Supporting Engineering & Manufacturing Businesses Across the UK
SimWest Engineering Recruitment provides specialist engineering recruitment support to manufacturing and machinery-led businesses nationwide. Whether you’re a single-site operation, a multi-location manufacturer, or a business scaling into new regions, we help you secure engineers with the right technical capability, mindset, and long-term fit.
We recruit for employers across England, Scotland and Wales, from machinery build and automation environments through to food production, FMCG, processing, and industrial manufacturing.
Our approach is proactive, headhunting-led, and built around accuracy, not applicant volume.
Nationwide Engineering Recruitment – How We Work
The UK engineering market varies significantly by region, talent availability, salary expectations, relocation barriers, and competition for specialist skill sets all play a part. Our role is to bridge those gaps quickly and effectively.
We focus on:
- Identifying engineers with relevant sector experience, not just matching job titles
- Approaching passive candidates who aren’t active on job boards
- Reducing unsuitable applications so you’re reviewing fewer CVs, but better CVs
- Creating long-term hires that improve capability, not just cover workload
This means we can support businesses with single roles, multi-site growth, or continuous hiring needs without diluting quality.
Engineering Roles We Recruit for UK-Wide
We support permanent, contract, and interim recruitment across roles including:
- Maintenance Engineers & Multi-Skilled Engineers
- Electrical, Controls & Automation Engineers
- Mechanical Fitters & Machine Build Engineers
- Service & Commissioning Engineers (UK & international travel)
- Design Engineers (SolidWorks / Inventor / AutoCAD etc)
- Production, Process & Manufacturing Engineers
- Project Engineers, Project Managers & Engineering Leaders
If the role sits within a manufacturing, machinery, or engineering environment, we can recruit for it.
Sectors We Support Across the UK
- Food & Drink Manufacturing
- FMCG & Consumer Goods
- Special Purpose Machinery & Capital Equipment
- Process, Chemical & Materials Handling
- Automation, Controls & Robotics
- Packaging Machinery & Industrial Equipment
Whether you need someone onsite, hybrid, field-based or regionally mobile, we tailor the approach to your operational needs.
UK-Wide Engineering Recruitment Support
If you need to strengthen your engineering team, replace a key hire, or scale a manufacturing operation, SimWest Engineering Recruitment can help.