How We Help Manufacturing and Engineering Companies Hire Smarter

Partnering with Kinetix equips manufacturing and engineering organizations to tackle hiring challenges across every role, site, and operational scale with targeted engineering staffing solutions.

Agile, Operations-Driven Recruitment

In manufacturing and engineering, delays in hiring can slow production, impact safety, and strain teams. Kinetix delivers agile recruitment strategies built to support fast-paced, high-demand environments, helping you fill critical roles quickly without sacrificing quality.

Scalable Workforce Solutions

Whether you are ramping up for a new facility, expanding production lines, or adjusting to market shifts, Kinetix provides scalable RPO and talent acquisition services that flex with your business. Our solutions support growth when demand rises and maintain efficiency when priorities change.

Access to Specialized and Emerging Skillsets

As manufacturing technology and engineering disciplines evolve, competition for skilled talent continues to increase. Kinetix leverages deep industry expertise and an extensive talent network to connect you with hard-to-find engineers, technicians, and specialists with the skills needed to support modern manufacturing environments.

Workforce Stability During Operational Change

Plant expansions, mergers, acquisitions, and shifts in production demand can disrupt your workforce if not managed carefully. Kinetix helps manufacturing and engineering organizations maintain stability during periods of change by ensuring consistent, reliable talent acquisition support that keeps operations running smoothly.

Skilled Workforce Development

We support the development of structured workforce programs that promote continuous skill building, cross-training, and readiness for evolving manufacturing technologies and engineering standards. This approach strengthens employee engagement, supports long-term performance, and helps build a resilient workforce prepared for what is next.

Improving Retention in High-Demand Roles

In competitive manufacturing and engineering labor markets, retaining skilled talent is just as critical as hiring it. Kinetix helps organizations implement retention strategies focused on career progression, skills growth, and workforce satisfaction, reducing turnover and protecting productivity over time.

Manufacturing and Engineering RPO Solutions Vs. Traditional Staffing

Traditional Staffing Agency RPO
Primary Objective
Fill individual job vacancies
Holistic talent acquisition strategy
Service Scope
Limited to sourcing & placement
Comprehensive, end-to-end recruitment solutions
Customization
Standard services with limited customization
Highly customizable to fit the client's specific needs and objectives
Pricing Model
Fee per placement, which can become costly for large-scale hiring
Cost-effective, often with subscription or project-based pricing
Duration
Short-term
Can be short-term, long-term, or ongoing
Analytics & Reporting
None
Provides detailed analytics and reporting to optimize the hiring process with regular updates
Client Relationship
Transactional - Functions more as a vendor, focusing on immediate hiring needs
Acts as a strategic partner, aligning with the client's long-term objectives
Candidate Experience
Managed by agency, separate experience
Integrated, consistent candidate experience
Employer Branding
Typically not involved in employer branding or candidate experience
Involved in enhancing the employer brand and candidate experience

Who is Kinetix?

Meet the strategic recruiting firm offering tailored Manufacturing RPO and Engineering RPO solutions.

What We Do

Kinetix is a strategic recruiting partner with one goal: To keep your company's growth protected by limiting talent acquisition hurdles and risks within your budget.

Our service models include full Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), Direct Hire, Contract Staffing, and Talent Consulting for manufacturing and engineering environments. Acting as an extension of your brand, our recruiters attract and engage the highly skilled technical talent your teams depend on.

This gives your organization the freedom to focus on production goals, innovation, and operational excellence, without the stress of hard-to-fill technical roles.

 Case Study 

Success in Manufacturing and Engineering Hiring

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The Situation

Our client operates in 30+ countries, specializing in Appliances, Electrical, and
Electronics Manufacturing. Leadership’s goal was to optimize the hiring process
and prepare for rapid expansion in the US. To keep pace with their customer demand and market growth, they required a solution that could address their hiring needs swiftly and effectively.
 

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Our Solution

We kicked off this partnership with swift and cost-efficient hiring, where speed, trust, and dual responsiveness were critical elements that contributed to these achievements. Our team of skills-based recruiters understood the intricacies of the tech manufacturing industry, enabling them to source and secure the right candidates efficiently. This made the hiring process faster for our client without investing excessive time and resources and gave the ability to flex to their changing needs.

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The Outcome

Within the first 9 months engaged, we filled 150+ technical leadership positions across a range of sectors with average salaries ranging from $120k to $250k. By outsourcing the recruiting process to experts like Kinetix, this client was able to allocate resources more efficiently and invest in areas that were critical for their growth and innovation.

The Flavors of Kinetix

Our Services

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Recruiting Partnerships

Think of Kinetix as your integrated recruiting engine for engineering and technical roles, collaborating with your hiring managers, shaping job marketing, and guiding candidates through the process until onboarding. Our recruiters specialize in identifying skilled engineers, technicians, maintenance experts, and plant leaders while representing your brand with accuracy and professionalism. Whether you need full RPO support or help with a specific technical hiring initiative, we deliver faster results at a lower cost than traditional recruiting models.

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Direct Hire | Staffing

Choose our comprehensive Manufacturing RPO and Engineering RPO programs or select targeted services tailored to your hiring needs. We offer Executive Retained Search, Contingent Search, and Contract Staffing for professional manufacturing and engineering roles. Our talent acquisition specialists understand technical skill sets and industry nuances, ensuring you secure high-caliber candidates with the same level of dedication, expertise, and brand-aligned messaging.

Roles We Hire For

The Value Add

How we do it

Agency Capabilities for Talent Marketplace Competitiveness
  • Unique recruiting approach to enhance candidate appeal. 
  • Capability to introduce new tools for effective talent acquisition.
Innovative Tools for Transformative Talent Acquisition
  • RPO services that go beyond conventional recruitment processes.
  • Introduction of competency-building tools like Talent DNA and Area Code Hiring.
Commitment to Your Employer Brand
  • Recognition of the crucial role employer brand consistency plays in the recruitment process.
  • Understanding the impact of brand representation throughout the entire hiring journey.

The Kinetix Advantage in Manufacturing and Engineering Recruitment

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Specialized Manufacturing & Engineering

Our manufacturing & engineering recruiters will become an extension of your internal recruiting team to coordinate with your hiring managers and partner with your human resources department. Our recruiters may also join your weekly calls, set meetings on initiatives, and lead professional intake meetings.

Manufacturing and Engineering Talent DNA

Top manufacturing and engineering recruiting firms come with powerful recruiting technology tools.  And as one of the best staffing agencies, we'll give you access to an assessment platform called Talent DNA. This tool will help you evaluate job seekers in various areas, such as cognitive skills, rules orientation, "faking good," and more. And you can use this information to ensure candidates are a great fit.

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Area Code Hiring Cheat Sheet

As a top staffing agency for manufacturing and engineering, we'll give you access to the Area Code Hiring tool, which provides a breakdown of each candidate. This tool simplifies everything to help you focus on what matters most when it comes to hiring quality candidates. That means you can hire faster with confidence in your decisions.

Intelligent Insights & Reporting

Transparent manufacturing and engineering RPO companies make certain you’re satisfied with the recruiting process. And as one of the top manufacturing and engineering recruiting firms in the industry, we'll give you access to transparent, insightful reports, such as data on funnel ratios, sub-to-hire, interview-to-offer, and offer-to-start. You’ll know about the candidate experience and employee turnover rates, plus receive reports on cycle time (by step) and response time. 

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Personalized Talent Consulting

Manufacturing and Engineering Talent Management

We're a manufacturing and engineering recruitment firm that can assist with your entire talent acquisition process. This includes conducting an employer value proposition (EVP) study to better understand what potential hires value in potential employers. This may also include helping you improve the employer brand and marketing strategy to attract quality candidates.

Tailored Resources for HR Teams

Manufacturing and engineering RPO companies — like Kinetix — may assist with your human resources (HR) strategy and process design. And since we're one of the top manufacturing and engineering recruiting firms in the industry, we can also help assess and analyze your employee life cycle engagement to develop and implement a strategy to improve employee retention rates. 

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How We Partner Up

Our services are comprehensive and fully customizable for the manufacturing, engineering and professional roles your operations depend on.

While we’re known for our Full Cycle RPO expertise, we understand that one approach doesn’t fit every manufacturing or engineering organization.

Whether you need end-to-end recruitment management for engineers, technicians, and plant leaders, or support for specific segments of the hiring process, we adapt to your needs.

We can scale our services for large, multi-site hiring initiatives or focus on specialized technical roles with precision.

For companies seeking a direct hire approach, we provide expert engineering recruitment solutions, ensuring you secure the right technical talent at the right time.

From Manufacturing Facilities To Design Firms, We've Got Your Engineering Needs Covered.

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MEP

  • MEP Engineer
  • Professional Engineer
  • 3D drafter
  • Modeler
  • Plumbers
  • Electricians
  • Project Manager
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Utilities/Energy

  • RF Engineer
  • Technical Project Manager
  • Engineering Director
  • Product Manager
  • EV Solutions
  • PMO Director
  • Field Service Engineer
  • Hardware Engineer
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Supply Chain

  • Procurement
  • Purchasing
  • Analysts
  • Logistic Coordinator
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Automotive

  • Quality Engineer
  • Maintenance Technician
  • Controls Engineer
  • Supply Chain
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Plastics

  • Materials Scientist
  • Chemist
  • Process Engineer
  • Packaging Engineer
  • Extrusion Operator
  • Injection Molding Technician
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Heavy Construction

  • Maintenance Technician
  • Machine Operator
  • Parts/Rental Service Tech
  • Civil Site Engineer
  • Diesel Mechanic
  • Sanitation Supervisor

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See what our clients have to say

"Kinetix was able to bring in professional recruiters all at once and ramp up very quickly... If you have a lot of jobs to fill, you need to fill them quickly, and you don't want to take the risk and invest the time of doing so internally, an RPO [partnership] is for you."

Jim Bennett Vice President of Human Resources
Landis+Gyr

"Lee Health’s partnership with Kinetix has been exceptional.  We engaged them when additional resources were needed during a period when staffing demands outweighed internal capacity (i.e., high vacancy rate, contract labor, unreasonable recruiter to open requisition ratio, hospital growth/expansion).  Kinetix supplemented our nurse recruitment team in filling positions.

Thanks to their assistance, we were able to better level load requisitions per recruiter, source additional talent and reduce bedside RN vacancies.  Their commitment to our success made a substantial impact which resulted in ​397 positions filled by Kinetix (2019 – 2023). Kinetix is a trusted, professional, and efficient recruitment partner."

Kristy Rigot, System Director Human Resources
Lee Health

"To accomplish what we have, in the midst of the challenges of the last few years, is a testament to the people who work here, which includes the people who recruit here: Kinetix"

Vice President of Human Resources
#2 Children's Hospital in the US

"We feel so strongly about our partnership – we cannot imagine not having Kinetix as a partner over the last couple of years. We would be in a different position. When talking to colleagues, they couldn't flex fast enough, they couldn't find the 200 graduate nurses because they didn't have the capacity internally, but we did. We are incredibly grateful for this partnership and that we are able to deliver on our mission in a huge way, and everyone at Kinetix deserves credit for that."

Executive Leader
#2 Children's Hospital in the US

"Recruiting healthcare talent is harder than ever. When I landed in my new HR leadership role at Compassus, I turned to the Kinetix RPO team for a smart recruiting partnership. Their recruiting expertise, understanding of our culture, and ability to recruit under our brand contributed greatly to our success. Our year-long RPO project with Kinetix was a great interim solution as I determined my long-term strategy and grew my internal recruiting team."

KIRSTY LEYLAND
SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer at Compassus

"I have to say I’m quite happy so far. Our new hire you brought us has been very complimentary, and other leaders in my area have been very impressed. I’m excited about our partnership and work together to come!"

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North GA Hospital System

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