Engineering and technical recruitment across the North East

YP Recruitment is a specialist engineering and technical recruitment agency covering the North East of England. We place engineers, manufacturing professionals, construction managers, property services specialists, technical sales professionals, and executive leaders across Tyne and Wear, Teesside, County Durham, and Northumberland.

The North East engineering and technical market

The North East has one of the UK's most distinctive engineering economies. Nissan's Sunderland plant is one of the largest car manufacturing facilities in Europe and anchors a substantial automotive supply chain across Wearside and County Durham. The Teesside industrial corridor, running from Middlesbrough through Redcar to Hartlepool, supports one of the UK's most significant chemicals and process engineering clusters.

Offshore wind is transforming the region's employment landscape. The Dogger Bank wind farm, the world's largest, is being serviced from Teesside, and the Teesworks freeport development is attracting new investment in clean energy manufacturing. Hitachi's train manufacturing facility at Newton Aycliffe, near Darlington, has established a rail engineering cluster that did not exist a decade ago.

Newcastle serves as the regional professional hub, with engineering consultancies, construction firms, and infrastructure specialists clustered in the city centre and along the Tyne corridor. The city's universities produce a strong graduate pipeline in mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering.

What we recruit across the North East

Engineering

We place mechanical, electrical, process, chemical, and project engineers across the region. Mid-level engineers earn £36,000 to £49,000 and senior engineers command £48,000 to £62,000. Graduate roles start at £27,000 to £33,000. Demand is strongest in process engineering, offshore wind, and automotive. View our engineering recruitment page.

Manufacturing

Automotive manufacturing at Nissan and its supply chain generates the largest manufacturing recruitment demand. Production and manufacturing managers earn £48,000 to £62,000. CNC machinists, press operators, and maintenance engineers are in consistent demand across Wearside and County Durham.

Construction

Infrastructure projects, residential development, and the Teesworks redevelopment drive construction hiring. We recruit site managers (£43,000 to £57,000), project managers (£52,000 to £67,000), and quantity surveyors. The region's regeneration pipeline sustains multi-year demand.

Property services

Facilities managers and building services engineers are in demand across the North East's public sector and commercial estates. Newcastle's growing office market and the region's university estate both generate consistent property services hiring.

Technical sales

Technical sales engineers selling into chemical, process, and manufacturing businesses earn £38,000 to £52,000 base plus commission. Teesside's industrial concentration offers strong territory potential for process and chemical sales specialists.

Executive and leadership

We handle senior and board-level appointments for engineering and manufacturing businesses across the region. Engineering directors, operations directors, and managing directors command £71,000 to £114,000 or more depending on business size and sector.

Major employers in the region

The North East's engineering and technical employer base includes Nissan, Hitachi, Caterpillar, Komatsu, Baker Hughes, alongside SABIC, Ineos, and a wide offshore energy and chemicals supply chain operating from Teesside. Several of these organisations recruit with YP Recruitment for specialist engineering roles.

Cities we cover

We recruit across every major city and town in the North East. Our strongest presence covers Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Durham, Darlington, and Hartlepool.

Work with us

If you are hiring engineering or technical professionals in the North East, talk to our team about how we fill roles faster through sector-specific candidate networks. If you are looking for your next role, browse our current vacancies or check your market value with our salary checker.