The Client
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Environtec is a national leader in environmental consultancy services, supporting clients across the UK with specialist expertise in asbestos, environmental compliance, and risk management.

With a growing project pipeline and national coverage, Environtec depends on scarce, highly qualified technical professionals to deliver work safely, compliantly, and on time.

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The Challenge
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Environtec needed to hire Asbestos Surveyors and Analysts—a niche, low-supply, high-demand talent pool—quickly and reliably.

The challenges were clear:

• Severe Talent Scarcity: P402-qualified asbestos professionals are limited and heavily competed for nationwide.
• National Hiring Requirement: Roles needed to be filled across multiple UK regions, not just one local market.
• Quality Risk: Previous hiring routes often produced candidates who met minimum criteria but lacked real-world readiness or long-term fit.

Speed mattered—but quality and compliance mattered more.

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The Solution

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SGS Consultants deployed its national headhunting capability and structured technical screening process.

• National Reach: SGS leveraged its UK-wide presence and existing asbestos & environmental talent network.
• Proactive Headhunting: Candidates were discreetly headhunted rather than sourced via job boards.
• Double Interview Process: Every candidate was fully qualified and interviewed twice to validate certification, site experience, and role fit.
• Process Discipline: Only interview-ready, compliant candidates were introduced to Environtec.

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The Results
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The first role was filled within two weeks.

• Rapid Delivery in a Scarcity Market: A highly niche role filled faster than expected.
• Higher-Quality Shortlist: Candidates exceeded initial expectations in both technical capability and fit.
• Reduced Hiring Risk: No wasted interviews; all candidates were qualified, prepared, and aligned.
• Scalable Partnership: Demonstrated SGS’s ability to support Environtec nationally as hiring demand grows.

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The Relationship
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This engagement reinforced the value of working with a specialist headhunting partner that understands scarce technical markets.

By combining national reach, sector knowledge, and a disciplined headhunting process, SGS delivered a dependable outcome—positioning Environtec for continued growth with the right technical talent in place.