Case Study
Outsourced Design & Staffing Support
THE CHALLENGE
- Westwood Energy needed an experienced Design Engineer.
- Recruitment via other agencies was unsuccessful.
- RECenergy engaged in October 2025 and secured the right candidate within four weeks.
- The successful candidate had a three-month notice period, creating an immediate capacity gap.
- Westwood had a time-critical 5.9MW Solar PV project (~13,104 panels) for a multinational kitchen manufacturer based in the Northeast, requiring a full engineering design package under tight customer deadlines.
THE RECENERGY SOLUTION
To bridge the capacity gap, RECenergy deployed its outsourced design team.
Working to Westwood’s technical requirements and project standards, we used PV*SOL, AutoCAD and SolarEdge Designer to deliver:
- PV*SOL modelling & system design
- Detailed Solar PV engineering design
- PV array & system layouts
- Engineering drawings
- AutoCAD drawing package
- Technical documentation
- Design revisions where required
- Defined deliverables & timescales
- Regular meetings & progress updates
The project was managed against an agreed programme, with meetings held as scheduled and actions tracked through to completion.
THE RESULT
- Full engineering design package delivered within the required customer-driven programme and to the required standard.
- Designs presented for client review and signed off at the first meeting.
- Positive feedback on accuracy, presentation and overall project management.
- Provided an immediate solution to a resource gap, ensuring the project stayed on track.
- Permanent recruitment process continued without compromising the immediate project requirement.
FROM DESIGN SUPPORT TO ONGOING STAFFING
Following successful design delivery, our relationship with Westwood developed further.
CONTRACT SITE MANAGER
To manage delivery of the project on site.
TWO JUNIOR PROJECT ENGINEERS
Recruited to support the business and develop future PM capability.
LONG-TERM TEAM GROWTH
Building capability for the future.
“I wish all suppliers worked to this standard and these timescales.”
Mark Tudor
Group Technical Director, Westwood Energy Ltd
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
- Peaks in project workload
- Short-term design capacity constraints
- Recruitment lead times & notice periods
- Staff changes or temporary resource gaps
- New projects requiring immediate mobilisation
- Opportunities that would otherwise be difficult to resource internally
Resource can be scaled up or down as project requirements change.
DELIVERING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Ray Metcalfe
Director – RECenergy Ltd
Let’s build a cleaner future together.