Meet the Team: Key Contacts

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

UK

Steve Thomas

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.

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.

Recruits: UK: London, South East and Midlands Regions. International: Canada & Hong Kong & other Locations
Recruits for: Quantity Surveyors, Cost Consultants, Claims Consultants, Quantum and Delay Experts, Construction Planners, HSEQ Professionals, Project Managers, Engineering Managers and specialist rail positions
Daria Tkach

Daria Tkach

Senior 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.  

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.

Recruits: Quantity Surveyors, Senior Quantity Surveyors, Cost Managers, Senior Cost Managers, Cost Estimators, Senior Estimators, Associates Clerk of Works, Site Managers, Project Managers, Building Surveyors Engineers / Senior Engineers Planners / Senior Planners.
Recruits for: UK: London, South East and Midlands Regions.
Nilam Modhwadia

Nilam Modhwadia

Graduate Recruitment Consultant • UK

Nilam is a Graduate Recruitment Consultant based in the Maxim head office in Leicester, Leicestershire. She supports the team with researching, headhunting, shortlisting, and interviewing valuable construction industry candidates, to place them in premium construction jobs with our market-leading UK and international clients.

Recruits: UK: London, South East and Midlands Regions & Overseas: Canada & Hong Kong
Recruits for: Quantity Surveyors, Cost Consultants, Claims Consultants, Quantum and Delay Experts, Construction Planners, HSEQ Professionals & Project Managers
Debbie Hezlewood

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

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.

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.

Recruits: UK: London, South East and Midlands Regions. International: Canada & Hong Kong & other Locations
Recruits for: Construction Claims, Dispute and Expert Witness specialists, Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Managers, Programme Managers, Programme Directors and Project Managers.
Carol Moore

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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