Specialist water
recruitment
Book a callEmbedded, specialist hiring for water treatment and water technology businesses, at the point where growth depends on getting the right people in the right seats.
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- 245+
- Specialist hires placed
- 8+
- Years inside water
Hydrec really dug in to understand who Membrion was as a company, what we were trying to build, where we were trying to go. And the quality of the candidates we got on the back end were just much better.
CEO & Founder
Membrion
Shorter shortlist
Deeper context
The right hire
Hydrec is a specialist partner for water businesses at an inflection point, not another volume agency filling a vacancy. Fewer searches, run deeper, with someone who understands the technology.
Embedded partnership
I work inside your process, not alongside twelve other agencies. One search at a time, run properly.
Depth over speed
I will not rush a shortlist to hit a deadline. Getting the right person matters more than getting there fast.
Deep sector knowledge
Treatment, membranes, filtration and industrial water. I know the technology and the people building it.
Trusted advisor
Not just filling a role. I give you the right advice for where your team needs to go next.
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Specialisms
Activated carbon
Commercial leadership, supply chain and technical specialists across carbon production and reactivation.
From first hire
to full team
Water businesses hire hardest at the inflection points. I work through those moments with you, one search at a time, properly.
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What partnership
actually looks like
A multi-year embedded partnership with Membrion, delivering sixteen hires in total. Nine as the team scaled from early commercial rollout through to specialist technical roles, and another seven since. Built on trust, not transactions.
“Alex took the time to understand our business properly before he sent us a single CV. The shortlist was short, and it was right.”
Hiring lead
Endress+Hauser
“He knows the technology, so the conversations start at the right level. That saved us weeks on a hard technical search.”
Operations director
Water technology business
“The people he placed are still with us and still growing. He stayed close to them long after the offer was signed.”
Founder
Membrane technology scale-up
About Alex
The person you
actually work with
I have spent my career in water. Long enough to know the difference between a process engineer who has commissioned plants and one who has only read about them.
Hydrec exists because I got tired of watching good water businesses handed the same recycled shortlist by agencies who could not explain what the technology did. So I work differently. One client at a time, inside their process, with a genuine point of view on who is right and who is not.
The part I care about most happens after the offer. I stay close to the people I place, mentor them through the first year, and tell hiring managers what I am seeing in the skills market whether or not there is a role on the table.
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- Years inside water
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- Specialist hires placed
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- Markets covered: UK, Europe and the US
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- Searches at a time
FAQs
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before we start
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