A Scottish company aims to capitalise on major investment in electricity infrastructure and Clyde shipbuilding opportunities in a "strategic expansion", and has hired a new chief executive.
The Aberdeen-based business is opening an office in Glasgow as it targets Central Belt clients.
Recruitment Ventures, which is rebranding as Granite and has unveiled a “three-year, £20 million growth plan”, is owned by investment group 17V, headed by Doug Duguid.
It has appointed recruitment and professional services leader Jen Campbell as chief executive officer.
Ms Campbell joins the recruitment company from big four accountancy firm EY, where she held a senior business development director role working across mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and growth advisory.
Recruitment Ventures is launching “a strategic expansion beyond the oil and gas sector into wider energy, infrastructure and defence recruitment”, while adding to its headcount with the opening of the new Glasgow office.
It said: “With an estimated £74 billion of planned investment by 2031 announced by major grid and transmission companies - including the creation of more than 56,000 new roles - and an £8 billion investment in British shipbuilding, including the building of Type 26 frigates on the Clyde which will support 1,700 skilled jobs in Glasgow, Granite’s focus is to build scale and brand recognition in these sectors.”
Recruitment Ventures, which was acquired by 17V in 2021, said Ms Campbell has more than 15 years of experience in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)-focused recruitment.
It added that this included senior roles with recruitment group SThree, where she “played a pivotal role in expanding the company’s footprint across oil and gas, nuclear, power and wind in the UK and Middle East”.
Recruitment Ventures’ three existing brands - Granite Recruitment, Omni Subsea and Ingenii - will be consolidated under the one Granite brand.
The Aberdeen company, noting its “22-year track record in technical recruitment”, said operations director Rhea Fraser will “continue to play a central role in growing the business”.
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I7V chief executive officer Doug Duguid said: “I’ve known Jen for some years through her leadership role at EY and her experience in energy, power transmission and infrastructure are the exact qualities we need to tap into the huge investments being made to modernise and transform Scotland’s transmission and grid capabilities.
“We are confident Granite can achieve revenues of around £20 million over the next three years, and with Jen invested emotionally and financially in driving the business forward, the Granite brand can become synonymous with the major corporations looking to fill the thousands of new vacancies which will be created.”
Ms Campbell said: “Aberdeen remains at the heart of the UK’s energy sector, where customer proximity is fundamental to how we operate, and oil and gas continues to play a critical role in our economy and in a responsible, balanced energy transition.
“We will continue to invest in this market, supporting the businesses and talent that have made Aberdeen the energy capital of Europe. At the same time, we are hiring staff and opening a new office in Glasgow which reflects our commitment to maximising growth across the wider energy and infrastructure sectors.”
She added: “This expansion ensures that exceptional talent developed here in Scotland is retained, redeployed, and empowered to drive the next phase of the industry’s evolution. Our ambition is clear - to be the partner of choice in the sector and the place where energy recruiters can build long-term, meaningful careers.
“Granite will play a key role in supporting the new wave of grid and transmission upgrades and renewables and low-carbon project delivery, which are central to the country’s wider zero-carbon ambitions.”
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