About Apt
Apt Talent Solutions was founded in 2023 after ten years inside recruitment, internally and agency-side, watching what the right hire does for a contract, and what the wrong one costs.
Founder's note
Recruitment in Facilities Management had become a volume game. Engineers were being sold roles that didn't exist as described, and hiring managers were sifting CVs at 9pm because nobody had read the brief properly.
Our ethos goes beyond traditional recruitment. We see ourselves as the link that connects ambitions with the right roles, facilitators of growth, and a trusted partner in the middle of a job that matters to both sides.
Facilities Management is a small world built on reputations. That works in our favour, because it forces us to be straight with people. If an engineer isn't right for a site, we say so. If a budget won't attract the calibre of person needed, we say that too, with the market data to back it up.
Joe Sullivan , Founder
Mission
Connect building services professionals with long-term roles through honest communication and a deep understanding of the M&E sector.
Vision
Prove that recruitment in the built environment can be straightforward, direct and effective, and become the first name mentioned when a high-stakes contract needs a reliable workforce.
Purpose
Every building services professional deserves a role that reflects their skill and fuels their progression. The sector only thrives when people are in the right seats.
How we operate
These aren't wall posters. They're the rules we work to when a contract mobilises in three weeks and the engineer market is tight.
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Trust is not given; it is earned through delivering excellent service consistently. We act as a reliable link between long-term ambitions and the right roles, personally, not from a script.
02
We reject the scattergun approach. Precision over volume: every engineer or manager presented meets the specific M&E or FM brief without exception.
03
We give honest feedback and realistic market data. We won't sugar-coat a candidate-short market, and we won't sell an engineer a dream that the site can't deliver.
04
We own the pace. Delays get anticipated, feedback gets chased, and both sides know where they stand at every stage.
05
Relaxed but professional. We strip out the corporate language and talk about the human reality of the job, the site and the contract.
On the ground
Switch rooms, plant rooms and cold aisles, the environments our conversations are actually about.
Testing, inspection and switchgear work where a mistake takes a building offline.
Managers who hold the contract together, compliance, people and planned works.
Data centre and critical environment plant where uptime is the only metric.
The people behind it
You deal with the people who take the brief, no account handlers, no handovers.
Founder
Joe built Apt around one idea: recruitment in the built environment works when the person on the phone actually understands the plant, the shift and the ticket. He leads across the full spread of the business, from Data Centres and critical environments to M&E Projects, FM and senior appointments.
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Talent Consultant
Rosie keeps the momentum, briefs scoped properly, candidates kept informed, interviews and feedback chased. She manages the client relationships across FM and Building Services contracts day to day.
Connect on LinkedInTurn values into a shortlist
The operating principles above are what produce a three-name shortlist instead of a stack of CVs. Our services page shows exactly where that knowledge runs deepest.
Keep going
Two routes, one direct link
Whether you are filling a gap on a contract or working out your next move, the first step is the same: an honest conversation about what is actually possible.
Candidate journey
See the live roles, get straight feedback on where you stand, and hear the truth about the package before you sit in front of anyone.
Client journey
Tell us the site, the shift pattern and the budget. You get a short, specialist shortlist of people who genuinely fit, not a stack of CVs to sift.
