About Us

Who we are

Human Capital Solutions is a specialist in Building Services recruitment, passionate about helping both candidates and clients achieve their aspirations. With over 45 years of combined experience, we’re known for our honesty, transparency, and ability to connect talented individuals with outstanding opportunities in consultancies, design-and-build contractors, and developers.

For our clients, we’re more than just recruiters – we’re partners. We take the time to understand your business, culture, and goals, delivering tailored recruitment solutions that help you build strong, capable teams. Whether you’re a start up or an established global organisation, we’re here to support your success.

If you’re looking for your next role or simply want honest advice, we’d love to hear from you. Let’s build something great together.

Our Specialist Expertise

• Electrical Design Engineers
• Mechanical (HVAC) Design Engineers
• Public Health Design Engineers
• Building Physics Engineers
• Energy & Sustainability Engineers
• Revit and BIM Technicians
• Resident Engineers
• M&E Project Engineers
• Project Managers
• Estimators
• Planners
• Quantity Surveyors
• Construction Managers

Meet Our

Team

Paul Bartlett

Director (Building Services Contracting)

Director and Co-Founder of Human Capital Solutions, Paul has been involved in Building Services Recruitment since 1988, placing Graduate Engineers to Senior Management / Directors with Consultants, Sub, Management Contractors and Clients. Geographically he works worldwide, but typical areas include UK, Ireland, Mainland Europe, Far and Middle East.

Specialties: Mechanical / HVAC, Electrical, Public Health, Project / Contract Management / Supervisor / Site Engineers, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management / Cost / Bid Management, Estimating, Planning, Purchasing / Procurement, 2D / 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) / Revit / BIM, Health & Safety, Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC)

Paul’s heart belongs in Menorca and one day he plans to move out there and work from the luxury of a poolside sunbed where he can maintain that year round tan! He’s a keen darts and golf player and a devoted family man.

Richard Federer

Director (Building Services Design)

Director and Co-Founder of Human Capital Solutions with 20 years’ experience recruiting MEP Building Services Design Engineers and Sustainability Engineers, into the built environment.

He partners with global multi-disciplinary engineering consultancies, large global property developers, specialist building services consultancies, Sustainability consultancies, design and build contractors and start-ups.

Specialties: Mechanical (Building Services / HVAC) Design Engineers, Electrical (Building Services) Design Engineers, Public Health Engineers, Sustainability Consultants, ESD Consultants, (Environmentally Sustainable Design), Building Physics Consultants, Revit MEP Technicians and BIM Managers.

Richard originally hails from Australia and even in the depths of the grim British winter, he’s still been known to fire up the barbie! In his free time, other than spending time with his wife, two children and dog Sadie, you’ll find him wakeboarding, surfing or on his bike.

Claire Burnham

Head of Operations

Claire has been working in recruitment for 19 years and 4 of those years were spent running the Architectural team at Eden Brown. For the last 10 years, Claire has taken on an Operational role across multiple recruitment businesses and in July 2019 she joined the team at Human Capital Solutions as Head of Operations. This role is about improving processes often with the introduction of automation, systems and training. Claire is an accredited Inclusive+ Recruiter and is committed to ensuring diverse and inclusive recruitment practices within Human Capital Solutions and supporting our clients on their own journeys towards making change within their organisations.

Sarah Moore

Finance Assistant

Sarah joined Human Capital Solutions in 2018 providing the team with Payroll & Accounts support. She comes from a administration and accounts background and works hard every week to ensure the Human Capital Solutions contractors get paid.

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