Marc Brunel Recruitment - Automotive Recruitment

MARC BRUNEL RECRUITMENT

About Our Firm

ABOUT US

Experience in every corner of the classic car industry

Here at Marc Brunel Recruitment, we’ve gained extensive knowledge and expertise from working within the automotive and motoring industry for over a decade. From hands-on work with classic cars, to vehicle sales and management, our team’s experience allows us to help our clients successfully fill their vacancies and grow their organisations. Areas of the industry in which we have expertise include:

Vehicle Restoration
Historic Motorsport
Private Collections
Bespoke Vehicle Constructors
Vehicle Continuation Projects
EV Conversion Specialists

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ABOUT US

Hiring first-class talent

From apprentices eager to break into the industry, to established and highly experienced individuals, we can source the perfect candidates for you and your business. Some of the roles covered by us at Marc Brunel Recruitment include:

our mission

our history

our goals

Our Mission

Our specialist recruitment agency’s mission comes down to four key objectives:

Providing a personalised and quality service, tailored to each specific client and candidate’s needs

Investing in new and upcoming talents through automotive and classic car apprenticeship programs

Survey employee satisfaction to support better work environments

Efficiently screen for the best candidates for our clients

Our History

With over a decade’s worth of experience of working in the automotive and classic car industry, we have gained extensive knowledge and valuable expertise to help our clients and candidates find exactly what they are looking for.

Detailed knowledge and experience in the vehicle restoration sector

Expertise in historic motorsport and private collections

History of working with bespoke vehicle constructors, classic car continuation projects and ground-breaking EV conversion specialists

Our Goals

We are firm believers that today’s apprentices and students are tomorrow’s classic car experts, and we’re passionate about supporting and investing in every talented individual to help them make an impact in the industry. At the same time, we’re dedicated to pairing these individuals with the automotive industry’s best selection of clients, ranging from restoration specialists to historic motorsport teams to high-end, bespoke vehicle constructors.

Keep the passion and expertise behind classic cars alive

Support and invest in future talent

Maintain working relationships with first-class automotive clients to satisfy their requirements

MARC BRUNEL RECRUITMENT

Our Founder and Principal Consultant

Akash Cheeda

Akash Cheeda started his career working for one of the largest Porsche parts suppliers in the UK, becoming a restoration parts specialist. Having built a strong network of restoration companies nationwide, Akash then moved on to work with an independent Porsche specialist learning the hands-on side of the industry.

Akash established Marc Brunel Recruitment in 2016, with a clear goal to service the automotive and classic car industry, and to give both upcoming and proven candidates the opportunity to work in their dream jobs. As for Marc Brunel Recruitment’s clients, Akash and his industry-leading team aim to offer an efficient recruitment process and provide the best candidates possible. With significant experience in the automotive and classic car industry, Akash understands each and every one of his clients’ requirements and looks to build long-term working relationships.

INDUSTRY SECTORS

Key Sectors We Specialise In

Vehicle Restoration

We're proud to specialise in the classic car restoration sector, covering technical and coachwork roles for an array of clients.

Historic Motorsport

Working with leading clients in the motorsport industry, we cover roles in race preparation, transport, engineering and more.

EV Conversions

We recruit candidates for first-class specialists involved in converting classic cars into zero-emission electric vehicles (EVs).

Car Collections

We are honoured to source and provide candidates to work in managing and maintaining car collections around the world.

USA Branch

From 2022, we will operate recruitment for clients and candidates in California, USA, alongside our UK-based team.

HEAR FROM OUR CLIENTS

Client and Candidate Testimonials

Charleen Strong

Chief Operations Director, GTO Engineering

Marc Brunel Recruitment has taken what used to be a difficult task for us and provided a carefree solution, so much so that they are our first port of call for our recruitment needs. Akash consistently provides fantastic and knowledgeable candidates across a wide range of specialist roles we have here at GTO Engineering. I would highly recommend them to anyone in the specialist and collector car industry.

Andrew Boyles

Operations Director, Tuthill Porsche

Akash is extremely helpful and professional at assisting our company in finding new employees. He has a brilliant understanding of our company needs and will strive to find the most suitable candidates.

Nicky

Placed with Lunaz Group

I was lacking job satisfaction in my current role and decided it was time to make a change. A friend recommended Akash and I got in touch with him. He was very quick to respond and very easy to speak to. He took on board everything I was looking for and came back to me with some great options the same day. He arranged the same week and by the end of the working day I even had a job offer. Akash was very communicative and my experience with him and Marc Brunel Recruitment was all around fantastic. I would recommend them to anyone looking for work or employees in the automotive industry.

Michael Hibberd

Director, Michael Hibberd Motor Engineers

We used to find it almost impossible to find anyone that could match the specialist skill set we require but Akash has taken that stress away. Marc Brunel is always the agency we go to now to find us the right candidate.

David Lane

Workshop Seventy7

Very happy to be working with Marc Brunel – their professional and friendly approach, being able to understand our business needs and their hard work in trying to help us means I have no hesitation recommending their service.

Keith Davis

Technical Manager, Porsche Specialist Services

We used Marc Brunel Recruitment to source vehicle restoration staff, as we required skilled professionals who have manufacturing experience to ensure they have the attention to detail required to carry our restoration projects on our classic cars. On top of that, we needed someone with knowledge of race car suspension for our track car preparation. We thought this would be a tough task but these guys managed to find somebody to tick all the boxes. They understood our requirements and delivered!

James Brackenbury

Placed with Lunaz Group

Akash has proven to be one of those rare recruitment aficionados who actually takes the time to get to know his candidates to help place them into new roles perfectly.

Mark Hews

Chief Executive Officer, CKL Developments

Great company to work with. Akash was very knowledgeable about the industry, which is helpful when recruiting for specialist roles. Will definitely be using them again and would highly recommend them.

James Sohl

Director, Renaissance Classic Sports Cars

I was recommended Marc Brunel Recruitment and I have been working with them now for just over a year. They have successfully sourced a number of candidates and we have employed two technical members of staff. I can wholeheartedly recommend them. They are careful to only recommend good people who they have vetted and interviewed themselves, and their communication is first class, thus my time can be spent on developing the business. I am happy to recommend them and will continue to use them for my vacant posts.

John Lomas

Managing Director, Blue Diamond Riley Services

Akash and the team at Marc Brunel Recruitment have filled four vacancies at Blue Diamond Riley Services – I wouldn’t look anywhere else for staff. The process is effortless and very well managed.