Defence · Aerospace & Space · Maritime

Finding the people not looking.

Specialist headhunting and commercial advisory for businesses where the wrong hire, or the wrong bid, costs far more than the fee.

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Under 5^%

hire attrition, against agency averages of 20 to 40%

90^%

of our hires are passive people, already performing and not applying

1^%

attrition for one defence client while we doubled their headcount

3 sectors

Defence, Aerospace & Space and Maritime, across Technology, Engineering and Commercial

Most hiring starts with who's available. Ours starts with who's best.

A vacancy lands. Most agencies advertise it, send a round of generic messages and wait. Weeks later you're choosing from whoever replied.

We map the whole market first. Using live Talent Insights data, we look at your team and the full talent pool in your sector, then approach the best fit people personally. The ones already performing.

You don't choose from who turned up. You choose from the whole market.

Latest Vacancies

Programme Director

Programme Director – Commercial Defence
Location: Surrey
Salary: Up to £120,000 Basic + Bonus (OTE £150,000)
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time/Hybrid

Senior Project Manager

Base Salary: £70,000 - £75,00 per annum DOE
Bonus up to: £12,000
Location: Farnborough
Permanent, Full-Time/Hybrid

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Two ways we help you grow.

Symmetric Headhunting

Permanent Technology, Engineering and Commercial hires, from specialists to leadership. Discreet, targeted searches for the roles where getting it wrong stalls growth and delays delivery

Our headhunting services

Symmetric Advisory

Help to win the work and deliver it. Getting in front of the Tier 1s and the MOD, frameworks, bids and capture, programme delivery, fractional leadership, and contractors from our own live bench when you need to scale quickly.

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What you get with Symmetric.

Whole market reach

We map every relevant person in your sector, not just the ones on job boards.

People who stay

We engage people on fit before anyone interviews, which is why so few leave.

Sector depth

We work only in Defence, Aerospace & Space and Maritime, so we know the roles, the people and the pressures you're under.

Senior attention

We take on a small number of clients at a time, and you deal directly with the people running your search.

Testimonials

"We have been working with Symmetric for over two years. In that time we have doubled our headcount through them with an overall attrition rate of just 1%. The growth we have achieved as a business would not have been possible without them. If you are an SME leader who needs to scale without compromising on quality of hire, Symmetric is the partner you need."

Managing Director | UK Defence
"We had been trying to fill a senior commercial role for the best part of four months before we engaged Symmetric. James took the time to properly understand our business, our culture and what we actually needed from the hire. Within two weeks we had a shortlist of people we would never have found through traditional routes. The person we appointed has been outstanding. Exactly the calibre and fit we were looking for. I would not hesitate to recommend Symmetric to any SME leader with a critical hire to make."

MD | UK Defence
"Symmetric came recommended and they did not disappoint. James invested serious time understanding our business before a single candidate was approached. That groundwork showed in the quality of what came back. Every person on the shortlist was credible, sector relevant and genuinely interested in what we are building. We made a hire we are proud of and the onboarding could not have gone more smoothly. For any CEO looking for a recruitment partner who treats your business as seriously as you do, Symmetric is the call to make."

CEO | UK Space

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