Laura Thompson

CEO

Liversedge, England, United Kingdom17 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in engineering recruitment and team management.
  • Proven track record in operational efficiency.
  • Strong partnerships with leading manufacturers and service providers.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a specialist in engineering recruitment and operations within the energy and construction sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Human Resources (hr)RecruitingTeam ManagementPartner Relationship ManagementEngineeringTechnical RecruitingSales

Other Skills

GasElectrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringService / Install EngineersExecutive SearchOperations ManagementReportingNegotiationIndustrial EngineeringManufacturingContinuous ImprovementSourcingManagementLean ManufacturingProject Management

About

Currently working across three fast-growing, future-focused businesses—Elite Energy, Emergency Cover and Go Greener Energy Services — I specialise in building and supporting engineering teams that power the UK's homes and heating systems. At Elite Energy, your trusted partner for plumbing, heating, property and renewables. We are proud to support some of the UK’s leading boiler manufacturers, insurance companies, and property service providers — ensuring they have access to qualified, reliable professionals when and where they’re needed. I support our operations and engineering recruitment, making sure our field teams are the best in the business. https://www.eliteenergypersonnel.co.uk/ At Emergency Cover, we provide UK-wide breakdown cover for boilers, plumbing, heating, and electrics. We're not your average call centre or warranty provider—we’re a people-first, engineer-driven service that puts speed, reliability and customer care front and centre. https://www.emergency-cover.com/ At Go Greener, we're leading the charge in renewable energy solutions, including heat pumps, solar, and EV chargers, helping customers reduce their carbon footprint while enhancing energy efficiency. https://www.gogreenerenergyservices.com/ What I’m Known For: Matching top engineers with top opportunities Smoothing out operational chaos so engineers can focus on what they do best Creating internal systems that scale, from recruitment pipelines to HR and field coordination Telling the company story in a human, relatable way—on socials and in toolbox talk meetings! My Strengths: Engineering recruitment (field-based & technical roles) HR & team management Operations and scheduling Field team support & onboarding Building culture in fast-paced environments Whether I’m solving a last-minute schedule clash, hiring for a key technical role, or making sure a new starter has what they need on day one—my role is all about making things work better for everyone.

Experience

Elite energy personnel

2 roles

National Service Manager

Promoted

Jul 2025Present · 8 mos

  • 🌟Elite Energy Personnel
  • 🌟Emergency Cover.com
  • 🌟Go Greener Energy

Head of HR & Recruitment

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos

  • 🌟Elite Energy Personnel
  • 🌟Emergency Cover.com
  • 🌟Go Greener Energy
Human Resources (HR)RecruitingGas

Emergencycover.com

National Service Manager

Jul 2025Present · 8 mos · Remote

  • I’m the National Service Manager at Emergency-Cover.com, where I oversee nationwide service delivery and engineer support across heating, renewables, and home emergency cover.
  • I work closely with manufacturers, installers, and service partners to make sure customers receive reliable aftercare, fast response times, and real peace of mind. My role focuses on building strong partnerships, improving service standards, and scaling support networks that genuinely work for all parties involved.
  • Always open to connecting with manufacturers, installers, and industry professionals who believe great service is just as important as great products.
Team ManagementPartner Relationship ManagementSales

The recruitment crowd (trc group)

Senior Engineering Recruitment Consultant

Mar 2024Jul 2024 · 4 mos · Leeds, England, United Kingdom

EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringService / Install EngineersRecruiting

Careermakers recruitment ltd

Branch Manager

Mar 2023Oct 2023 · 7 mos · Birstall, England, United Kingdom · On-site

  • 🌟More than just a job🌟
  • The specialists in Industrial, Construction, Driving, Engineering and Commercial Recruitment.
  • We offer a complete range of temporary, temp-to-perm and permanent recruitment options to suit the human resource needs of most private sector companies and public sector organisations.
Executive SearchSalesTechnical RecruitingEngineeringOperations ManagementReporting+2

Neutron recruitment

Business Operations Manager

Oct 2022Dec 2022 · 2 mos · Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Tradeslink asbestos & construction recruitment

General Manager

Nov 2021Oct 2022 · 11 mos · Rochdale, England, United Kingdom

  • Leading the business which is currently undergoing under some significant growth & business changes to their Rochdale based specialist recruitment consultancy.
  • Key focus is to provide effective recruitment solutions to existing clients, as well as bringing in new business across a wide range of market sectors including; Asbestos, Demolition, Construction, Engineering & Support roles.
  • My priority is understanding clients and candidates, this has always been my key of making recruitment a success.
  • Why not give me a call, or arrange to have a coffee with me?
  • Telephone: 07787 233574 / 01663 761901
  • Email: laura@tradeslinkrecruitment.co.uk
  • Website: www.tradeslinkrecruitment.co.uk

Multitask personnel ltd

Recruitment Manager - Professional

Feb 2021Nov 2021 · 9 mos · Rotherham, England, United Kingdom

  • Providing permanent, temporary and contract recruitment solutions across the Building services, Utilities and M&E industries with recruitment teams specialising in:
  • Office support
  • Technical and Trades
  • Management and specialist

Multi skilled resourcing

Managing Director

Nov 2018Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Leeds, United Kingdom

Tm resourcing

3 roles

Branch Manager, Specialist in Maintenance Engineering

May 2017Nov 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Branch Manager of our specialist office in Heckmondwike, with a team of five specialist consultants working with Engineering and Technical professionals throughout the UK.
  • We endeavour to understand your precise requirements, your business culture and apply our specialist experience and industry knowledge on your behalf.
  • Our areas of expertise include aerospace, automotive, oil & gas, medical, automation & robotics, special purpose machinery and sub-contract machining.
  • Offering a consultative approach to both our Client and Candidate's needs, providing tailor-made solutions in order to match requirements.
  • We offer both permanent and contract solutions.
  • Experts in supplying:
  • Quality Directors
  • Quality Assurance Engineers
  • Quality Assurance Managers
  • Quality Control Analysts
  • Quality Control Inspectors
  • Quality Engineers
  • Quality Inspectors
  • Quality Managers
  • Quality Technicians
  • Quality Auditors
  • CMM Programmers
  • QHSE’s
  • Lab Managers
  • Lab Technicians
  • Mechanical / Electrical Maintenance Engineers
  • Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineers
  • Service / Installation Engineers
  • Electricians
  • Mechanical Fitters
  • Maintenance Supervisors
  • Maintenance Managers
  • Maintenance Directors
  • Maintenance Technicians
  • Shift Team Leaders
  • Engineering Managers
  • Engineering Directors
  • If you have any business requirements or an Engineer looking for a new opportunity please don’t hesitate to contact me on 01924 402552 or 07746 504558 or drop an email over to lthompson@tmrec.com

Senior Consultant, Specialist in Maintenance Engineering

Jan 2017May 2017 · 4 mos

  • We are a UK based team of specialist consultants working with Engineering and Technical professionals throughout the UK.
  • We endeavour to understand your precise requirements, your business culture and apply our specialist experience and industry knowledge on your behalf.
  • Our areas of expertise include aerospace, automotive, oil & gas, medical, automation & robotics, special purpose machinery and sub-contract machining.
  • Offering a consultative approach to both our Client and Candidate's needs, providing tailor-made solutions in order to match requirements.
  • We offer both permanent and contract solutions.
  • Experts in supplying:
  • Quality Directors
  • Quality Assurance Engineers
  • Quality Assurance Managers
  • Quality Control Analysts
  • Quality Control Inspectors
  • Quality Engineers
  • Quality Inspectors
  • Quality Managers
  • Quality Technicians
  • Quality Auditors
  • CMM Programmers
  • QHSE’s
  • Lab Managers
  • Lab Technicians
  • Mechanical / Electrical Maintenance Engineers
  • Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineers
  • Service / Installation Engineers
  • Electricians
  • Mechanical Fitters
  • Maintenance Supervisors
  • Maintenance Managers
  • Maintenance Directors
  • Maintenance Technicians
  • Shift Team Leaders
  • Engineering Managers
  • Engineering Directors

Maintenance Engineering Specialist at Multi-Skilled Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, M&E Engineers

Feb 2015Jan 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • We are a UK based team of specialist consultants working with Engineering and technical professionals throughout the UK.
  • We endeavour to understand your precise requirements, your business culture and apply our specialist experience and industry knowledge on your behalf.
  • Our areas of expertise include aerospace, automotive, oil & gas, medical, automation & robotics, special purpose machinery and sub-contract machining.
  • Covering a wide range of precision engineering skills from the shop floor to white collar operational functions of each business.
  • Offering a consultative approach to both our Client and Candidate's needs, providing tailor-made solutions in order to match requirements.
  • We offer both permanent and contract solutions.
  • Experts in supplying:
  • CNC Millers
  • CNC Turners
  • CNC Programmers
  • CAD/CAM Engineers
  • Production Managers
  • Manufacturing Engineers
  • Process Engineers
  • Project Engineers
  • Applications Engineers
  • Cell Leaders
  • Workshop Foreman
  • Machine Shop Managers
  • Production Engineers
  • Quality Managers
  • Service Engineers
  • Quality Inspectors
  • Robotics Engineers
  • QA Technicians
  • Composite Laminators
  • EDM Machinists
  • Mechanical Design Engineers
  • Electrical Design Engineers
  • Business Development
  • Internal Sales
  • Field Sales Engineers
  • Technical Sales Engineers
  • Toolmakers
  • Expeditor's
  • Technical Authors
  • Maintenance Engineers
  • Engineering Managers
  • Service / Install Engineers
  • Stores Personnel
  • Welders
  • Aircraft Fitters
  • Assemblers & Production Staff

Travail employment group

Contract Sales Administrator

Aug 2014Feb 2015 · 6 mos · Huddersfield, United Kingdom

  • In operation since 1977, our reputation for excellence has come from providing Companies and Individuals with an outstanding recruitment service to suit their every need.
  • You will find us to be good listeners, helpful, and impartial. When you register with us, we will need your assistance to help you.

Dyson energy services

Surveyor Planner

Jan 2011Jun 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos · Brighouse

  • Managing staff diaries booking daily work for three Cavity Wall and Loft insulation surveyors ensuring they had 10 appointments a day. Ensuring that the surveyors work was sent out in enough time for them to receive it. Ringing customers to ensure their properties where suitable for cavity wall or loft insulation, if the customer was I would ask them a few questions to ensure that it was exactly something they was illegible for. Working closely to other companies such as Scottish Power, EDF Energy, Eon and others. I also answered the telephone to customers with queries and complaints and dealt with them quickly and efficiently.
  • Accurately recorded information on a database and booked surveys and any notes if customer had queries.
  • Managed logistics to ensure there was no more than 30 minutes’ drive between jobs.

Isg regions building limited

Assistant Estimator

Feb 2008Dec 2010 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Cleckheaton

  • Working as an Estimator’s Assistant making sure that tender enquiries where sent out to subcontractors on time with correct information needed, once they have been sent out i then rung round the subcontractors to make sure they have received their tender enquiries and check if they would be pricing.
  • I worked on Conquest most of the working day to do a majority of things such as Generating letters, updating the tracking list, inputting quotation figures, importing bills, and keeping the subcontractor database up to date.
  • When new projects came in I checked we had received all relevant information and drawings and logged them accurately into the database.
  • I covered some secretary duties, reception switchboard, meet and greet new clients and printing drawings alongside O&M manuals. I also did general office duties, checking in and outgoing post, general typing, booking meeting rooms and serving lunch for meetings.

Operon

Project Administrator

Jan 2006Feb 2008 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Huddersfield, United Kingdom

  • I joined Operon as an Office Junior but moved position to be a Project Administrator. I was responsible for the smooth running of day to day basis, which included general office duties, dealing with all incoming and outgoing post and emails. I also dealt with purchase orders, invoices, and drawings and booking flights, hotels and car hire. Our team dealt intently with the Project Managers to ensure all project administrative demands was met effectively and fluently with few complications.

Education

Mirfield Grammar School

NVQ Level 3 Business Development

Jan 1999Jan 2004

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