Services
Five ways we help family-owned companies hire.
Sales and Commercial Leadership, Executive Search, Engineering, Operations, and Staffing. Direct-hire search for the roles that matter most, and contract staffing when you need skilled people for a stretch of work.
Sales and Commercial Leadership
In these industries, a good salesperson is part engineer, part advisor and part relationship keeper. They know the applications, the competitors, the channel and the customers, and they often know the people at the companies around you. That makes them among the most valuable hires you can make, and among the most expensive to get wrong.
We treat sales and commercial roles as seriously as any executive search: a clear view of the territory and channel model, how deals are actually won today, and what the first year should produce.
Read: hiring a sales leader for an industrial equipment companyTypical roles
- VPs of sales and chief commercial officers
- Regional and national sales managers
- Key account and strategic account managers
- Business development leaders
- Channel, dealer and distributor managers
- Applications and sales engineers
- Aftermarket, service and parts sales leaders
Executive Search
Senior leadership hires in a family company carry extra weight. The person has to lead the business and earn the trust of the family that owns it, often with a longer horizon than a public company would plan for.
We run these searches with discretion and depth: a careful definition of success, a full map of the realistic market, and a narrow field of finalists you can genuinely choose between. Confidential searches are welcome.
Typical roles
- Presidents and general managers
- VPs of sales, engineering and operations
- Division and business unit leaders
- Directors of product, service and aftermarket
- Successors for long-tenured leaders
Engineering
The engineers who make your products work are the people competitors most want to hire away. We recruit across mechanical, electrical, controls and software disciplines, and we pay attention to the difference between someone who has built a product, integrated it, or supported it in the field.
Typical roles
- Controls and automation engineers
- Mechanical and electrical design engineers
- Embedded and industrial software engineers
- Applications and systems engineers
- Engineering managers and directors
- Product managers
Operations
Operations leaders keep your promises to customers: building the equipment, installing it, and supporting it for years. We recruit for the plant floor, the project side and the service organization.
Typical roles
- Plant and manufacturing managers
- Operations directors and VPs
- Project managers and directors
- Field service and installation leaders
- Supply chain and purchasing leaders
- Quality leaders
Staffing
Sometimes you need skilled people for a project, a busy season or a longer stretch of work, without adding permanent headcount. We place professional and technical contractors who work as Crossley Staffing W-2 employees, and we prefer longer assignments where the contractor can become genuinely useful to your team.
Contract staffing also works well alongside direct hire, for coverage while a search runs or for project roles that may become permanent.
Typical roles
- Engineers and designers
- Controls and commissioning technicians
- Project managers and coordinators
- Field service and technical support
- Professional and administrative specialists
About fees
We do not publish fees. Every engagement is different, so we discuss terms in a private conversation and put them in a written agreement before any work begins. Our aim is to be worth working with for many years, not to be the cheapest option or to send the most résumés.
Have a hire that matters? Start with a conversation.
Tell us about the role and the business behind it. We will tell you honestly how we would approach it, and whether we are the right firm for it.