Mechatronics · Plant management · Operations · Lean / continuous improvement · Maintenance & reliability · Industrial engineering · Supply chain · Health & safety · Tooling · Machine design · Plant / operations leadership

Automation & Robotics

Automation engineering · Robotics engineering · Controls engineering · PLC / HMI programming · Mechatronics · Systems integration · Process control systems · Instrumentation & controls · SCADA · Machine vision · Motion control · Industrial automation technician · Commissioning · Automation project management · Robotics software · Automation / controls leadership

Natural Resources

Mining and metals — technical, operational, and leadership roles across the project lifecycle. A growing practice for us — and one we cover with the same method as the rest.

Mining, Metals & Processing

Mining engineering · Mine planning · Geology · Geotechnical · Mineral processing · Metallurgy · Hydrometallurgy · Pyrometallurgy · Mill operations · Process control · Maintenance & reliability · Fixed & mobile plant · Ventilation · Tailings & water · Environment & permitting · Health & safety · Project & EPCM · Supply chain · Mine superintendent · General manager

By location

Where we are asked to recruit most.

Common questions

What this list is, and is not.

How many roles does PHM Search recruit for?

Three hundred and fifty-nine, across twenty-two disciplines and six sectors — every one of them listed on this page rather than summarised. Most recruitment agencies publish six sector names and leave you to work out whether your role sits inside one. The list above is the answer to that question.

What if the role I am hiring for is not on this list?

Ask anyway. A list describes where we work most often, not a boundary. Roles sitting next to these — adjacent discipline, adjacent sector, the same kind of technical depth — are usually worth a conversation, and we would rather tell you honestly that a search is outside us than take it on and do it badly.

Are these roles PHM has actually placed, or a wish list?

Placed, or actively recruited. The list is built from real search work, not from a keyword tool. Where a discipline is newer for us, the page for that discipline says so rather than implying a depth we do not have.

Do you recruit junior and mid-level roles, or only senior?

Both, but not evenly. The centre of gravity is senior specialist through executive — the roles where a wrong hire is expensive and the right person is usually not looking. We do fill mid-level roles inside these disciplines, most often for clients we already run senior searches for.

Get in touch

Don’t see it? Ask anyway.

A list can only describe where we work most often. If your role sits next to one of these, the conversation is still worth having.