Executive search in Portsmouth for naval defence, space, marine engineering and port businesses across the Solent. Research-led since 1988.
Oryx provides executive search in Portsmouth and along the South Coast, where the industrial base is unusually concentrated and unusually hard to recruit into. Complex warship build and support work runs through the naval base and the Solent yards, satellites and space systems are manufactured in the city, and secure communications, sensors and defence electronics businesses sit along the M27 corridor towards Southampton and Chichester. Around them the Solent maritime cluster covers marine and offshore engineering, workboat and leisure craft building, subsea equipment and the survey and support businesses that serve the Channel. Portsmouth International Port and the container and cruise terminals at Southampton add ports, logistics and terminal operations to the mix. Almost all of it carries constraints that narrow the candidate pool before a search begins: security clearance, export control obligations, programme cycles measured in decades and a small group of employers who are protective of their senior people.
As one of the UK’s leading construction companies, and a constituent of the FTSE 250, Balfour Beatty is committed to attracting the best possible talent from right across the construction sector. Oryx has successfully handled numerous projects across various parts of the Group, from a Project Director to deliver a pioneering waste-to-energy plant in a complex JV relationship, through to commercial and operational leadership roles for the Highways business.
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