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We’re a down-to-earth bunch who love what we do, and who we do it for. Real people, proper grafters and big believers in building long-term relationships

Darren Heneghan

Managing Director & Co-Founder

​With over 20 years of experience running construction recruitment companies, it’s fair to say, Darren has been around the block a few hundred times. From recessions to pandemics, he’s seen the good, the bad, and everything in between-both in recruitment and the rollercoaster that is UK construction-since the late 1990s.Darren is passionate about business, networking, and building meaningful relationships that lead to mutual success. Outside of work, you’ll find Darren hiking the Chiltern Hills with his hyperactive chocolate Labrador or planning his next trip to the mo...

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Gary Melton

Director & Co-Founder

​​Gary is a recruitment veteran and people leader with a deep passion for purposeful, community-based work.He is always keen to connect with people from all walks of life and open to engaging in meaningful conversations.When he’s not thinking about new ways of doing recruitment, you will find Gary working with his team at Dynamic Doctors to improve healthcare across Uganda and East Africa, or getting rings run around him by his 3 daughters.​

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Damian Eatwell

Senior Account Manager (Consultancy/Commercial and Operations)

​Damian is our resident expert and Senior Account Manager in the field of consultancy, with a particular bias towards Quantity Surveying and Project Management (at all levels). Fed up with the stigma attached to money hungry recruiters simply looking for their next deal, Damian offers up a service that challenges perceptions and delivers true consultancy that always prioritises the needs of clients and candidates.Damian is a family man, a sports enthusiast and has an unrivalled back catalogue of terrible dad jokes. ​

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Ricki Doyle

Senior Account Manager (Commercial / Pre Construction)

​Ricki has had a few niches across his recruitment career but he finally landed on Commercial and Pre Construction professionals within main contracting, which he has specialized in as s Senior Account Manager over the past 5 years. He has a broad range of people in his network, but where he can really add value to contractors of all shapes and sizes, is through finding high quality surveyors, bid writers / coordinators / managers, estimators and planners to help them tender, secure and manage (financially) the safe delivery of projects.Having had 2 kids in 2 years, outside of w...

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Charles Hailey

Senior Account Manager (Back Office and Support)

​Charles is a Senior Account Manager working exclusively with people employed in support functions within the Construction sector, or as he likes to call them, "The Unsung Heroes of Construction".He works very closely with clients to understand the type of people they need to power their business, and on the flip side, with candidates to understand everything about their situation in order to deliver the best opportunities. No shoe-horning people in to unsuitable roles here. Football (playing, coaching and watching), country music, his better half and Stella (his miniature Cavapoo) ...

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