We help build the teams driving the UK's environmental and clean energy transition, placing experienced professionals across strategy, consultancy, engineering and project delivery.
We are not a generalist firm with an environmental division. Environmental and clean energy recruitment is our sole focus, and that specialist approach makes the difference.
Founded in 2023 on a simple belief that the right people in the right roles move the sector forward, we work across ecology, EIA, flood risk, offshore wind, sustainability and related disciplines, from graduate level through to director appointments.
Our story →Most recruitment agencies operate at volume, sending CVs, ticking boxes and moving on. Gaia Search was built to work differently. We are a specialist agency, not a generalist firm with an environmental division, and that distinction matters every time we pick up the phone.
Environmental and clean energy recruitment is all we do, across every discipline and level, from graduate to director. That focus means we understand your world, your career progression and what a genuinely good move looks like. You will not need to explain the basics.
When you work with Gaia Search, you work with a close knit team that genuinely understands your brief, from the first conversation through to placement and beyond. No handovers between strangers and no chasing different people for updates. Just consistent, personal service built on listening properly to what you need.
We will never send your CV anywhere without your permission, push you towards roles that are not the right fit or flood clients with unsuitable candidates simply to appear busy. Every introduction we make is carefully considered. That is how we maintain trust on both sides and why candidates return to us.
The environmental and clean energy sector is close knit and well connected. Reputations, for both candidates and consultancies alike, travel quickly. We are invested in getting placements right, not simply getting them done. The people we place today are the hiring managers we work with tomorrow.
"Shaun was great when helping me find my new role. I had been apprehensive about working with recruiters to look for my first professional move (imagining the impersonal scattergun-like approach that I've experienced from estate agents in finding rental properties in the past) but Shaun was great at listening to my brief and my feedback and at applying those to propose roles that suited my requirements, was very supportive throughout the whole process, always made time to chat through anything (even when my schedule meant catching up at odd hours), and was friendly and professional throughout. I'd highly recommend working with Shaun to others!"
"If you are looking for a transition into another role, I can't recommend Shaun highly enough. He operates in a calm and professional manner, without any subtle attempts to persuade or apply pressure. He listens and adapts to priorities as questions arise and I am now happily placed within my new role. Thanks again Shaun!"
"We've used Gaia Search for three hires now. The quality of candidates and the speed of the process is exceptional and it is clear that they really know the sector inside and out."
Whether you're a candidate seeking your next move or a client building a world-class team, we'd love to talk.