Overview

• Hawthorn Blue was founded in 2012 by Bridget Lee and Victoria Storer as a sister company to Corepeople Recruitment Ltd, leveraging 26+ years of expertise from the Corepeople group
• Operates from Belmont Business Park, Durham, England (DH1 1TW) with a single employee, focusing exclusively on director-level recruitment in Northern England’s construction sector
• Specializes in executive placements for Building, Civil Engineering, and Housing sectors, targeting roles like Managing Director and Framework Director
• Partners with organizations requiring strategic executive hires, offering full consultancy services for business-critical role integration
• Recruits senior leaders across 7 functional disciplines including Construction Operations, Commercial, and Preconstruction

Specializations

• Director-level placements for Residential Construction Leadership roles in Northern England
• Executive recruitment for Civil Engineering sector leadership positions
• Senior Management placements in Building Sector organizations
• C-suite recruitment for Construction Finance, HR, and Business Development roles

Services & Approach

• End-to-end executive recruitment including attraction, assessment, and integration of candidates into strategic roles
• Consultancy services for organizational strategy development aligned with senior leadership hires
• Operational support for talent acquisition in construction-specific disciplines like Estimating and Technical Design