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Recruitment & executive search
Advanced Manufacturing & Industrialisation
From first article to rate production.
Work8 recruits manufacturing, NPI, quality and operations leaders for hardware companies moving from first article to rate production, for civilian and defence programs.
Capabilities we recruit for
New product introduction, design for manufacture and assembly, production engineering, factory build-out and automation, quality systems (AS9100, ISO 9001), supply chain and sovereign sourcing, for civilian and defence programs scaling in Australia and overseas.
Roles we fill
- Manufacturing and production engineers
- NPI leads
- Quality and certification engineers
- Supply chain and procurement leads
- Industrial automation engineers
- Operations, plant and factory leaders
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Common questions
- Who recruits advanced manufacturing and industrialisation talent in Australia?
- Work8 is a Sydney-based boutique executive search firm that specialises in advanced manufacturing and industrialisation hiring, among other deep tech fields. We recruit in Australia and to or from more than 24 countries, and have filled more than 1,100 executive and engineering roles.
- What advanced manufacturing and industrialisation roles does Work8 fill?
- Typical roles include manufacturing and production engineers; NPI leads; quality and certification engineers; supply chain and procurement leads; industrial automation engineers; operations, plant and factory leaders. We also fill executive and technical leadership roles: CTOs, VPs of Engineering, Chief Engineers and Heads of Product.
- How does Work8 find candidates who are not on the market?
- We agree what the hire must deliver in their first 12 months, map the best teams in the field in Australia and overseas, and approach each person directly with a clear case for the role. Over 90% of the people we approach respond. Candidates are then assessed by people who know the domain, with structured, independently scored interviews and a work sample.
- How is Work8 paid?
- Fees are tied to outcomes: we are paid for the right hire, not the fastest CV. Retained and embedded models are available for larger programs and team builds.
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