About Us

First People Solutions is an International Technical Recruitment Agency synonymous with the aviation, science and construction sectors worldwide. From our offices in Scotland and Ireland, we supply engineers and technical staff for permanent and temporary roles at all levels.

A Modern Recruitment Partner

Our mission statement is simple: To provide a comprehensive Recruitment and HR solution for clients whilst understanding our candidates’ aspirations.

Through our specialist industry expertise and client faced approach, we are able to achieve this. Our business is people – so that’s what we put at the heart of everything we do. From our vacancy matching system to our candidate care program, we are a truly valued partner and highly revered international technical recruitment agency.

We have created specialist business units in our organisation in order to support our vision.
These are separated as follows:

Directors | Managers | Recruitment Consultants | Resourcers | Support Staff

Together, our recruitment experience, company vision, and structure ensure that we provide a high-quality recruitment service that exceeds the expectations of clients and candidates. Every time.

We have ISO Accreditation in Quality Management 9001 and have achieved our Investors in People Gold Award.  Due to our apprenticeship and training programme, we’ve also been recognised by Investors in Young People.

The Management Team

Our Management Team combine a plethora of industry and recruitment experience, allowing them to lead by example at the top of our company structure. Really, it’s no wonder they have been showered with awards over the years.

John Scott Managing Director

Prior to his 15-year (and counting) career in technical recruitment, John jam-packed his resume with engineering experience in the automotive and aviation industries – which he garnered across the globe.

During his time with FPS, John founded our aviation brand and continues to push us to the forefront of recruitment in the technical, engineering and construction markets.

In 2009, his success culminated in the Recruitment Manager of the Year award.  He was appointed Managing Director of FPS in 2010.

If you are an individual with the drive and appetite to join one of our existing teams, or have specialist industry experience that we could develop a new department around, then get in touch with John.

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Scott Morrison Director

Scott has amassed over 20 years of recruitment experience in the construction, consultancy, energy and EPC sectors. He also has experience in the acquisition and subsequent management and merger of technical recruitment agencies.

Having previously worked as a Recruitment Consultant with an excellent reputation for both achieving targets and maintaining clients relationships, it was only natural for Scott to utilise his talent and experience in a directorial role. He has since developed successful recruitment teams and continued to make FPS the go-to recruitment agency in our specialist sectors.

He is enthusiastic about the company’s Trainee and Apprenticeship scheme, and ensures that our Trainees benefit from the correct development strategies throughout their early career with FPS.

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Chris Muir Associate Director

Chris joined First People Solutions as a Trainee Consultant, having gained just under a year of experience beforehand in the oil and gas market. He quickly shot up the ladder due to the passion for his work and his development of strong relationships with some of the industry’s leaders. He is now manager of the technical division in our specialist recruitment agency.

Chris has become the go-to-guy for oil and gas, pharmaceutical and petrochemical companies throughout Scotland and Ireland. He works very closely with his clients and candidates as he exhibits a total determination to succeed. This has afforded FPS a trustworthy and reliable reputation in his industries.

Along with the management team at FPS, Chris is always interested in hearing from individuals that have the drive and determination to succeed—particularly in the science or engineering and design.

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Kelly Biggart Associate Director, Aviation

Kelly had gained 2-years of experience in the aviation market before joining FPS as a recruitment consultant in 2007. From here, she continued to garner a comprehensive understanding of the industry. With her invaluable industry knowledge, she now heads the aviation department as Divisional Manager.

Despite being involved in recruitment accounts across the team, it was her work with a major European airline that led to major plaudits. As well as growing the account substantially, to our benefit, her work with this airline also landed her the Volume Recruitment Consultant Award at the 2010 Scottish Recruitment Awards.

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Callum Jackson Divisional Manager, Construction & Power

Callum Joined First People Solutions as a Recruitment Consultant after having just over 3 years experience in the Construction industry. He quickly developed his skills and the desk specialising in the Civil Engineering Trades & Power sectors with his passion for the industry’s. Callum has developed strong relations with industry leaders and is now the Divisional Manager for Construction & Power.

Along with managing the Construction & Power desks, Callum is keen to engage with consultants who are looking to better themselves, work in a record breaking team and succeed within their industry, particularly within the Construction, Power & Rail sector.

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Michael Campbell Manager, Pharma and Engineering

Michael joined First People Solutions as a Consultant with 2 years’ experience in engineering recruitment, following a ten-year career as an Engineer. His technical engineering background served him well from the beginning within FPS and has given him a unique perspective and appreciation for the clients, candidates, and vacancies within his specialist industries.

Michael’s interest, passion and determination to succeed within the busy Life science, Data Centre and Semiconductor Engineering Industries have allowed him to develop and progress quickly over his short time within the business, developing our pharmaceutical desk into a growing division supporting a close-knit client and candidate network which now spans the UK, Ireland and Mainland Europe and delivers specialist recruitment and market consultancy across a wide array of disciplines within Engineering, Construction and Project Management.

If you have ambition, determination, and passion for a career within the Life Science, Data centre or Semiconductor Engineering Industry, Michael would like to hear from you!

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John Hailstone Chairman

John has spent 30 years in the recruitment industry in a number of consulting and directorship roles. He is the majority shareholder of our recruitment group and the main driver behind the development of our specialist group model.

John supports and advises the FPS board on all strategic and business planning matters—areas where his considerable experience is invaluable. He oversees the delivery of services, from myBPOS to FPS, as well as other group companies for legal, finance, banking, HR and IT infrastructure.

 

As well as being overtly experienced, John also has a keen eye for detail and is incredibly passionate about great service and collaborative working both in and outside the group.

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Apprenticeships

At FPS, we don’t solely value experience- we also consider apprentices to be a huge part of our success.

Our Engineering Recruitment Agency is proud to support the Modern Apprenticeships scheme by way of recruiting two trainee resources each year. These apprenticeships offer young, talented people the chance to gain experience from a variety of job roles, while being guided through their progression by a more experienced member of staff. This is an effective way of acquiring staff, but also demonstrates our commitment to offering young people a chance.

In doing this, apprentices will work towards their VQ in Business and Administration L3. Modules include project management, document production, customer service, communications and IT. Our past apprentices have demonstrated the enthusiasm, drive, and flexibility that is required in the working world. We are delighted to have offered them a chance.

Find out more about our Apprenticeship scheme here.

The Compello Staffing Group

Our company makes up part of the Compello Staffing Group, a leading recruitment organisation that covers key growth sectors of the global employment market including Aviation, Infrastructure, Engineering, Energy, Banking, Finance, Business Consulting, E-commerce, Information Technology, Professional Services and Healthcare.

Being part of a larger organisation offers our employees the support and security associated with a bigger employer. As well as training and development programs, our parent company also offers wider market coverage and a global candidate database.

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