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Talent advisory for international engineering, aerospace, defence and industrial companies building in Poland.
Supporting companies from the UK, US, Korea, Canada and across Europe as they build in Poland's fast-growing industrial market.
Marek PodulkaFounder & Talent Advisor
20+ years in UK engineering and industrial recruitmentDual UK-Polish national | Native Polish | Fully bilingual
The challenge
Industrial investment from Europe, North America, Korea and beyond is accelerating across Poland, creating new defence programmes, aerospace capacity and factories. Capital can arrive on schedule. Hiring often does not.
Around key clusters such as Rzeszów, Tricity, Upper Silesia and Wrocław, several employers can be ramping up simultaneously and competing for the same engineers, technical specialists and production talent. Polish industrial recruitment can move at a different pace and use different employment contracts and hiring channels from those many headquarters expect.
When the gap is discovered too late, it can set workforce programmes back by months.
The bridge also runs both ways. I support Polish manufacturers hiring for their UK operations.
Services
Defined outcomes, transparent fees and senior support shaped around the stage of your Polish operation.
Best place to start
A fixed-fee, two-week assessment of whether your hiring plan will survive contact with the local market before recruitment begins.
Designed to stand alone. Part of the fee can be credited against an engagement that follows.
Embedded support
Your embedded talent lead, working one or two days per week for a minimum of three months, without the immediate commitment of a permanent senior hire.
Sites & production lines
The architecture and oversight behind high-volume hiring for new sites, transferred production and accelerated workforce growth, drawing on direct experience leading on-site workforce operations involving up to 300 people across multiple contracts.
United Kingdom ↔ Poland
Marek PodulkaFounder & Talent Advisor
PL / UKWhy me
I work where international programme expectations meet the realities of Poland's employment market. I have built my career in British engineering and industrial recruitment while maintaining strong and continuing ties with Poland. As a native Polish speaker and dual citizen, I understand the local culture, employment landscape and ways of working. This allows me to navigate a competitive and often complex market with confidence and cultural fluency.
Dual UK-Polish citizenship, native Polish and more than 20 years in British engineering and industrial recruitment provide an unusually practical combination of international experience and local understanding.
Recruitment delivery supporting assignments involving BAE Systems, Babcock, GKN Aerospace and Bristol Airport, alongside precision-engineering businesses serving regulated sectors.
Scarce-specialist search and high-volume operations are different disciplines. New sites need both. I have led both, including workforce operations involving up to 300 people.
No unsolicited CVs and no percentage placement fees. The focus is defined outcomes, candid advice and hiring capability your organisation keeps.
How it works
No hard sell. We establish whether there is a real problem to solve, then choose the smallest useful engagement.
A focused 20-minute call about what you are building, where you are in the process and which workforce assumptions need testing.
The usual starting point is a fixed-fee, two-week Diagnostic producing practical findings and a prioritised 90-day plan.
If further support is useful, I remain involved as a fractional talent partner or help design and govern the workforce ramp-up.
If I am not the right person for the requirement, I will say so. Where possible, I will point you towards someone better placed to help.
Start a conversation
An early conversation can identify workforce risks before they become programme delays.