Disciplines and Sectors
We place talent across the full range of engineering, construction and project delivery disciplines in the Middle East, at every level from senior leadership through to specialist technical positions. If you are looking for something specific that is not listed, get in touch and we will tell you honestly whether it falls within our scope.
Disciplines
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Mechanical, process, piping, civil, structural, electrical, instrument and control, chemical, subsea and pipeline engineers across all project phases, from concept and FEED through to commissioning and operations. Roles range from discipline leads and principal engineers through to hard-to-find technical specialists.
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Project directors, project managers, project engineers, resident engineers and PMC leadership across all stages of the project lifecycle, from project award through to handover. We have placed project leadership into some of the largest and most complex projects in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC.
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The earliest sign that a project is in trouble is usually found in project controls. We place project controls managers, planning and scheduling engineers, cost engineers and estimators, and document controllers across the GCC.
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Some of the most remote and demanding construction environments in the world are in the GCC, and we hire construction managers, site managers, construction supervisors, superintendents, QA and QC engineers, commissioning managers and commissioning engineers across all project phases.
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Operating across high-risk process and construction environments in the GCC demands HSE professionals who have worked in conditions like these before. We place HSE managers, HSE officers and HSE advisors across engineering, construction and operations environments in the GCC.
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Without the right team in place, contractual and legal risk on a major project increases fast. We source commercial managers, procurement managers, contracts managers and quantity surveyors across capital projects and operational environments.
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Talent acquisition leaders, HR business partners, managers and directors, sales and business development professionals, digital professionals, and finance professionals within engineering and project delivery businesses. Both founders spent their careers in TA and people leadership inside the industry before starting Launchpad Search.
Sectors
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Oil and gas, LNG, refining and petrochemicals across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE and Oman. Energy remains the dominant driver of engineering and project delivery activity across the GCC.
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Conventional, renewable and alternative energy across the GCC. The push towards diversified energy generation across the region, including solar, wind and green hydrogen, is creating sustained demand for engineering and project delivery talent across power generation and utilities infrastructure.
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Chemicals, mining, minerals and metals. Technically demanding environments that require specialists with genuine process and project delivery experience. The regional talent pool for experienced candidates in this sector is smaller than most clients expect.
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Major infrastructure, roads, rail and water across the GCC. Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 programme has created one of the largest sustained infrastructure build programmes anywhere in the world, and demand for experienced project and construction leadership has outpaced supply for several years running.
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Design, build and operational phases across the GCC. Data centre delivery is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the region, driven by increasing demand for digital infrastructure across Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf. We work with contractors, MEP firms and operators across all phases of the project lifecycle.
If you have a brief across any of the disciplines or sectors above, or want to understand whether a specific role falls within our scope, get in touch.
One of us will come back to you directly.