Meet the Team: Key Contacts
Meet our specialist team of construction recruitment consultants in the UK and around the world.
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UK
Steve Thomas
Recruitment Director • UK
Steve is responsible for Maxim Recruitment in the UK. He is based in the Maxim head office in Leicester, Leicestershire and regularly travels to meet employers, job seekers and to attend construction industry networking events all over the UK. With over 20 years' experience in construction and property recruitment he works with a number of repeat clients and engages in search and headhunting assignments for a range of premium UK and international clients.
Read more »Over the last 20 years, Steve has built a lasting network of employers and job seekers in the construction, construction claims & disputes and in the property industry. Many of the staff he has recruited over the years are now senior-level employers in London, Birmingham, Dubai, Hong Kong and other locations in the UK and worldwide. He enjoys ongoing relationships with some of the very best employers in the construction and property industry.
Steve specialises in recruiting Commercial Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Cost Managers, Quantum, Delay, Claims & Dispute Experts and Programme & Project Management professionals across the UK and internationally on a contingency and retained search assignment basis.
We are always looking for premium jobseekers from both the UK and elsewhere in the world to offer their specialist rail, infrastructure and building construction skills to our client employers.
Steve also spends time in the Maxim Recruitment offices in Toronto, Canada and in Hong Kong, where he recruits for major construction consultants, contractors and claims and dispute consultancies. He is therefore a good point of contact for UK based construction professionals seeking their first international job role in Toronto and other locations in Canada as well as for locations in Asia such as Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.
Daria Tkach
Recruitment Consultant • UK
Daria is a Recruitment Consultant with day-to-day responsibility for researching, shortlisting, contacting, and interviewing premium construction industry candidates. She works with our UK team to help construction industry jobseekers into exciting new construction jobs with our market leading employer clients.
Read more »Currently, Daria is working on construction executive search and contingency recruitment assignments that include the recruitment of:
Quantity Surveyors, Senior Quantity Surveyors
Cost Managers, Senior Cost Managers
Cost Estimators
Estimators / Senior Estimators
Associate Directors / Associates
Clerk of Works
Site Managers
Project Managers
Building Surveyors
Engineers / Senior Engineers
Planners / Senior Planners
Daria offers excellent customer service to Maxim customers and works closely with Steve in the Maxim UK office to shortlist premium candidates for our range of market leading construction job vacancies.
Debbie Hezlewood
Office Manager • UK
Debbie Hezlewood is the Office Manager providing executive-level administrative and operational support. She is instrumental in executing efficient systems for job specifications and the general progress of applications. Debbie ensures the smooth running of daily operations to ensure our customer service standards are always met.
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Katie Keenan
Specialist Recruitment Consultant & Resourcer • UK
Katie is a specialist resourcer, supporting Maxim consultants in the UK, Canada and Hong Kong offices to shortlist and approach candidates for premium client vacancies. She has a strong understanding of recruiting across the construction industry, in particular for Construction Claims, Dispute and Expert Witness specialists, Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Managers, Programme Managers, Programme Directors and Project Managers.
Read more »Katie brings to the Maxim team her strong emotional intelligence skills that make her an ideal person to induct new candidates into the recruitment process within Maxim and build long term relationships.
Her working relationships demonstrate professional respect and trust.
Katie provides recruitment support on both UK and worldwide assignments and has experience in searching and identifying candidates across the construction industry.
Carol Moore
Marketing Manager • UK
Carol Moore is the Marketing Manager for Maxim Recruitment. Carol's role is to create and manage marketing strategies to promote the brand to attract job applicants and recruiters alike. Her responsibilities include management of Google listings, creating content, newsletters and social media platforms.
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Steve Thomas
Recruitment Director • Canada and the Americas
Steve is responsible for the Maxim Recruitment operations in Canada. Regularly working from our office on St. Clair Avenue East in Toronto, Steve has over 20 years' experience in building and civil engineering infrastructure construction. Maxim Recruitment in Canada is working with major clients within the PPP / P3 / AFP sector, clients in the aviation and airport sector and a number of international and niche local claims and dispute, engineering, consulting and contracting companies.
Read more »Over the last 20 years, Steve has built a lasting network of employers and job seekers in the construction and property industry. Many of the staff he has recruited over the years are now senior level employers themselves in London, Birmingham, Dubai, Hong Kong, Canada and in other locations in the UK and around the world. He enjoys ongoing relationships with some of the very best employers in the construction and property industry.
Steve specialises in recruiting Commercial Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Dispute Experts and Programme and Project Management specialists on a contingency and retained search assignment basis.
In 2018 we are working with major clients in Canada within the PPP / P3 / AFP sector, clients in the aviation and airport sector and a number of international and niche local engineering, consulting and contracting companies.
Daria Tkach
Recruitment Consultant • Canada
Daria is a Recruitment Consultant that covers the Canadian market as part of her international recruitment responsibilities. Her focus is on Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and other major cities in Canada.
Read more »Currently, Daria is working on construction executive search and contingency recruitment assignments that include the recruitment of:
Quantity Surveyors, Senior Quantity Surveyors
Cost Managers, Senior Cost Managers
Cost Estimators
Estimators / Senior Estimators
Loan Monitoring Surveyors & Fund Monitoring Surveyors
Project Managers
Engineers / Senior Engineers
Planners / Senior Planners
Hong Kong
Richard Poulter
Recruitment Director • Hong Kong & Dubai, UAE
Richard has successfully recruited for the construction industry for the past 13 years following 15 years as a civil engineer and construction project manager. He is based in Hong Kong and responsible for Maxim Recruitment operations in Hong Kong, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.
Read more »For 15 years, Richard carved a rewarding career within the construction and property development industry, employed by blue chip clients and contractors in UK, Asia and the Middle East. In 2004 he stepped out of the industry and turned “service provider” recruiting for some of the very same big names within the industry. Based in Dubai, Richard capitalised on the construction boom of the 2000’s in Dubai, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman, specialising in engineering, project management, planning and HSEQ/risk.
When the business focus shifted towards Asia, Richard relocated to Hong Kong in 2011 where he has enjoyed continuing to build a highly reputable business across Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore together with an exceptional network of job seekers and employers and has become a well-known face within the industry.
Richard is a very active and dedicated supporter of the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong and is currently chairman of the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Social & Fundraising Committee.
As the global construction industry expands and contracts in tune with market economies and government policies, recruitment products and services must adapt to remain attractive and competitive. Richard is currently enjoying growing a retained search business within Maxim Recruitment where he is able to dedicate resources to search assignments particularly for niche and hard to fill positions and guarantee results. It has been very successful so far!
Steve Thomas
Recruitment Director • Hong Kong
Steve has worked in construction and property recruitment for over 20 years and is responsible for the Maxim Recruitment operations in the UK. He is based in the Leicester head office in Leicestershire. Steve also spends time in the Maxim Recruitment Hong Kong office, where he completes recruitment and search assignments for major construction consultants and contractors in Asia.
Read more »Over the last 20 years, Steve has built a lasting network of employers and job seekers in the construction and property industry. Many of the staff he has recruited over the years are now senior level employers themselves in London, Birmingham, Dubai, Hong Kong and in other locations in the UK and around the world. He enjoys ongoing relationships with some of the very best employers in the construction and property industry.
Steve specialises in recruiting Programme and Project Managers, Commercial Managers, Quantity Surveyors and Dispute Experts both on a contingency and retained search assignment basis.
Steve also spends time in the Maxim Recruitment Hong Kong office, where he recruits for major construction consultants and contractors. Steve is a good point of contact for UK based construction professionals seeking their first international job role in locations in Asia such as Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.
Middle East
Richard Poulter
Recruitment Director • Dubai, UAE & Hong Kong
Richard has successfully recruited for the construction industry for the past 13 years following 15 years as a civil engineer and construction project manager. He is based in Hong Kong and responsible for Maxim Recruitment operations in Hong Kong, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.
Read more »For 15 years, Richard carved a rewarding career within the construction and property development industry, employed by blue chip clients and contractors in UK, Asia and the Middle East. In 2004 he stepped out of the industry and turned “service provider” recruiting for some of the very same big names within the industry. Based in Dubai, Richard capitalised on the construction boom of the 2000’s in Dubai, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman, specialising in engineering, project management, planning and HSEQ/risk.
When the business focus shifted towards Asia, Richard relocated to Hong Kong in 2011 where he has enjoyed continuing to build a highly reputable business across Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore together with an exceptional network of job seekers and employers and has become a well-known face within the industry.
Richard is a very active and dedicated supporter of the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong and is currently chairman of the Lighthouse Club Hong Kong Social & Fundraising Committee.
As the global construction industry expands and contracts in tune with market economies and government policies, recruitment products and services must adapt to remain attractive and competitive. Richard is currently enjoying growing a retained search business within Maxim Recruitment where he is able to dedicate resources to search assignments particularly for niche and hard to fill positions and guarantee results. It has been very successful so far!