Throughout the last decade, the standard route to getting a short term contract engineer has been by using an Engineering Agency. However there are many issues with this route.
Firstly there has been a shortage of Engineering Skills predicted for at least 20 years – since I was an apprentice (makes me feel old) this has now hit the engineering trades and the Engineering Recruiting Agencies wanting to fill the shortages in the factories (and their pockets) have put anyone into a role with the vaguest of experience in Engineering.
It seems that…
If you know one end of a spanner from the other you’re in…
This has led to compounding problems in factories, poor work quality, miss diagnosis of breakdowns, safety issues etc this has led to further stretching the Engineering teams rather than supporting them.
From my time contracting the other contractors I had worked with and placed by the Engineering Agency have for the most part been put into a Engineering team as a
Dual Skilled Engineer
But in most cases, they have had No Skills, No Ability, No Drive, are Unreliable and Basically No Use to the stretched engineering manager that has fired them to solve the problem he has.
In most cases I and the other Real Engineers I know are having to carry these people – who are in most cases being paid the same money.
It Makes No Sense
This is No Use To The Business, Costs Money, and Frustrates Everyone
There is a better way, a way to guarantee the skill set, ability, and professionalism of the Engineers you are using to fill short-term Engineering Shortages, Service work, Project work, Commissioning One Off Jobs etc
That is to use
A Specialist Engineering Company Instead of an Engineering Agency…
Which is what lead me to start Engineering Support so we can provide the specialist support Food Factories need without you having to go to an engineering agency and playing the “Contractor Lottery” Over the years I’ve worked with some really good engineers, and have kept in touch with them and now help to offer them work where they are appreciated and shielded from the frustrations of working with no-hopers.
If you have a shortage either on your core team or are struggling to get PPMs done or the remedial work done get in touch and there is a good chance we can help you.
We also have a machine shop so can help with machining parts etc.
More recently we have been optimising engineering teams to make them more efficient, this was part of our project to build the engineering team of the future in a brand-new facility that will set this major manufacturer up for the next 20 years.
But more on this later…