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Paul Savage

Managing Director

Paul has a background in law and business and oversees the day to day running of Orion. He has spearheaded recent diversification strategies across the Group and leads our drive to achieving 'net carbon zero'. Today Orion Group is a world leader in delivering manpower solutions to some of the world...

Ross MacRae

Group HR Director and Deputy Managing Director

Ross MacRae has worked in Human Resources for thirty years.He is Group HR Director & Deputy MD, a member of the Orion Group board of directors and is in his tenth year at Orion. Key responsibilities include leading the Orion ISP recruit...

Gail Mackie

Director

Gail is now on her 31st year with the Orion Group As Payroll Director she runs a team of 15 who oversee the day to day running of all the Groups payroll activities

Steven Greig

Regional Director

Location: Aberdeen, UK. Steve Greig has worked in Energy Recruitment for thirty years.He is the Regional Director for Europe and is a member of the Senior Management team. Steve is in his fourteenth year at Orion. Key responsibilities include leading Orion’s UK and European Operations along with undertaking Key Account Director re...

Mark Donnison

Regional Director - Energy

Location: London, UK Divisional Director - London, Caspian and the Middle EastRegional management responsibility across the EMEA and Central Asian Regions, I have strategic development accountability through sales & marketing & business prospecting, including establishment...

Stephen O'Connell

Divisional Director, Life Sciences

Location: Ireland/UK/NetherlandsI have worked within the recruitment industry for over 10 years after previously being in Engineering for 8 years. My recruitment experience covers Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Medical Devices...

Barry Cann

OCCMS Managing Director and Group Technical Director

Barry is an experienced business director, project manager and chartered engineer. He has a wealth of expertise in engineering, construction and commissioning and decommissioning, covering brown and greenfield projects. Barry has worked across a range of sectors including oil and gas (conventional...

Gavin Beaton

Group Recruitment Director

Gavin Beaton has worked in Energy Recruitment for sixteen years. As Group Recruitment Director he works with our international recruitment teams to ensure the highest standards of delivery are maintained.

Martin Bate

Group Technical Permanent Hire Director

Location: United States, Europe and AsiaSince January 2020, I am Group Technical Permanent Hire Director that leads International teams focussed on the Filtration and Nonwoven industries. Providing our industry leading

Andy Christie

BMS Director

Over 36 years experience in the design, implementation, management , audit and certification of business management systems including quality, health & safety, environment and business continuity for a broad range of manufacturing and service industries.

HR and Administration

Alec Young

Group Recruitment Administration Manager

Location – Inverness HQ, Since July 2021 I am responsible for managing Group Recruitment Administration across all offices worldwide. I like to travel when able, along with keeping active.

Garry Begg

Group Tax Manager

I have worked within both personal and business tax for just over 7 years before joining Orion Group in August 2022. I am responsible for maintaining and developing relationships within key functions and regions of...

Chris Neale

Group HR Manager

Location: Head Office, Scotland, UKJoining Orion in 2013 I’m responsible for the efficient and effective delivery of Human Resources services across ...

Energy

Tom Hennessy

Divisional Director & Key Account Director

Location: Manchester, UK. Divisional Director. Tom has P&L responsibility for the Manchester operation including recruitment and management of staff, operational involvement and client / account management. He is a...

Lesley Butter

Country Manager - The Netherlands

Location - The Hague, The Netherlands Experienced Senior Recruitment Consultant/Sales Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the staffing and recruitment industry. Skilled in Renewable /Offshore/Oil&Gas and Maritime /Crewing operations.

Michael DaCosta

Recruitment Manager – Energy

Location: London. I am Recruitment Manager for Orion in London. I have worked at Orion since 2016. I provide oversight and assurance on Orion’s delivery to a number of large key accounts including our global agreement ...

Antonio Piedipalumbo

Country Manager - Qatar

Location: Qatar. Toni has worked as a client coordinator for contractor deployment’s role, as contractor working on assignments role, as a country manager for recruitment companies, and as business development manager role. Toni recognises the needs and expectation of clients, employee ...

Ian Hunter

Senior Recruitment Consultant - Energy

Location: London. I started recruitment into the oil and gas industry in 2006, and – apart from a year in finance recruitment – have worked in it ever since. I joined the energy team at Orion in 2018.. I have recruited over 500 people into 20 countries in the oil and gas sector, a...

Andy McNair

Worksite Rep Manager

Location, Aberdeen, UK. I currently provide client & technical reps to several major operators both in the UK and overseas. I am responsible for all subsea disciplines

Jeanne Farias

Business Development Manager

Location: Houston Texas, USA Business Development professional with 17+ years’ experience driving revenue for engineering and recruitment services. Known for bringing teams together to achieve organizational objectives while making a ...

Liju Thomas

Operations Lead

Location: Doha - Qatar. A multi-skilled management professional with 16 years of international corporate experience. Adept at prioritizing and completing business goals to produce positive results and enhance operations excellence.

Greg Nicolson

Talent Acquisition Manager

Location: Aberdeen, UK. I provide full cycle in-house recruitment support to CNOOC International and their UK operations and covers management of both contract and permanent recruitment whilst overseeing the effective day to day running of the MSP contract. I’ve worked in busin...

Richard Kirwan

Business Manager

Location: Houston, Texas, Business Manager focused on supporting large engineering projects across the Americas. Specialties: Business Development, Candidate Attraction and Retention, Account Management, Project Management.

Kevin Kinzie

Senior Account Manager

Location:Houston, TX USA Senior Account Manager with over 15 years’ experience working in the Oil and Gas Industry. Successfully develop and manage key accounts, supporting major oil and gas clients globally. Current specialty:Oil and Gas: Upstream/Midstream/Downstream Orion Group has many year...

Susan Ferguson

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Senior Consultant with over 30 years’ experience in sectors including office personnel, accountancy, supply chain, manufacturing and engineering.

Phil Butcher

Recruitment Consultant

Location: Houston, TX I’ve been a recruiter with Orion since 2017. Current Specialty: Contract and permanent roles within O&G. The best things about working with Orion Group: A fun atmosphere with highly capable coworkers. In my spare time: I ride bikes, work on my bungalow and hang out with my dog, Moon.

Christopher Bryl

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Location: Manchester. I’ve seen the business evolve and diversify in to multiple industries such as nuclear, rail, life sciences, finance. I started with the business as a resourcer and now operating at an account manager level.Current speciality: Nuclear – The list is endless but I guess most common...

Charlotte Bajorski

Recruitment Consultant

Location: Manchester . About me: Since November 2021 I am responsible, as a Recruitment Consultant, for the delivery of contractor and permanent recruitment with our national and international clients, within the Energy sector. Current specialty: Energy The best thing about working in Orion Group: Orion Group has many years ...

Beatriz Olmedo

Recruitment Consultant

Location:Barcelona , Spain, I joined Orion in the summer of 2019 as a recruitment consultant. I am responsible for new business development and recruitment delivery to new and existing client accounts within the Oil and Gas sector across the UK, Europe and Middle East. Current Sp...

Laura McHardy

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Location: AberdeenI’ve managed to reach (and exceed) the magic 10-year milestone here at Orion and I think that’s testimony in itself as to my happiness working for the company.Prior to starting with Orion, I spent the first 7 years of my recruitment career lear...

Anna Fryer

Recruitment Consultant

Location: Aberdeen, UK, I have worked at Orion since 2015, starting here as the Worksite Rep Coordinator Supporting our Subsea Construction and Diving Support contracts. I am now responsible for the recruitment of Health, Safety and Environment, Technical Safety, Materials and Procurement contract requirements. Prior to joining Orion, ...

Alan Patterson

Aberdeen Office Account Manager

I joined Orion in February 2018 as Office Account Manager. I assist our clients in sourcing administrative and finance candidates for both contract and permanent roles. This is a field in which I have 27 years of experience, and I very much take the view that todays’ candidates could be tomo...

Alan Clarke

Operations/ Global Mobility Manager

Since joining Orion in 2006, Alan heads up our global mobility function. Integrated throughout Orion’s network of local offices and head office support functions, Orion’s worldwide mobility services provide a fully coordinated service through pre-mobilisation, in-country arrival and ongoing assi...

Adrian Davidson

Group Recruitment Manager

Location: Inverness, UK, I went past the 20 year milestone with Orion in 2018 and have been lucky enough to be part the continued success & growth of the company to the international Group we are now. During this time I have worked in conjunction with the vast majority of our offices across all regions, including havin...

Scott Neville

Recruitment Consultant

Nga Nguyen

Operations Manager - Vietnam

Location: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. I joined Orion Group in October 2016 as the Business Development Manager for Vietnam. Current Specialty: Oil & Gas, Power The best things about working with Orion Group:Opportunities to learn from the highly skilled people I come in contact with as we...

Monika Gajda

Recruitment Team Leader

Location: Inverness, UK. I have worked in the recruitment team at Orion for nearly 11 years and I currently lead a team of recruiters who recruit for both permanent and temporary vacancies. I regularly liaise with clients and candidates and have been involved in numerous large manpower projects throughout the UK - It's always been a ve...

Lachlan Nicholson

Recruitment Manager

Location: Aberdeen I specialise in recruitment and executive search staff and senior appointments in the global Oil & Gas and Energy sectors. I handle technical and non-technical leadership and management roles across all disciplines.Specialt...

Kelsee Tedder

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Location: Houston. I joined Orion in the summer of 2019. Prior to coming over I have 5 years of corporate Recruitment experience for an Engineering Services company. Current Specialty: I recruit all types of positions for offshore, onshore, midstream, upstream, and downstream. I work with Ins...

Emma Smart

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Location: Aberdeen, UK. I joined Orion in April 2019 as a Senior Recruitment Consultant.I assist our clients in sourcing candidates for a variety of disciplines including project control, administration/secretarial, finance and IT for both contract and permanent vacancies. Current Specialty: Business support roles, particularly secretarial ...

Keir Ferguson

Senior Recruitment Consultant

John McWilliam

Project Manager

John’s O&G career spans over 30 years. Initially as a Planning Engineer, working for several major operators and EPC companies both on/offshore on brownfield and greenfield projects. Further assignments included comprehensive Ops/Maint & Shutdown experience. This network and experienc...

Jenny Chalmers

Account Manager

Location: Aberdeen, UK Jenny initially joined Orion in 2009 as a Senior Recruiter and is now as an Account Manager.With over 24 years working in the recruitment sector predominantly within oil and gas.I have a dual role in that I assist our...

Rob Wilson

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Location: Manchester. I joined Orion Group in May 2021 with experience recruiting within engineering and automation. Providing the best talent for Manufacturing Clients, and overseeing the full recruitment cycle for contingent and permanent candidates across multiple sectors and disciplines....

Nisha Sai

Recruitment Administrator

Location: Dubai. I have been a recruitment administrator in our Dubai office for over 5 years. My job involves formatting CV’s and upload those cv’s on to our database as well as recruitment. Current Speciality: Oil and gas and construction The best thing about working with Orion Group: I lo...

Travis Weaver

Recruitment Consultant

Location: Houston, TX. I have been working as a Project Coordinator/Technical Recruiter for the past 7 years in the Oil & Gas/Energy industry servicing Third Party Inspections. I managed teams of quality inspectors to ensure materi...

Iona Larnach

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Location: Inverness HQ. I support the Middle East region so given the time difference there are usually a few items for me to action first thing! I’ll have a catch up call with the team every day, and then most days are receiving new ...

Haridas Mohandas

Recruitment Manager - Middle East

Location:Dubai, I am currently the recruitment manager in Dubai and have been with Orion Group almost 9 years. I provide efficient, effective and professional recruitment service to clien...

Ewan Melling

Principal Recruitment Consultant

Location: Manchester, UK. I joined Orion Group in December 2018, to work as a Principal Recruitment Consultant focusing on permanent staff hires within the Upstream Oil & Gas sector. This is a field I have 6 years’ experience in, and I genuinely enjoy the global aspect of the O&G industry ...

Byju Joseph

Regional Finance and Admin Manager

Location: Dubai, UAE, Since December 2010 with Orion Group as Regional Finance & Administration Manager based in Dubai supporting the middle east operations.

Megha Koshy

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Stevie Denoon

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Susan McLean

Senior Recruitment Administrator

Location: Dunfermline . My job includes: Maintaining good relationships with clients while sourcing new business, Sourcing candidates for vacancies, Visiting clients in their workplace, Meeting prospective candidates. It’s a fast paced role and I really enjoy the buzz of recruitment. Current Spec...

Stewart Bryson

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Location: Inverness . I have worked for Orion at our head office in Inverness since March 2011 and am currently a Senior Recruitment Consultant. I source candidates for our clients’ requirements, predominately assisting our Bristol office and occasionally our Perth office in Australia. Current Specialty: A wide range of role...

Zamina Clemmey

Country Manager - Azerbaijan

Location: Azerbaijan. I am the OFM LLC Azerbaijan Country Manager and have worked with Orion since August 2015 and as well as recruitment and management of staff it is my role to i...

Life Sciences

Leeanne Kearney

Operations Director Life Sciences

Location: CorkI have recently joined Orion and am part of the exciting new Orion Sciences division who aim to achieve major successes for our clients and candidates. Over five years’ experience as a recruitment specialis...

Steve Beechey

Divisional Director, Life Science. North America

I have approaching 25 years’ experience within the recruitment world. I have worked across MSP, Permanent, Temp, Contract and Interim recruitment.I have experience of many sectors and have used the knowledge gained to build relationships, many of which have lasted through employment and sector changes....

Paul O'Brien

Global client solutions & SOW lead

My role is Global Client Solutions & SoW Lead. I am a Quantity Surveyor by profession, qualified with a Bsc in Construction Economics. Over a 20 year career to date, most of the last decade in a leadership capacity for the technical Life Sciences recruitment sector. Experience of attaining the...

David Walsh

Business Manager

Location: Cork, Ireland. I'm a 'Recruitment Business Manager' David has been a within recruitment since 2004 and has a broad industry experience, specialising mainly in the fi...

Colin Murray-Bain

Recruitment Consultant

Location: Chicago, USA. Since joining the US Life Science team in April 2021, I have been partnering with Pharmaceutical, Biotech, and Medical Device companies across the US to support them with their contingent worker pipelining. Key...

Victoria Armistead

Recruitment Consultant

Location: Lanzarote, Spain As a Recruitment Team Lead, I am responsible for supporting the team and participating in the delivery of contract recruitment in the Life Sciences sector, throughout the UK and Ireland.

Matthew Freyer

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Location: Chicago, US. Matthew has been a recruitment specialist since 2011 and has worked within Staffing and Talent Acquisition. He has done individual headhunting all the way to managing a team of 7 to employ 1200+ contract employees within 3 months. Have worked across multiple industries: Reta...

Rachael Jalbuena

Recruitment Consultant

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United StatesRole:I joined Orion during spring of 2021 as a Recruitment Consultant dedicated to the US market. I am responsible for talent acquisition ...

John Kelleher

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Location: CorkI have worked within the recruitment industry for over 3 years where I have experience in executing successful recruitment strategies and partnershi...

Ronan Brady

Recruitment Consultant

Location: Cork, Joined Orion Group in September 2021 as a Recruitment Consultant focused on the Life Sciences Sector in UK & Ireland. Curre...

Sarah Walsh

Recruitment Consultant

Justin Mertel

Recruitment Consultant

Location: Chicago, IL- United StatesAbout me: With a background in client interaction and phone-based customer service, I am looking forward to using my experience to help Orion’s Life Science division.

Hedwig Visee

Client Engagement Manager

Location: Netherlands Since April 2020 I am the Life Sciences client engagement manager dedicated to the Dutch market. Providing the best service to our Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Medical devices Clients and overseeing the full recruitment cycle for contingent and permanent candidates across mult...

Sinead Fahey

Contractor Care Coordinator

Location: Cork. I have worked within customer care and administration for over 8 years where I have gained hands on experience in handling new systems and processes where efficiency and customer/client satisfaction is key. I have work...

Jordan Robb

Recruitment Consultant

Location: Cork, Ireland. Joined Orion in May 2022 as a Recruitment Consultant due to its remarkable service delivery standards in the Life Sciences Industry. Current Speciality: Life Sciences. The best thing abou...

Nicole Elphick

Recruitment Consultant

Value Outsourcing

Ross MacRae

Group HR Director and Deputy Managing Director

Trade Solutions

Gary Scott

General Manager - Dunfermline Office

Location: Dunfermline, UK With many years of experience in the field Gary manages the Dunfermline Office and oversees the Trade Solutions, Engineering and Energy functions.

Susan Ferguson

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Senior Consultant with over 30 years’ experience in sectors including office personnel, accountancy, supply chain, manufacturing and engineering.

Angela Henderson

Senior Recruitment Consultant

I joined Orion Group in 2001 and have enjoyed a busy career in developing client relationships, nurturing candidates through their recruitment journey as well as specialising in sourcing for all discipline types over a wide range of industry sectors. I have built successful business relationsh...

Paulina Scibiorska

Recruitment Consultant

Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland. Since September 2006 Administration and recruitment, including liaising with managers, applicants, and where applicable third-party providers. Co-ordinating interviews between managers and candidates. Up...

Scott Neville

Recruitment Consultant

Neil Grant

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Location: Inverness. Senior Recruitment Consultant. I’ve worked with the Company since 2006 and have other 13 years’ experience covering both International & UK projects. Current specialty: I am part of the Inverness Projects Team, focusing on local Client’s requirements. The most common roles I recruit for are:

Gary Watt

Operations Manager

Location: Inverness, I am the Operations Manager based in Head Office and manage a team of 5 recruiters covering the sectors above, helping to deliver a quality service to our client base. Current speciality: O&G, Utilities, W...

Joanna Janiszewska

Business Support Manager - Recruitment

Stanislava Cebulakova

Recruiter

Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland. Stanislava is experienced in filling permanent roles as well as recruiting for contract vacancies. She enjoys building good working relationship with clients and customers.

Susan McLean

Senior Recruitment Administrator

Permanent

Toni Smith

Recruitment Consultant

Location: UK Toni is Orion PartnerPlus Recruitment Consultant within Filtration & Nonwoven sectors.I support the global delivery function for retained positions within the Chemical, Filtration, Technology and Nonwoven...

PartnerPlus

Martin Bate

Group Technical Permanent Hire Director

Adam Gater

Lead Recruitment Consultant - Permanent

Adam Gater heads up the bespoke division of Orion, which is called PartnerPlus.Essentially a hybrid recruitment model that sits in between the traditional contingent model and the high end executive search, that has taken the industry by storm.

Built Environment

Scott Neville

Recruitment Consultant

Nisha Sai

Recruitment Administrator