• Client

    Hydrogen Scale-Up (Confidential)

  • Industry

    Hydrogen

  • Location

    West Coast USA

  • Our Solution

    Fixed Cost Per Hire, Invoiced Monthly

Overview

To support a plant scale-up on the West Coast, USA, the business needed to make 52 critical hires, quickly. We delivered results within tight timelines, including 40 urgent placements across engineering, leadership, and technical roles. Our approach enabled the business to secure $73M in funding and accelerate commercial hydrogen production.

  • Total Placements

    52

  • Urgent/Business Critical Hires

    40

  • Management Placements

    11

  • Total Project Length (months)

    12

Project Overview

Plant scale-up project (West Coast, USA). Initial project lasted 12 months. Ongoing partnership with new project launched June 2025.

Business Need

  • 20x Business Critical hires (needed within 2 months)
  • 22x Urgent hires (needed within 4 months)
  • 10x hires needed within 12 months

Our Approach

  • Dedicated Account Director, Conrad Penn, supported by search team of 4
  • Search strategy (global talent mapping, passive candidate targeting)
  • Industry-specific expertise leveraged
  • Shortlist in 10-15 days
  • Full process management

Key Placements

  • 31x Engineers/Engineering Managers (Quality, Equipment, Manufacturing, Controls, Mechanical,
  • Electrical, Welding, Factory Design, Industrial & Project)
  • Project Managers
  • HR Site Leaders
  • EPC Leaders
  • Staff Automation/Conveyance
  • Document Controller/Technical Writers

Impact

  • $73-million Series B funding, $39.6M DOE grant
  • Agreement to provide over 320MW of its eDynamic alkaline electrolysers to Petron (largest oil refining company in Phillipines)
  • 2 Megawatt Dynamic Alkaline Electrolyzer Plant
  • The Business’s highly automated commercial plant has now been making hydrogen for over 4 years with over 18,000 hours of operations in commercial cells.