Technical & Engineering Recruitment

How one of Anglo’s best senior consultants successfully fills specialist Government requirement within a 72hr deadline and beats hundreds of agencies.   Project Summary:   Client: UK Central Government Department   Challenge: Anglo Government Division was given 72 hours to fill a very niche technical role for major Government digital transformation project...

South East Water is about to commence work on a multi-million pound upgrade of the Kingston water treatment works, near Canterbury, to improve the quality of its water and to upgrade existing boreholes which collect ground water.   Kingston WTW currently processes 7.3 million litres of water every day. South East Water’s £4.3 million investment in the upgrade will mean the WTW will be able to treat up to 10 million litres per day, and tap water quality will be improved...

Preparatory works have begun on the first phase of the £120m, 13-mile long drinking water network which is expected to benefit over 200,000 people in Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire.   The improvement works follow on from an announcement by Scottish Water in December 2015 of their intentions to improve the water supply network by installing 30 miles of new water mains to connect the system in Ayrshire with the Greater Glasgow area’s water network...

Has the National Flood Resilience Review, published on Thursday by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), answered the UK and local communities’ main concerns on the new flood risk protection policies?   Mary Creagh, chair of the environmental audit committee, once said that communities threatened by flooding needed more immediate help as “people living in the cities of Leeds, and York and Carlisle can’t wait for six years or 10 years for the...

Pay rates for electrical contractors are set to increase after a wage deal was agreed between the trade union Unite and the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA). The agreement will see wages rise by 10% over the next four years, between 2017 and 2020, and will come into effect in January.   Agreed key changes to be implemented include the following:   Wage increase in 2017 of 2% Wage increase in 2018 of 2.5% Wage increase in 2019 of 2...

Arcadis, Turner & Townsend and Gardiner & Theobald have been appointed on the 4 year framework for London’s Thames Tideway Tunnel - nicknamed the Super Sewer” - providing commercial services, project and programme management resources.   The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a 25km sewer tunnel designed to modernise London’s Victorian sewerage system and tackle sewage discharges into the Thames...

WSP Global Inc. has entered into an agreement to buy the industrial water consultancy business of Schlumberger, a global oilfield services company.   It is anticipated that the acquisition of the 250-employee business will enable WSP to bolster their offerings by providing water consulting services to industrial clients worldwide, as well as establishing a foothold for WSP in Chile and Peru...

The WWT Wastewater 2017 Conference & Exhibition will take place at the National Conference Centre, in the Imperial & Trafalgar Suites, Birmingham, on 31st January 2017.   Keep up-to-date with the latest innovations that have modelled the waste water industry over the past few years...

The Energy Summit 2016 will take place at The HAC, London, on 10th November 2016 and will explore how an entire industry is transforming, analysing the drivers of innovation and emerging challenges driving progress in a climate of change.   The event will gather policy-makers, international investors, regulators, innovators as well as influential commentators and academics whom will be debating around the theme of the future of energy...

The Future Tech Forum will take place at The Crystal, London, on 14 - 15 September 2016   The event will provide the centre-stage for spotlight projects, offering space for informal networking opportunities, and globally renowned speakers giving inspirational talks and workshops...