Celebrating 10 years in Business!
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Engineer your Future
Permanent recruitment for UK engineering and manufacturing SMEs
"We don’t fill just jobs; we solve hiring problems"
Mark Hopkins
We Listen. We Support. We Solve.
I’m Mark Hopkins, an engineer by background and a recruiter since 2005. Thomas Lee Recruitment helps UK engineering and manufacturing businesses, especially SMEs, recruit permanent engineers, technical leaders and technical salespeople. Based in Tamworth, I work with employers across the Midlands and the UK. If you are looking for your next role, the candidate guides and vacancies are here for you too.
What We Cover
Take a look at the industries we specialise in and the roles we recruit for.
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Technical Sales Recruitment
Technical sales needs someone who understands what you sell and how your customers buy it. We recruit Sales Engineers, Internal Sales Engineers, Business Development Managers and sales leaders for engineering products, components, machinery and capital equipment.
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Manufacturing Sector Recruitment
Permanent engineering and management recruitment for UK manufacturers, especially SMEs. From design, production and projects to Engineering Managers and Operations Directors, we work across automotive, aerospace, defence, capital equipment and other manufacturing environments.
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Design Engineer Recruitment
Extremely important department in any Engineering Company. Whether you make Widgets to Aircraft, the Design engineer takes your concept to Manufacturing. Over the years of working within Engineering Designers have been a big part of our work in the Engineering sector. Hit the image to find out more.
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Storage Solutions / Materials Handling Sector
From Racking to Automated conveyor systems, we have worked over the past 10 years with some of the biggest Storage Solution companies, from Distributors to Manufacturers across the UK, Europe and World. Filling roles from Sales to Project Management, to back office to Engineering/Designers. Extremely Busy sector, where the right people are key. Hit the picture to find out more!
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Skilled Engineers / Technicians / Crafts People
A section close to my heart as an ex-Engineer, working on Aircraft and doing an apprenticeship in a workshop for the MOD. We cover the good old fashioned Skilled engineers – Maintenance to CNC, Fabricators to Fitters – We cover the time-served skilled people – that are the heart of Every Engineering and Manufacturing business. Hit the Picture to find out more.
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Back Office
Over the years we have supported SME Manufacturing businesses and businesses outside that remit with Back office recruitment – covering jobs like – Accountancy & Finance, Business support & administration, Facilities services, Human resources.
Recruitment Services
Our current focus is permanent recruitment, with retained search available for specialist and senior appointments. Temporary and contract recruitment may be developed in future.
Permanent Recruitment
Permanent engineering, manufacturing and technical sales recruitment, starting with a clear understanding of the work and the person you need.
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Temporary Recruitment
Our current focus is permanent recruitment. Temporary and contract recruitment remain possible future services.
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Retained Recruitment
A focused search for a specialist or senior permanent appointment, with the approach, responsibilities and terms agreed at the start.
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Watch expert tips to help you stand out and land your next job.
The Blog
Stay updated with our latest insights and career advice:
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The Job Hunter’s Resource Pack: Guides, Templates and Thoughts
This is my job hunter’s resource pack: guides, templates and thoughts to help you with your job-hunting journey. If you’re looking for a job and thinking, “This isn’t the same…
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Avaliable candidates – Senior Design Engineer – Worcestershire/South Midlands/Gloustershire
Currently avaliable candidate – Senior Design Engineer, in the Worcestershire area, South Midlands, Gloustershire – avaliable immediate – salary to be discussed. Profile Senior Mechanical Design Engineer based in Worcestershire…
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Top 5 ways to get better candidates
Many years ago we used to be able to pop a little advert in the local newspaper to find the right staff. Over time and with Technology increasing in our…
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Going from Contractor to Permanent – issues you may encounter!
This is an older video, but still very relevant. Moving from contractor to permanent sounds straightforward, but there are a few things that can catch people out. Expectations around salary,…
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Your Next Steps
Hiring an engineer or a technical salesperson? Start with the work, the skills you need and what has made the search difficult. Talk to me about engineering and manufacturing recruitment or technical sales recruitment. If you are looking for your next job, you can browse the vacancies or submit your CV below.
