Composite personnel, supplied properly
Contract workforce, fully mobilised project teams, permanent recruitment and consultancy for composite manufacturers across the UK and Europe. With a pool of more than 400 experienced technicians, we will certainly have the right person to fit your role.
Situations we resource
Composite production rarely moves in straight lines. Campaigns compress, moulds change over and a line that was fully crewed in March is short handed by June. We exist to absorb that variability.
- Urgent workforce shortages when output is at risk this week, not next quarter
- Planned production increases and order book growth
- New production lines and product introductions
- Shutdown periods and planned maintenance windows
- Project mobilisation with fixed start dates
- Backlog recovery when output has slipped behind programme
- Rework and defect reduction campaigns
- Planned repair campaigns, cosmetic and structural
- Short term contracts from a few weeks upwards
- Long term contract support across a season or programme
- Permanent appointments from technician to management
- Complete project teams with supervision included
- Supervisors and project managers to lead delivery
- Consultancy and process support alongside the personnel
Recruitment support built around your business
No two workforce requirements are identical. Kold Composites creates a tailored recruitment plan around your roles, timescales, location, project structure and the level of support you need. Our layered back office system combines recruitment coordination with useful data analytics, giving you one place to manage the process and understand progress.
We can support a single stage of recruitment or coordinate the complete requirement. Whether you need one experienced technician, several permanent appointments or a larger project workforce, the plan is shaped around your operation. Tailored support can include understanding the exact role, identifying the relevant composite processes, establishing dates and numbers, building the sourcing plan, reviewing the technician pool, matching candidates by practical experience, coordinating communication, supporting interviews and selection, monitoring progress, and providing relevant data and reporting. When requirements change, the approach changes with them.
Matched to the work, not the keywords
- Composite process experience: prepreg layup, wet layup, hand and spray lamination, resin infusion, RTM and closed mould, vacuum bagging, autoclave processing, bonding, trimming, gelcoat and finishing
- Materials handled: carbon, glass, aramid, cores and adhesive systems
- Sector background and the standards that come with it
- Certifications, verified at source before introduction
- Right to work status, confirmed with documentary evidence
- Availability, location and shift or rotation requirements
- Supervisory experience where leadership is part of the role
- Project requirements, from takt time to inspection intensity
From brief to boots on the floor
- Brief. Tell us what you need by form, email or a no obligation meeting: disciplines, processes, certifications, headcount, location, dates and shift pattern.
- Plan. We confirm availability from the pool of more than 400 experienced technicians, propose commercial terms and agree the shape of the recruitment plan. We aim to respond within one working day.
- Shortlist and verification. Candidates are trade assessed, certifications are verified at source, right to work is confirmed and references are taken before you see them.
- Mobilise. Start dates, travel and PPE are arranged. Your people arrive briefed and ready to work.
- Deliver and support. One point of contact stays with the placement: timesheets, rotations, replacements and reporting handled promptly, with recruitment data available to show progress.
Personnel we provide
- Carbon fibre techniciansprepreg · autoclave
- Infusion techniciansclosed mould · RTM
- GRP laminatorshand layup · spray
- Trim, bond, fit & finishassembly · bonding
- Gelcoat & surface finishinggelcoat · flowcoat · spray
- Tooling, mould & pattern makerstooling · plugs · moulds
- CNC & kit cuttingmachining · kitting
- Quality inspectorsQC · NDT support
- Supervisors & team leadersproduction leadership
- Project managerscampaign & client delivery
- Composite consultantsprocess · quality · production
- Repair & rework specialistscosmetic · structural
- Right to work verified
- Certifications verified at source · IRATA / FLT / NDT
- References taken
- Medicals where required
- Contracts & insurance in place
Not listed? Still talk to us. Every operation is different, and the list above covers our core capabilities rather than the limit of what we can support. Arrange a no obligation meeting and tell us what you need.
Arrange a no obligation meetingTell us what you need
The more detail you can give, the faster we can confirm availability. A rough outline is enough to start the conversation.