Manufacturing & engineering sector hiring

Hire the skilled workers your production schedule demands

From machine operators to maintenance technicians to plant engineers, you're hiring across roles, shifts, and facilities every day. Pinpoint helps you fill floor and office positions across multiple plants without adding headcount to your TA team.

how pinpint ats helps multi-stream hiring for manufacturing talent teams
Chosen by leading talent acquisition teams in manufacturing

Hire across every site, shift, and role

Everything your team needs to manage high-volume hiring across sites without losing control.
Safety and compliance built into every hire
Right-to-work, certifications, and safety checks are required stages in the workflow, so nothing moves forward until every requirement is complete.
Fill skilled roles with qualified candidates
Structured evaluation criteria ensure welders, electricians, and machinists are assessed on the skills that actually matter, not just availability.
Run volume and specialist hiring separately
Shift worker hiring and engineering searches follow different processes, without disrupting each other or creating noise across teams.
Keep apprenticeship hiring moving
Automated communication and clear stages keep candidates engaged, so you don’t lose them to faster-moving competitors.
Build pipelines for hard-to-fill roles
Previous applicants and strong candidates stay in your pipeline, ready to re-engage when specialist roles open.
Hire across sites with full visibility
Each facility moves at pace while central HR maintains oversight across roles, locations, and decisions.
Applications that work on the factory floor
Mobile-friendly applications and QR codes make it easy for candidates to apply without needing a desk or account.
Be ready when demand increases
Seasonal workers, apprentices, and past candidates stay connected, so you can scale hiring quickly without starting from scratch.

"The more we use it, the more we're finding more efficiencies. We want to keep building out the templates and streamlining a bit more within the system."

Sophie Brown
Talent Acquisition Manager, thyssenkrupp Materials UK

Built for high-volume, multi-site manufacturing hiring

Mobile-first applications

Pinpoint's application forms work on any phone without requiring a login or a full resume. Print QR codes for break room noticeboards, job fair stands, or in-plant signage, and candidates can apply in minutes from anywhere.

how pinpint ats helps multi-stream hiring for manufacturing talent teams
Talent pipelines

Pinpoint surfaces candidates from your talent pool whenever a new role opens, flagging seasonal workers from last year, apprentices nearing the end of their program, and silver medalists who just missed out last time.

how pinpint ats helps multi-stream hiring for manufacturing talent teams
Workflow automation

Workflow automation handles the repetitive tasks that slow hiring down: automatically assigning tasks and reminders, screening candidates at the earliest stages, scheduling interviews without manual back-and-forth, and triggering emails and status updates.

how pinpint ats helps multi-stream hiring for manufacturing talent teams
Employee referrals

Pinpoint's employee referral tools make it easy for your existing workforce, from shop floor operators to site engineers, to recommend people for open roles, and easy for HR to track, manage, and reward those referrals.

how pinpint ats helps multi-stream hiring for manufacturing talent teams

Everything manufacturing and engineering teams need in one ATS

Technical competency scorecards for trades and engineering roles
Apprenticeship program pipeline management
Shift worker volume hiring campaigns
Pre-employment compliance tracking (H&S, qualifications, certifications)
Site-level access controls
Multi-stream pipelines for trades, technical, and leadership roles
Hard-to-fill skills talent pools
Background checks via Certn
Anonymous shortlisting
Interview scheduling and coordination
Offer management and approvals
Engineering UK, sector board, and Indeed integrations
Reporting by site, function, and role type
GDPR-compliant candidate records
Employer branding tools for skilled trades attraction
Mobile-optimized applications for site-based candidates
Hospitality

65%  

reduction in time to hire

Streamlined

casting day coordination

Increased

candidate communication

“With these new tools, we’ve set a good foundation to scale our hiring while maintaining our culture and delivering a really great candidate and employee experience.”
Michael Easton
Head of Employee Value Proposition, citizenM
Nonprofit

Strengthened

candidate engagement

Increased

candidate trust

Reduced

reliance on paid ads

“Pinpoint has completely changed how we work. We're more efficient, more consistent, and better equipped to give every candidate a great experience.”
Emma Bishop
Resourcing Manager, Blue Cross
Professional Services

Lower

risk of candidates stalling

Improved

visibility for TA leaders and stakeholders

3,500

employees supported in the states

“I just love that I can manage everything and every role in one place without having to jump between systems.”
Liz Mellor
Head of Talent Acquisition for North America, Davies Group
Retail

Centralized

visibility on all candidates

100+

locations supported

Strengthened

hiring manager adoption

“It’s been really lovely using Pinpoint to align things a bit more. Across the board now, all of our candidates are getting a more similar experience, and the communication they’re getting is much stronger.”
Adam Barnes
UK&I Retailer, Lush

Trusted by manufacturing and engineering hiring teams

Award winning and highly rated
Secure and compliant by design

Fill roles across your operation faster, without compromising on compliance

Book a demo, and we'll show you how Pinpoint works for your sites and your role types.
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Yes. Pinpoint is built for organizations that hire across multiple role types simultaneously — skilled trades, apprentices, technical specialists, shift workers, and leadership. You can configure separate workflows for each with different application forms, stages, and evaluation criteria, all inside the same platform.

Most teams are live within a few weeks. We configure your workflows, compliance checklists, site access controls, and job board connections before your first role goes live. Implementation is handled by our team directly.

Yes. Pinpoint supports multi-site hiring with configurable access controls. Site-level hiring managers see and manage their own vacancies. Your central HR team has visibility and reporting across every site and every role. Access is set centrally and adjusted at any time.

Yes. Pinpoint includes a fully customizable careers site where you can showcase your engineering culture, apprenticeship programs, career pathways, and team stories. It helps your organization stand out to skilled candidates in a tight market where employer reputation matters as much as the role itself.

Yes. Anonymous screening removes candidate names and identifying details during the initial sifting stage. This helps your hiring managers focus on skills, qualifications, and experience, and supports fairer, more inclusive hiring outcomes across all role types.

Pinpoint tracks every required pre-employment check against every candidate record — health and safety inductions, trade qualifications, professional certifications, and site-specific requirements. Nothing progresses until the checklist is complete, and the full record is auditable for any internal or external review.

Yes. Pinpoint integrates with Certn for DBS checks (basic, standard, and enhanced), right-to-work verification, and screening across 193+ countries. Checks are triggered from the candidate record at the appropriate stage, and results are linked back automatically.

Yes. You can configure pre-employment checklists for each role type so the requirements for a welder are different from those for an office-based engineer or a shift team leader. Pinpoint tracks each set of requirements independently, and flags outstanding items before an offer is confirmed.