Solar and BESS talent specialists

The people who build the energy transition.

Contract site teams for UK solar and battery storage builds, client-side or contractor-side, and permanent technical and commercial talent at every level.

Contract site teams Permanent hiring
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1GW+UK solar and storage delivered by our contractors
Since 2009Specialist renewable energy recruiters
UK, US, Europe, APACClients recruited for internationally
Perm + contractFrom boardroom to site
Solar PV
Battery storage
Behind the meter
Onshore wind
EV charging
Data centres
Contract recruitment

Contract site teams for solar and BESS builds.

Our contractors have helped deliver over 1GW of solar and battery storage across the UK. No permanent headcount, no payroll admin: just the right people on site, fast.

Your eyes and ears on site, from mobilisation to energisation.

Most often we work client-side, placing construction professionals with IPPs and asset owners to oversee the EPC throughout the build. We also place contractors with EPCs and principal contractors. Our contractors cover progress, quality, CDM and HSE from mobilisation and groundworks through to energisation.

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Who we place
Construction and site managers
Electrical and civils project managers
HSE managers and advisers
Commissioning engineers
Payroll, expenses, insurance and onboarding handled, with one weekly invoice. Limited company, umbrella or CIS, inside or outside IR35.
Permanent recruitment

Technical and commercial talent, at every level.

From graduate engineers to board-level hires, we find the people who develop, build, finance and operate renewable energy assets. Much of the best talent isn't looking, so we go and find it.

We also recruit into the finance and investment teams behind renewable assets, including investment managers, debt portfolio managers, financial controllers and chartered accountants for renewable SPVs.

Project development Electrical design Grid & connections Construction HSE Commissioning Asset management O&M Investment & finance Commercial & BD
Market intelligence

Market experts, not just recruiters.

We advise clients on the state of the market: where demand is building, which skills are about to become scarce, which of your people are flight risks, and where experienced talent is about to come free. Every day our AI-driven intelligence tracks planning decisions, the NESO connection queue, Companies House filings, insolvency notices and project completions, so our advice is backed by data rather than gut feel.

  • Market threats, flagged early: demand spikes, skills shortages and rising day rates
  • Flight risks, spotted: when competing projects start, we warn you before your people are poached
  • Talent availability, anticipated: completions, administrations and empty pipelines tell us who is coming free
What we're watchingExamples of the market signals we track for clients.
Talent release
Solar and BESS EPC enters administration

Administrators have been appointed. Its construction managers, site managers and electrical project managers are now looking for their next role.

Proven delivery teams, available now
Talent release
Developer with no further UK pipeline

Its last 40MW site energises in Q2. We checked the NESO connection queue and Planning Inspectorate records, and nothing else is lined up.

Site and commissioning team free from Q2
Flight risk
7 solar farms start construction in Q1 2027

Seven solar farms are due to begin construction in the same quarter. Experienced site managers will become scarce and day rates will rise.

Advice: lock in extensions with your current site managers before they're poached
Skills squeeze
BESS commissioning engineers, Midlands

Five battery storage sites are due to energise in the same quarter, so experienced HV commissioning engineers will be in short supply.

Advice: secure commissioning cover now, before the rush
Core markets

Solar and storage
at the core.

We recruit across developers, IPPs, EPCs, asset owners and investors, covering every technical and commercial discipline.

Core expertise

Solar PV

Development through to energisation and O&M: development, grid and project managers, construction and site managers, HSE, commissioning and asset management.

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Battery storage

Standalone and co-located BESS: development, grid connections, construction, commissioning, trading and optimisation roles.

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Behind the meter

Heat pumps and on-site energy for homes and businesses, from design and sales through to installation, commissioning and delivery.

We also recruit across

Onshore wind

Development, construction and asset management across onshore wind portfolios.

EV charging

Charge point operators and infrastructure businesses scaling their networks.

Data centres

Electrical, mechanical and construction roles on data centre builds, from grid connection and power infrastructure through to commissioning.

About us

Renewables specialists since 2009.

Gavin Factor, founder of Earth Wind & Hire
Gavin FactorinFounder, Earth Wind & Hire

Earth Wind & Hire was founded with one aim: to help companies across the renewable energy industry identify, attract and retain exceptional people. That hasn't changed.

Gavin has worked in recruitment since 2007 and founded Earth Wind & Hire in 2009. The result is a network built over many years, an understanding of how projects actually get delivered, and a reputation as a trusted, straightforward recruitment partner.

We're based in the UK, but our reach isn't limited to it. We have recruited for clients across the UK, the US, Europe and Asia Pacific.

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