Welcome to GTR
Global Talent Resources, Inc. (GTR) is an executive search firm that is focused in the electric utility industry specializing in finding exceptionally engineering and leadership talent.
GTR has over 12 years of providing hiring solutions to both clients and job seekers. GTR is a national leader in power delivery engineering recruitment. We bring speed and quality to electric utilities and consulting firms facing talent demands in a candidate driven market.
No matter what your power delivery engineering talent requirements are today–and whatever challenges you might face tomorrow–GTR stands ready to help in this critical industry.
Our approach creates mutually beneficial partnerships that provide solutions to both parties. Staffing solutions can be in the form of Retained, Engaged, Contingency and/or Contract-to-Hire.
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Today’s Power Industry
- ‘Smart’ grids are addressing the operational inefficiencies of the aging infrastructure in existing electricity distribution grids and to place greater emphasis on demand response.
- Over 2.3 million Americans are employed in the power transmission, distribution and storage sector, with battery storage jobs generating 9,500 new jobs in 2018 at a growth rate of 18%. The majority of job growth being stimulated by grid or other utility-funded modernization projects according to the National Association of State Energy Officials.
- The Traditional Energy and Energy Efficiency sectors employed 6.8 million people at the end of 2019, adding over 120,300 new jobs in total, outperforming the rest of the economy in job creation.
- Transmission, Distribution, and Storage added 33,000 jobs overall, and employs 1.4 million Americans (this does not include retail sales in gasoline stations).
- End users of electricity have more options than ever as renewable and distributed energy resources (DER), including microgrids, solar, wind, and battery storage, become more accessible and competitively priced for homeowners and businesses alike.
With every electric utility in the United States faced with questions around increasing reliability, resilience, cyber-security, integration of renewables onto the grid, a pandemic and an aging workforce…. what utility or engineering firm really has the time to become experts in finding the right talent to solve these issues of today and tomorrow? to and now COVID-19Today’s energy market is fast-paced. Your success depends on engineering services to help solve your unique issues.
That’s where GTR can help!
Our Area of Expertise
Full-Service Solutions
LEADERSHIP
Choosing a Leader, Not a boss. Whether hiring a Manager or the CEO, we can help identify exceptional candidates who have an advantage that others lack: the ability to be a great leader rather than another run-of-the-mill boss. Our team will identify, analyze, evaluate and land these unique leaders. Whatever your leadership needs, our proven approach lets clients attract the leaders who can help the company reach its full potential.
SUBSTATION
We specialize in helping electric utilites and consulting firms identify and hire the best substation engineers. We are versed in finding talent in this area with a variety of variables, such as: AIS/GIS, 2.4kV-500kV, rural or urban, etc. With so much riding on the equipment and reliability inside the fence, we aim to over-deliver on talent.
TRANSMISSION (OH/UG)
We specialize in helping electric utilities and consulting firms identify and hire the best transmission line engineers. Whether you need experience in: wood, steel or concrete pole or lattice tower; 69kV or 500KV; overhead or underground – we can help find the right engineer for you.
DISTRIBUTION
We specialize in helping electric utilities and consulting firms identify and hire the best distribution engineers. Whether you need experience in: design, planning, storm hardening and resiliency or applying the latest technologies or integrating distributed energy resources (DER) – we can help find the right engineer for you.
ADVANCED SERVICES
We specialize in helping electric utilites and consulting firms identify and hire the best advanced services engineers. These typically include: Transmission Plannning Engineer, Distribution Planning Engineer, SCADA/EMS Engineer, Relay Protection Engineer, System Studies Engineer, Power System Studies Engineer, NERC 693, and NERC CIP.
HAPPY CUSTOMERS
Testimonials
Gokul Narayanan
ASEC: Engineers
"GTR should in fact stand for Great Talent Reach. Mike Ellis and his team have helped us fill various positions from engineers to designers to managers and are one of our primary partners for recruiting help. Mike and his team are also very amicable, professional and result-oriented. It’s been a great experience working with GTR and looking forward to continuing to work with them in 2023 and beyond"
Collier M. Hall, PE
Director, Distribution Engineering DRG Technical Solutions
"GTR has been a great partner in recruiting high quality talent for our engineering firm. Mike and his staff work to understand our needs and bring candidates that meet our qualifications. I would not hesitate to work with them again in the future."
John Kumm
Business Unit Director, POWER Engineers
"By strongly focusing on our needs and objectives in our open positions, Mike has helped us place several key new employees. He has really invested in understanding what constitutes a good employee fit, not just in technical skills, but in matching the candidates’ professional capabilities and objectives with the vision that we have for the role."
Lee Underwood
Director, Practices North American Transmission Forum
"Mike Ellis and GTR helped us with a difficult-to-fill position that we had open for quite a while. Mike and his team took the time to understand the position, listened to feedback, adjusted their approach when needed, and in the end, brought us several candidates who were well-qualified technically and a good cultural fit. I’d be happy to work with Mike and GTR again."
Connect With a GTR Recruiter
We are dedicated to identifying, attracting and placing impact players with foward-thinking companies. Discover how with GTS, talent acquisition is different – from our relationship-driven approach coupled with the best-in-class recruiting practices while delivering an exceptional level of service.
Connect with our recruitment team to start your search.
