Contact

John McDonagh
www.linkedin.com/in/john- Recruitment Manager at NEOM
mcdonagh-b002a35a (LinkedIn) Sharma, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Top Skills Summary

Head Hunter
Hiring for NEOM projects across the following sectors - Energy, Grid,
Recruiting
Water, Hydrogen, Customer & Digital, Food, Operations, Design
Contract Recruitment
& Construction, Urban Planning, Corporate Strategy, NEOM USA,
NEOM London, Sports

Experience
NEOM
Recruitment Manager
January 2022 - Present (2 years 7 months)
Saudi Arabia

Recruiting for the "world's most ambitious project" as part of Saudi Arabia's
Vision 2030.
Managing recruitment for the following sectors:
Energy
Water
Hydrogen
Customer & Digital
Corporate Development
Food
NEOM Operations
Urban Planning
Engineering & Technical Services
Design & Construction

ENOWA
Recruitment Manager
January 2022 - Present (2 years 7 months)
Saudi Arabia

ENOWA is helping to realize the world’s most ambitious project, NEOM.

By utilizing the best minds, technology & innovation, we’re developing

a customer centric world-class, smart and connected energy, water and
hydrogen system that provides customer-centric services while exporting clean
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industrial resources & sustainable solutions to the world. Powering a circular
economy.

We are supplying water and electricity to the NEOM community while providing
sustainable fuels like green hydrogen to international users, all of which are
generated locally through processes powered by renewable energy.

maptalent
Principal Recruitment Consultant
January 2020 - December 2021 (2 years)
United Arab Emirates

maptalent was established out of a desire to provide a wide range of

recruitment services for mid-senior level management professionals and c-
suite corporate executives across a multidisciplinary portfolio of corporate
clients globally.

Airswift
Business Development Manager
January 2018 - July 2019 (1 year 7 months)
United Arab Emirates

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy,

process, finance, Technology and infrastructure industries.
Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce
solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful
projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients.

Spencer-Ogden
Team Leader - Drilling
October 2014 - December 2017 (3 years 3 months)
At Spencer Ogden we offer our clients the best possible recruitment
experience. Our consultants are recognised to be some of the industries
experts when it comes to recruitment in the energy sector, and have
successfully placed candidates worldwide. With offices in the UK, Europe, the
U.S, the Middle East and Africa, we are able to cover our particular niche with
great precision.

We are focused on the Middle East market and recruiting for both Drilling
Contractors & Operators.

NJF Global Holdings Ltd

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Team Lead - Drilling
October 2009 - September 2014 (5 years)
London, United Kingdom

NJF Blacksheep’s upstream division is globally recognised as a leading

provider of permanent & contract professionals to the Oil & Gas market. We
cover the full spectrum of Exploration & Production, and work with many of the
World’s leading Majors, Service, EPC and hybrid Oil & Gas organisations, to
deliver a fully integrated search service.

Our client & candidate coverage extends to the UK & Europe, Middle East &
North Africa, North, South & Latin America and Asia, and we cover a multitude
of disciplines within the following market verticals;

- Rig Personnel
- Subsurface
- Well Engineering & Drilling
- Subsea & Maritime
- Health & Safety

Recognising the skills shortage within the offshore drilling sector, NJF
Blacksheep have put together a team of professionals dedicated to the
provision of Rig personnel. We currently manage a portfolio of clients both
in the UK & International, and have been responsible for crewing up rigs for
many of the World’s leading drilling contractors, on an exclusive basis.

Our product knowledge, quality of service and speed of delivery, have meant
that we are seen by our clients & candidates as their recruiter of choice.

We cover:

- Assistant Drillers
- Drillers
- Tourpusher’s
- Tool / Sr Toolpushers
- Rig Electrician / Mechanics
- Maintenance Supervisors
- Subsea / Sr Subsea Engineers
- OIM’s
- Operations Superintendents
- Drilling Superintendents

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- Assistant Rig Managers
- Rig Managers

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