Recruitment process consulting for Industrial Lighting Manufacturers: project lots and thin design cover
Large project lots arrive with fixed dates, and a few design and test engineers carry the product knowledge. Recruitment has to cover both the surge of assembly hands and the scarce engineers.
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A lighting maker wins a tender and needs thirty more hands in three weeks. Hiring is rushed, adverts are vague, and people are taken on by who is available. Sealing and soldering care varies between them, and failures appear in the field months later. At the same time, one or two engineers hold the design and thermal knowledge, and nobody is lined up to replace them if they leave.
Good looks like two hiring tracks. For surge work, a clear advert, a short practical test on sealing or soldering, and a ready list of people who worked well before. For engineers, a slower search with a written role, a test of real design thinking, and a plan to document what the current engineer knows.
How to set it up
1. Separate surge hiring from core hiring
List roles you hire in lots, such as assembly and packing, and roles you hire carefully, such as design, thermal and test engineers. Use different routes and timelines for each.
2. Write clear adverts and a practical test
State the task, shift, duration and what the person must show. For assembly, use a short test of soldering or sealing on a spare unit. Check each candidate's finish, not only speed.
3. Keep a ready list of good hands
Note people who worked well on past lots and can be called back. Record name, skill and last date. Contact them early when a tender is won, not after the order arrives.
4. Search slowly for engineers
Write the role, the product knowledge needed and how he will work with your current engineer. Use a design task in the interview. A recruitment process review can tighten the steps.
5. Plan a handover of design knowledge
Ask the current design engineer to document key designs and test results as the new hire joins. Record the time this takes, so it is planned rather than squeezed in.
Check these first
Before changing anything, find out what is true today. These take an afternoon and use your own records.
- List last year's project lots and count how many hands you added for each, and how quickly.
- Check how many surge hires were called back from a list rather than found fresh.
- Read the last advert for an engineer and see whether it says what he will actually do.
- Ask who would take over design decisions if your lead engineer left tomorrow.
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Questions owners ask
Give a short task on a spare unit, such as soldering a connection or sealing a joint, and check finish. A fifteen minute test shows care better than an interview.
Look at electronics and electrical colleges, nearby makers of power electronics, and engineers with LED driver experience. Be clear about what the role will teach, since product learning is a draw.
Not usually. Plan a small core of permanent hands and a ready list of people for lots. For temporary hands, plan induction and supervision, so quality does not dip when volume rises.