Spencer Ogden is an energy recruitment specialist firm with expertise in oil and gas, nuclear, renewables, and other energy sectors. They represent energy professionals at all levels and recruit both nationally and internationally for clients. As the energy sector undergoes rapid changes, Spencer Ogden approaches skills shortages by thinking across sectors and facilitating clients' and candidates' changing needs.

2. The Energy Recruiter
Spencer Ogden is a new, innovative, and As the energy sector is currently undergoing
fast growing business of energy recruitment a rapid period of change, it is experiencing a
specialists with extensive knowledge and shortage in the skills needed to accommodate
experience in each sector of the energy market. a wide variety of ambitious projects. The quickly
We represent energy professionals at all levels changing energy landscape means that there
and recruit for clients both nationally and is a transition period in which governments and
internationally in the sectors of: industry must address the adaption of new skills
and technology needed. At Spencer Ogden, our
• Oil & Gas experienced and forward-thinking consultants
• Nuclear approach this issue by thinking ‘outside the box’
• Renewables and working together across sectors in order to
facilitate the changing needs of our clients and
Energy recruiting is Spencer Ogden’s sole candidates.
focus. By joining the dots of all major energy
sectors and providing dedicated service, skills Spencer Ogden works in partnership with our
and expertise as one recruitment company UK and International client base which includes
we create opportunity for both clients and energy & utility providers, manufacturers,
candidates. We strive to deliver the best quality developers, research institutes, consultancies
of service to both candidates and clients by and international government bodies within the
investing in the best - people, services and energy sector
infrastructure, systems and training.
Spencer Ogden offers a complete recruitment
solution encompassing permanent and contract
contingent services. We offer the highest
The Government wants the country to level of service for clients across the following
generate 30% of its energy from renewable sectors:
sources by 2020. Currently we get 4%
of our energy from those sources. It also • Oil
wants to see the proportion of energy we • Gas
get from nuclear rising from 15% to 25%. • Nuclear
All that is going to require a huge amount of • Solar
investment. We expect to see £200 billion • Geothermal
of investment poured into the renewable • Biomass
energy sector alone in the next decade. • Waste Energy
• Carbon Capture
• Wave/Tidal
• Wind

3. Oil Gas
Spencer Ogden has At Spencer Ogden we
a dynamic team of have industry experts
specialist oil recruitment dealing in the gas
consultants, with a sector.
combined experience of
over 20 years, providing The natural gas industry
recruitment solutions continues to be an
across the upstream and increasingly vital part
downstream sectors, globally. Our extended of the energy mix, as a cheaper, and cleaner
database is developed through strong, long- source of energy than other fossil fuels. It
held relationships throughout the industry and currently provides approximately 20 to 25%
through the extended network of Spencer of global energy needs and consumption is
Ogden offices, in the key market centres of growing at a rate of 1.6 percent per year to
Aberdeen and London. Our multi-national meet demand. New technologies are opening
presence provides access to a global talent the door to even more sources of supply and
pool through which we are able to move skilled these advancements will ensure that the
labour between projects and countries, as well industry sees continued growth and plentiful
as provide a number of value added services career opportunities.
to make these moves easier for both client and
candidate.
The global downturn has had a knocking effect
on the energy industry as a whole in the past
year, but the recent rising oil price has helped
the oil industry move towards recovery. This
recovery has allowed investors to evaluate
the ‘black gold’ market and subsequently the
resurgence in pan European and global project
activity has spelt an upturn in the demand for
highly qualified Onshore, Offshore, Surface and
Subsea Subsurface Oil and Gas specialists.

4. Nuclear
At Spencer Ogden our providing 16 per cent of the world’s energy
global search expertise, needs. The quest to replace dependency
comprehensive on fossil fuels with affordable, dependable,
industry knowledge and low carbon electricity has only increased the
experience, help our importance of the nuclear energy sector. There
consultants to deliver are a further 30 plants under construction and
consistently exceptional 90 reactor sites firmly planned worldwide.
recruiting results. We
deliver individuals across all industry activities The nuclear power sector in the UK is entering
within the nuclear field for a number of clients into a period of transition; the 19 reactor sites
including independent power companies, currently operating within the county provide
international utility companies, consultancies, 15 per cent of energy needs and of these, all
equipment manufacturers and contractors. We but one are scheduled to reach the end of their
are continuously recruiting technical specialists life cycle by 2023. In order to fill the oncoming
from multiple engineering capacities, through to energy gap, the Department of Energy and
senior level international project management Climate Change have announced 10 potential
officers. sites across the UK with the first expected to
come online for 2017. The UK government
Since the first power station came into has placed particular importance on nuclear
operation in the 1950’s, nuclear power has for the country’s energy plan moving forward,
grown to become a vital part of the global meaning that there are plentiful opportunities
energy mix, with 436 commercial nuclear power for professionals in this sector.
reactors operating in some 30 countries, and

5. Renewable Energy Solar
Spencer Ogden specialises in recruiting Solar power, in both
for renewable energy jobs across the UK solar thermal and
and International Renewable Energy Jobs PV forms, is swiftly
Market in the following areas of expertise: catching up with wind
Planning & Development, Design & as the fastest growing
Engineering, Construction, Operations & renewable. New
Maintenance, Commercial & Procurement, investment in the sector
Business Development & Sales and EIA & has outpaced that of
Environmental. any other renewable and global grid connected
capacity has increased 70 per cent in 2008
to 3GW. Government support in the form of
Energy Sources in 2010 subsidies and feed-in electricity tariffs has seen
Germany and Spain take the lead in producing
solar energy. The European Commission has
earmarked £16 billion towards the development
of the solar sector over the next 10 years in
anticipation of it providing 15 per cent of the
EU’s electricity needs.
Geothermal
Although geothermal
power accounts for only
a small percentage of
global energy, some 50
Energy Sources in 2020
countries (14 of which
are in the EU) are set up
to harness this natural
resource. The deep
geothermal resources in South West England
alone are thought to be enough to provide 2%
of the country’s annual electricity demand.
England’s only operating geothermal plant has
existed in Southampton for the past 20 years
and the government is pushing the industry by
providing £6 million for the purpose of deep
underground heat exploration in the next couple
of years.

6. Biomass Carbon Capture
The biomass and The carbon capture
biofuels industry is and storage industry
growing quickly in the is gaining strength
UK and across Europe as governments look
as it becomes an for ways to harness
increasingly important emissions in tandem
renewable energy with renewable energy
option. Currently technologies. The UK
only 3.7% of Europe’s total energy usage is is at the forefront of the industry along with
sourced from biomass fuels, however the UK’s countries such as Canada, China, Norway and
Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation target Australia who all have carbon capture projects
of 14% of fuel to come from biofuels by 2020, in development. The first commercial scale
and the EU’s target of 10% means that there project in the UK is set to open in 2014 to
is strong incentive and job creation occurring harness the emissions from coal plants which
in the industry. In the UK some 550 MW of provide 37 percent of the UK’s total energy.
biomass plants are in the building and planning The April budget outlined that the UK would
stages and will add to the 1500 MW capacity eventually fund as many as four CCS projects.
currently in operation. The EU has also earmarked a large sum to
awarded to carbon capture projects and must
be awarded to developers by 2010.
Waste Energy
Waste Management
Wave / Tidal
or Energy-from-Waste
(EfW) is a technology Europe is the global
has been steadily leader when it comes
growing worldwide due to tidal and wave
to its multiple benefits, energy, with projects
including negative considered, planned
variable input costs, or installed in Spain,
waste removal and storage solution, and Portugal, Scotland,
energy production. Incineration plants have Ireland and Norway.
traditionally been public sector but they are now While the sector is still underdeveloped, the
attracting large scale investment as technology UK government is showing its support with £60
has advanced the plants to produce profitable million in funding earmarked to be invested in
electricity/heat. Approximately 5,000 plants are ocean energy sources. The British coastline is
in operation across Europe, with 30 currently 11,072 miles long and has some of the highest
located within Britain and the ambition of 1,000 tidal ranges in the world making it naturally
plants to be in operation in ten years. endowed to be a global leader in the industry.

7. Wind
On-shore Wind Off-Shore Wind
Wind is the fastest The development of offshore wind energy
growing source of is seen as an important factor in meeting
clean renewable proposed renewable energy targets in countries
energy in the world around the world. Currently, ten offshore wind
today with more than farms are in operation worldwide, all located
100,000 large turbines within the EU, with another ten European and
installed worldwide; two American projects in proposal. The UK
more wind power is being installed then any is a global leader in this sector with a current
other electricity generating technology. In operating capacity of 598MW and another
the UK the wind energy sector has exploded 33GW of potential offshore wind farm sites
over the past 15 years due to the country’s being made available.
natural abundance of this resource, with the
amount of energy generated by wind turbines
increasing by almost 30 fold to 120 GW of
operating capacity with another 3.5 GW in the
construction and development stages. This is
expected to create 60,000 green collar jobs in
the coming years.

8. Our Principles
Quality & Service
We strive to deliver the best quality of service to both candidates and clients by investing in
the best - people, services and infrastructure, systems and training. We are devoted to being
a pioneer by forefronting the necessary change towards integrating the energy verticals and
connecting the energy sectors. In order to facilitate across projects and countries, Spencer Ogden
also provides a full breadth of value-added services that aid client and candidate to achieve an
easy transaction.

9. Why Clients choose Spencer Ogden
Our Clients
Spencer Ogden works in partnership with our UK and International client base which includes
energy & utility providers, manufacturers, developers, research institutes, consultancies and
international government bodies within the energy sector.
Candidate Search and Selection
By focusing on specific Energy Markets, our comprehensive selection process provides the best
candidates available. We invest heavily in a variety of media including the internet, national and
local press, job boards and sponsorship. Utilising state-of-the-art sourcing techniques, coupled
with our market specialisation, we have access to high calibre job seekers, and our targeted head
hunting approach connects us with ‘passive’candidates not actively looking to move.
Why Candidates choose Spencer Odgen
We focus on the quality of the jobs we provide and ensure we have the depth of knowledge
to be able to communicate with both the candidate and the client. Our consultants will guide a
candidate professionally through the recruitment process from initial selection, submission and
shortlist through to interview, offer, negotiation and acceptance. Spencer Ogden’s consultants are
consistently trained in their specialist markets and the end to end recruitment process.

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