Engineering Recruitment

Trusted recruitment for UK engineering and manufacturing businesses. The same personal, expert service our textile clients rely on.

Jessica Dean-Percy

"Whilst we are best known for textile recruitment, we have many loyal engineering clients we love to partner with for key hires. The personal approach and manufacturing expertise we bring is exactly the same."

Jessica Dean-Percy, Founder | Bowmay

Engineering Sectors We Work With

We partner with engineering and manufacturing companies across a range of sectors.
General engineering
General Manufacturing
Automotive
Aerospace
Plastics
Packaging
chemicals

Roles We Place

These are examples - it isn't an exhaustive list.
If you don't see what you need, give us a shout.

Senior

COO, Operations Directors, Manufacturing Directors, Site Directors, General Managers, Production Managers, Engineering Managers, Plant Managers, Sustainability Managers, SHEQ Managers.

Professional

Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, Planners, Import/Export, Documents Controllers, Technical Authors.

Technical

Maintenance Engineers, Project Engineers, Quality, Design Engineers, Process Engineers, Control Systems Engineers, Service Engineers.

Results that speak for themselves

Here’s our record in numbers

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Years in specialist textile & engineering recruitment

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Candidates recruited from our insider network

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of retained roles successfully placed

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Repeat business

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Our longest-serving partnership spans 23+ years

What Our Clients Say

We build long‑term relationships with every textile and engineering leader we work with, supporting them and their teams with the talent they need to grow. Our aim is to be recognised as the UK’s most customer‑focused recruitment partner.

Jess provides us with a fantastic level of service. She does not rest until you get the right candidate and her work-ethic and insight are tremendous. I'd recommend Jess to anyone looking to recruit, even in niche or specialist areas. Top class.

I have had the pleasure of working with Jessica since 2011 in the capacity of both a client and a recruiter. The thing that makes her stand out above the others, is that she is very committed to bring the right candidate that has the capability to match the job specification and is a cultural fit to your team and business. Whether you are a company recruiting or a client that is looking to be placed. I have worked with many recruitment companies and Jessica’s service levels are well above any of the competition.

We're a long-term client of Bowmay, and they know our business very well. We are a traditional manufacturer, and it's great to see Bowmay walk the production floor to get a real understanding of the culture here. They lighten my load a hell of a lot and really help me out. We’ve built a brilliant team of people and Bowmay are huge contributors to our culture and success. They are our go-to recruiter who always go the extra mile.

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