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The people behind the work.

From the production floor to engineering and operational leadership, the right people keep businesses moving. Great Bay connects manufacturing and engineering employers with professionals who can make a difference.

Manufacturing & Engineering is one of Great Bay's two practice areas, alongside Healthcare. Permanent and Contract recruiting, with New England roots and national reach.

Every operation is different. So is every search.

A job title tells us part of the story. The equipment, processes, team, responsibilities, and expectations tell us much more.

Great Bay works with employers to understand the position beyond the job description. For candidates, we look beyond qualifications to understand what makes an opportunity worth considering.

Our focus includes permanent and contract recruiting across Manufacturing & Engineering, with access to additional recruiting specialists through NPAworldwide when a search calls for wider reach.

The functions that keep businesses running.

Manufacturing operations

Recruiting across production environments, manufacturing operations, and the people responsible for keeping work moving.

Engineering & technical

Connecting employers and professionals across engineering disciplines, technical functions, and process-focused work.

Operations & leadership

Supporting searches for the people who coordinate teams, oversee operations, and help businesses perform.

Let's understand the job before we search.

Finding the right manufacturing or engineering professional starts with understanding the operation. What does the position really require? What experience matters most? What would make the right person interested in making a move?

Great Bay works directly with employers on the search, and can collaborate with members of NPAworldwide's Engineering / Operations / Manufacturing practice group when additional specialty reach is needed.

You have one Great Bay point of contact throughout the process.

Permanent and Contract recruiting · 500+ firms in the NPAworldwide network · 100-day prorated placement guarantee

Discuss an opening

Good career moves deserve a conversation.

Whether you work in manufacturing operations, engineering, technical services, or leadership, the right next opportunity is about more than a job title.

We want to understand your experience, where you'd like to work, what matters to you, and what would make a change worthwhile.

You don't have to be actively searching to start a conversation with Great Bay.

500+

independent firms

Independent roots. A much wider network.

Great Bay works within NPAworldwide, a global referral-only network of more than 500 independent recruiting firms.

Through its Engineering / Operations / Manufacturing practice group, we can collaborate directly with recruiters specializing in these disciplines. Searches can be shared with relevant network specialists within the first 24 hours, while Great Bay remains your point of contact.

Also recruiting in Healthcare.

Healthcare

Great Bay's second practice area covers clinical care, therapy services, and healthcare operations, connecting healthcare employers and professionals throughout New England and beyond.

Explore Healthcare

Have a manufacturing or engineering opening?

Tell us what you're looking for, or start with a free one-page look at the market before committing to a search.