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Hackles & Co

Manufacturing recruitment

Understand the production need. Focus the search.

Manufacturing recruitment starts with the setting, working pattern and experience the role genuinely requires. Hackles turns that detail into a clearer brief before candidates are introduced.

Based in RedditchProduction contextFocused shortlisting
Manufacturing operative and supervisor inspecting a machined component beside a CNC production cell
Production context and practical experience belong in the same working brief.

A manufacturing brief

The process goes beyond the title.

Hackles uses the existing recruitment approach—role definition, sourcing, screening, shortlisting, coordination and follow-up—while keeping the production setting and required experience visible.

01

Production setting

Clarify what is being made, how the role contributes and the pace or process around it.

02

Skills and experience

Identify the practical experience the employer needs and what can be evidenced before introduction.

03

Working pattern

Set out shifts, hours and availability so the search reflects the real requirement.

04

Supported role context

Existing Hackles content covers production, assembly and machine-operation work where it matches the brief.

05

Practical suitability

Consider the environment, team and expectations that influence whether the appointment will work.

06

Decision momentum

Coordinate interviews, feedback and availability without losing sight of the agreed brief.

From brief to appointment

Keep every introduction connected to the requirement.

The parent Recruitment page explains the full Hackles process. This page keeps manufacturing-specific context attached to it.

Read the Recruitment Approach
  1. 01
    Build the working brief

    Define the production setting, tasks, experience and practical constraints.

  2. 02
    Focus candidate sourcing

    Search against the agreed evidence rather than the title in isolation.

  3. 03
    Qualify before introduction

    Confirm relevant experience, interest and availability.

  4. 04
    Support the decision

    Keep interviews, feedback, placement and follow-up clear.

Manufacturing coverage

A Redditch base with wider regional reach.

Hackles supports manufacturing recruitment across the agreed B, WS, WV, DY, CV and WR service territory, covering relevant parts of the West Midlands and Black Country, Coventry and Warwickshire, south Staffordshire and Worcestershire.

Coventry, Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Stourbridge and Worcester describe service coverage only—not Hackles offices.

Choose the next step

Bring the production requirement into focus.

Current opportunities

Use the Jobs page to see current opportunities.

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