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Kinectrics

BPS helps to fuel European expansion for a leader in life cycle management for the electricity industry.

Kinectrics

This is our story

Key Achievements

Kinectrics is a leading UK & Canadian testing, inspection, certification and engineering consulting company with an expertise built on almost 100 years of experience. The award-winning team of over 1,300 engineers, scientists and technical experts is recognised worldwide.
BPS has been on the journey as Kinectrics has expanded its European presence and capability.

Senior Hires for key operational and technical positions, including:
- European Managing Director
- European Business Development Director
- Senior Accountant - Europe
- Technical Director - Nuclear Waste Management

Market mapping of the UK and European testing and inspection landscape, identifying trends, competitors and available talent.

Delivery of concierge service, including highly-qualified shortlists, assisted interviews and bespoke candidate attraction collateral.

The Partner

Kinectrics is the category leader in providing life cycle management services for the electricity industry. Trusted by clients worldwide, their expertise in engineering, testing, inspection, and certification is backed by independent laboratory and testing facilities, a diverse fleet of field inspection equipment and an award-winning team of over 1,300 engineers and technical experts.

Kinectrics’ end-to-end life cycle management services entail transmission & distributions, nuclear, waste management, chemical & radioactive material testing and diverse environmental technological solutions. 

BPS first came into contact with Kinectrics in 2019 as the business eyed European expansion.

Having developed key relationships with the CEO and CFO, we’ve been able to fully immerse ourselves within the company culture and understand the requirements of working within a demanding but highly-rewarding environment.

The Challenge

Throughout our engagement, Kinectrics has needed to find the best and brightest in its field across a range of positions. Approximately 30% of employees hold Doctorate degrees and close to 60% have a technical, science or engineering background—with many at the Master’s degree level.

However, Kinectrics is a business with a unique identity. And identifying candidates with the right cultural fit and personal qualities was just as important as finding personnel with high-calibre technical skills.

While successful candidates had to be degree qualified, ideally with an engineering or utility works background, they also had to demonstrate an entrepreneurial mindset.

There was also a strong emphasis on relationship management, with the effective nurturing of customers and cross-country internal relationships an essential competency.

This was especially true of the European Managing Director position.

The remit and accountabilities were challenging. Kinectrics Inc had acquired a UK business and a new MD was required to integrate and transform this new acquisition. The candidate needed the gravitas to deal with a legacy management team coupled with a strong technical background

We sourced a candidate with extensive Merger & Acquisition experience from a major utility. They rapidly turned around the organisation and have achieved year-on-year growth.