ESR Technology, a leading engineering, safety and risk management consultancy, has appointed Steve Dutson as its first in-house recruitment manager.

The move is aimed at lessening the company’s reliance on external recruitment agencies and head hunters.

Steve Dutson’s focus will be on recruiting the industry’s best engineering, asset integrity and risk management consultants direct to the company as well as attracting the most promising young engineering and science graduates.

“Our staff turnover is low, so our issue is attracting, selecting and recruiting new talent,' said ESR Technology’s chief, Pat Lawless.

'Traditional recruiting methods were proving ineffective and we were not confident we were gaining access to the best people in the market and recruitment costs were spiraling ever upwards.'

Before joining ESR Technology, Dutson was an executive search consultant for recruitment consultancy, Fircroft Engineering Services.-TradeArabia News Service