Industry Expertise
We understand OT environments, not just recruitment.
IEC 62443, NIS2, Purdue zoning, legacy PLC estates, safety systems. We know what your brief means and screen against it.
Specialist Recruitment for Operational Technology and Industrial Cyber Security
Connecting world-class talent with the organisations protecting critical infrastructure.
Our mission: connecting the people who protect and power critical infrastructure.
- OT Cyber Security
- ICS & SCADA
- Industrial Networks
- Critical Infrastructure
- Manufacturing
- Energy & Utilities
- Renewables
- Digital Transformation
Why OTR
We are not a generic recruiter. We work only in industrial environments, so we can tell a control systems engineer from an IT network engineer before the first call.
Quality over Quantity
Targeted searches focused on the right people.
A shortlist of people worth interviewing, each with a written rationale, instead of an inbox full of CVs.
Access to Hidden Talent
Connect with passive candidates unavailable through job boards.
Most senior OT specialists are not looking. We reach them through relationships built inside the sector.
Consultative Partnership
Honest advice on the market before you hire.
Salary benchmarks, realistic timelines and a straight answer when a role spec will not find anyone as written.
Roles we fill, from the plant floor to the boardroom
Industrial networks are organised in levels. So is our search coverage. We recruit at every layer of the Purdue model.
Level 4 to 5
Enterprise and leadership
Business systems, strategy, commercial
Heads of OT Security, OT Directors, CISOs, Solutions Architects, Technical Sales and Pre-Sales
Level 3.5
Industrial DMZ
The boundary between IT and OT
OT Security Architects, Security Consultants, Network Architects, OT SOC Analysts
Level 3
Site operations
Historians, MES, operations management
OT Systems Engineers, MES Specialists, Industrial Network Engineers, Digital Transformation Leads
Level 2
Supervisory control
SCADA, HMI, engineering workstations
SCADA Engineers, ICS Engineers, Automation Engineers, Commissioning Engineers
Level 0 to 1
Process and control
PLCs, RTUs, sensors, safety systems
Control Systems Engineers, PLC Programmers, Instrumentation and Functional Safety Engineers
Who we work with
For employers
End users, consultancies, cyber security providers, OEMs, system integrators and technology vendors.
- Permanent, contract and retained search
- Technically screened shortlists
- Team builds for new OT security functions
For candidates
OT cyber specialists, ICS and SCADA engineers, architects, consultants, technical sales and OT leaders.
- Roles that are rarely advertised
- Recruiters who understand what you do
- Confidential conversations