Meet the Team: Key Contacts

Meet our specialist team of construction recruitment consultants in the UK and around the world.

Americas

Steve Thomas

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. 

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. 

Recruits: Canada: Toronto and all Canadian Cities and Provinces
Recruits for: Project & Programme Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Cost Consultants, Claims and Dispute Consultants, Construction Planners, HSEQ Professionals, Engineering Managers and specialist rail positions
Gabriela Medar

Gabriela Medar

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, EXECUTIVE SEARCH & RECRUITMENT • CANADA

Gabriela is based in our Vancouver office in Canada and is responsible for new business development with premium construction organisations in Vancouver, across British Columbia and across Canada.  Gabriela enjoys networking and meeting a variety of new and existing Maxim customers that operate in the rail, civil engineering, infrastructure, and building construction fields. 

Gabriela works with our Canadian and international recruitment team to provide the best possible construction recruitment services to our registered employers and jobseekers.  If you work for a company in need of exceptional construction talent in Canada, please get in touch with Gabriela.

Currently Gabriela is looking to meet and network with all types of construction professionals in the Vancouver region, especially within rail infrastructure and civil engineering infrastructure projects, as well as to meet middle and senior managers and internal recruiters looking for recruitment support to find premium candidates for their hard to fill vacancies.

Recruits: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Toronto, Ottawa, Ontario & other parts of Canada
Recruits for: All construction industry employer types including: General Contractors, Subcontractors, Engineering and Project Management Specialists, Cost Consultants, Rail Specialists and Construction Claims and Dispute Specialists.
Daria Tkach

Daria Tkach

Senior 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.

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

Recruits: Canada, Toronto, Ottawa, Ontario, Vancouver, British Columbia & other parts of Canada
Recruits for: Quantity Surveyors, Senior Quantity Surveyors, Cost Managers, Senior Cost Managers, Cost Estimators, Estimators, Loan Monitoring Surveyors & Fund Monitoring Surveyors, Project Managers, Engineers & Planners