Harry Pluck
Harry Pluck is the Founder of Industrial Recruitment Group and has specialized in industrial recruitment since 2021, supporting technical, engineering, commercial, operations, and executive hiring across the United States.
His experience spans OEM manufacturers, authorized distributors, industrial service companies, engineering firms, rental providers, and industrial end users operating within compressed air, motors & drives, specialty & process gases, valves & actuation systems, pumps, heavy-duty compression, fluid power, power generation, automation & controls, and industrial refrigeration.
Where It Started
Before entering recruitment, Harry worked within manufacturing environments for an international automotive company, gaining first-hand exposure to industrial production, engineering operations, maintenance teams, automation systems, and complex industrial equipment.
Working alongside engineers, maintenance professionals, and production teams provided a practical understanding of how industrial facilities operate and the importance of keeping critical equipment running safely, efficiently, and reliably.
That experience continues to shape his approach to recruitment today, focusing on understanding the equipment, applications, and operating environments behind every role.
Building a Career in Industrial Recruitment
Harry entered industrial recruitment in 2021, supporting both permanent and contract hiring across technical industrial markets.
By focusing exclusively on industrial recruitment and developing specialist knowledge across complex equipment markets, he quickly became one of the company's highest-performing consultants.
Rather than relying solely on job titles, Harry invested time learning the equipment, technologies, applications, and engineering environments his clients operated within, allowing him to better understand the technical experience required for each position.
Building an Industrial Recruitment Division
In 2022, Harry joined an international recruitment company that had spent more than 18 years recruiting exclusively within the software industry. At the time, the business had no industrial recruitment division, no industrial client base, and no history of supporting technical industrial hiring.
Harry was given the opportunity to establish the company's first industrial recruitment division, building an entirely new business unit from the ground up.
Over the following years, he developed relationships with manufacturers, distributors, engineering companies, industrial service organizations, rental providers, and end users across the United States, creating a specialist industrial recruitment division supporting permanent hiring.
Recruitment Philosophy
Harry believes successful industrial recruitment begins with understanding the industries being served.
Technical industrial hiring is rarely about finding someone with the right job title. It is about understanding the equipment they have worked on, the industries they have supported, the customers they have served, and the technical challenges they have solved.
By combining technical market knowledge with specialist recruitment expertise, Harry helps clients evaluate candidates based on real industry experience, technical capability, and long-term fit rather than keywords on a resume.
Today
Today, Harry continues to work directly with OEM manufacturers, authorized distributors, engineering firms, industrial service companies, rental providers, and industrial end users throughout the United States.
He remains actively involved in every search, supporting companies operating across compressed air, motors & drives, specialty & process gases, valves & actuation systems, pumps, heavy-duty compression, fluid power, power generation, automation & controls, and industrial refrigeration.
His approach has remained consistent since entering industrial recruitment in 2021: understand the industry first, build long-term relationships, and help industrial companies make better hiring decisions.