Built by Recruitment Operators.
Designed for Modern Search.
Northmark Search is a specialist US industrial and manufacturing search platform built by experienced recruitment operators. We combine human judgement, structured market mapping, AI-led research and disciplined search delivery to help clients make better senior permanent hires.
Northmark is new by design, not new to recruitment.
15+ Years in Industrial Leadership Search
U.S. Manufacturing Focus
Executive Search Specialists
Why Northmark Exists
Most recruitment fails because it targets availability.
Senior industrial and manufacturing hires require a better
process: a clear brief, a mapped market, direct passive
candidate engagement, proper assessment, honest market
feedback and controlled offer management.
Northmark was built to deliver that standard.
We do not position ourselves as a volume recruitment
supplier. We work best where the hire matters commercially
and where the client needs a search partner who can
access, assess and manage the market properly.
Why Searches Fail
Searches fail when the brief is unclear, salary is misaligned, feedback is slow, candidate motivation is not understood, or recruiters rely only on the visible market. Northmark is designed to fix those problems.
Unclear Brief"
Salary Management
Slow Feedback
Weak Market Access
Poor Candidate Assessment
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
Operator-led
Northmark is built by people with real recruitment experience. We understand how searches fail, where process breaks down and what clients need from a serious search partner.
Search-led
We map the market before we message candidates. Our work starts with source companies, role families, target profiles and market intelligence.
AI-supported
AI supports research, mapping, preparation and workflow. It helps us move faster and structure better.
Human-finished
The judgement stays human. Candidate assessment, client advice, process control, offer management and commercial decision-making are led by experienced recruiters.
MEET THE TEAM
Northmark combines recruitment experience, commercial judgement,
delivery discipline and modern search infrastructure.
Jamie Town
Founder | Commercial Strategy
Jamie founded Northmark Search to build a modern executive search business focused on industrial, manufacturing and operational leadership markets.
With more than 15 years of recruitment and leadership experience, Jamie has successfully delivered senior-level searches across manufacturing, engineering, operations, maintenance, supply chain and commercial functions. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with business owners, directors and leadership teams to secure talent capable of driving performance, growth and operational excellence.
Having built and led high-performing recruitment businesses, Jamie recognised the opportunity to combine AI-driven market intelligence with traditional search expertise to create a faster, more effective model for identifying and engaging exceptional talent.
Today, he leads Northmark's strategy, client relationships and market expansion across the United States industrial sector.
With more than 15 years of recruitment and leadership experience, Jamie has successfully delivered senior-level searches across manufacturing, engineering, operations, maintenance, supply chain and commercial functions. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with business owners, directors and leadership teams to secure talent capable of driving performance, growth and operational excellence.
Having built and led high-performing recruitment businesses, Jamie recognised the opportunity to combine AI-driven market intelligence with traditional search expertise to create a faster, more effective model for identifying and engaging exceptional talent.
Today, he leads Northmark's strategy, client relationships and market expansion across the United States industrial sector.
Dan Lazarus
Founder | Recruitment Operations
Dan brings extensive recruitment leadership and delivery experience, having successfully managed teams, built high-performing recruitment operations and delivered searches across multiple sectors and markets.
Throughout his career, Dan has developed a strong reputation for candidate engagement, search execution and building long-term relationships with both clients and talent. His ability to identify, assess and secure high-performing professionals has consistently delivered successful outcomes for businesses operating in competitive talent markets.
His achievements include being recognised as Manpower Contract Consultant of the Year, while also contributing to the business winning Branch of the Year and Most Improved Branch of the Year in the same year — a reflection of both individual performance and leadership contribution.
At Northmark, Dan leads search delivery, candidate engagement and talent acquisition strategy, ensuring every mandate is executed with precision and professionalism.'
Throughout his career, Dan has developed a strong reputation for candidate engagement, search execution and building long-term relationships with both clients and talent. His ability to identify, assess and secure high-performing professionals has consistently delivered successful outcomes for businesses operating in competitive talent markets.
His achievements include being recognised as Manpower Contract Consultant of the Year, while also contributing to the business winning Branch of the Year and Most Improved Branch of the Year in the same year — a reflection of both individual performance and leadership contribution.
At Northmark, Dan leads search delivery, candidate engagement and talent acquisition strategy, ensuring every mandate is executed with precision and professionalism.'
%20(1).png)
Mark Livsey
Founder – Systems, AI & Search
Mark brings extensive recruitment experience within engineering and technical markets, combined with a strong focus on systems, process improvement and AI-enabled search delivery.
Throughout his career, Mark has supported businesses across engineering, manufacturing and technical environments, helping them identify and secure talent in competitive markets. His experience gives him a strong understanding of technical hiring challenges, candidate availability and the importance of structured search execution.
At Northmark, Mark plays a key role in developing the systems, workflows and AI-supported processes that underpin the firm’s search model. His focus is on improving speed, accuracy and market visibility without losing the human judgement required to assess leadership capability and candidate motivation.
By combining engineering recruitment experience with a systems-led approach, Mark helps ensure Northmark operates as a modern search firm — using technology to map markets faster, screen more effectively and support better hiring outcomes for industrial clients.
Throughout his career, Mark has supported businesses across engineering, manufacturing and technical environments, helping them identify and secure talent in competitive markets. His experience gives him a strong understanding of technical hiring challenges, candidate availability and the importance of structured search execution.
At Northmark, Mark plays a key role in developing the systems, workflows and AI-supported processes that underpin the firm’s search model. His focus is on improving speed, accuracy and market visibility without losing the human judgement required to assess leadership capability and candidate motivation.
By combining engineering recruitment experience with a systems-led approach, Mark helps ensure Northmark operates as a modern search firm — using technology to map markets faster, screen more effectively and support better hiring outcomes for industrial clients.
%20(1).png)
Russ Metcalf
Managing Partner | Texas Market Lead
Russ leads Northmark's expansion across the Texas industrial and manufacturing market, helping businesses secure leadership talent capable of driving operational performance, growth and long-term success.
With extensive experience delivering leadership searches across manufacturing, engineering, operations, maintenance and plant leadership functions, Russ has successfully partnered with organisations ranging from growing industrial businesses to established market leaders. His experience includes multiple leadership assignments across the United States, giving him a strong understanding of both the talent landscape and the challenges facing modern manufacturing employers.
Russ is particularly skilled at engaging high-performing individuals who are not actively seeking new opportunities, building trusted relationships and creating the conditions required to secure difficult-to-reach talent. His approach combines market knowledge, commercial understanding and a genuine ability to connect with both clients and candidates.
At Northmark, Russ is responsible for developing client relationships across Texas, supporting search delivery and helping drive the firm's long-term growth within the U.S. industrial sector.
With extensive experience delivering leadership searches across manufacturing, engineering, operations, maintenance and plant leadership functions, Russ has successfully partnered with organisations ranging from growing industrial businesses to established market leaders. His experience includes multiple leadership assignments across the United States, giving him a strong understanding of both the talent landscape and the challenges facing modern manufacturing employers.
Russ is particularly skilled at engaging high-performing individuals who are not actively seeking new opportunities, building trusted relationships and creating the conditions required to secure difficult-to-reach talent. His approach combines market knowledge, commercial understanding and a genuine ability to connect with both clients and candidates.
At Northmark, Russ is responsible for developing client relationships across Texas, supporting search delivery and helping drive the firm's long-term growth within the U.S. industrial sector.
AI-first. Search-led. Human-finished.
Northmark uses technology to improve speed, research coverage and structure. But we do not believe search can be automated end-to-end.
The best outcomes still depend on human judgement: understanding the client’s problem, knowing what good looks like, assessing motivation, challenging weak assumptions, managing risk and helping both sides move through the process with confidence.
AI-supports the work. Experienced recruiters control the outcome.
AI-first
Research, mapping, preparation and workflow.
.png)
Search-led
Market mapping, passive candidate engagement and evidence-led assessment.
.png)
Human-finished
Judgement, advice, process control and closing.
Our Process
Our process is built around precision, speed, and influence — not volume
Step 2
We Map Before
We Message.
We identify relevant source companies, candidate pools and market angles before entering the market.
Step 4
We Control The Process.
Search progress depends on access, feedback, interview discipline and decision speed.
01
02
03
04
01
Step 1
We Qualify Before
We Commit.
We only launch searches where the brief, salary, access and process can support a credible outcome
Step 3
We Assess Before We
Submit.
Every candidate must be qualified against capability, motivation, compensation, risk and fit.
Step 5
We Leave Intelligence
Behind.
A completed search should improve the client’s understanding of the market, not just fill a role.
planning a Critical Leadership Hire?
Talk to Northmark before the role goes live. We will help you understand whether
the market, brief, salary and process can support a credible search.
the market, brief, salary and process can support a credible search.
.svg)
