Managing Director

Chris Norris

Chris founded Zenith Search on the back of 16 years of international recruitment experience. He has worked in UK and Australia across a range of search and recruitment roles from senior consultant, to team manager, business development and director.

Before moving to Australia, Chris worked in the highly competitive European IT and professional engineering sectors, consolidating his skills in executive recruitment.

Chris now provides professional recruitment and executive search services to Western Australian clients in the construction, mining, professional engineering and supply chain and logistics sectors.

Director

Guy Fulcher

Guy has decades of experience in the recruitment sector, both in Australia and the UK. Over his extensive career, he has recruited and managed successful, high-performing teams. He’s passionate about cultivating a positive healthy mindset and prides himself on constantly driving, learning and seeking different ways to engage, build on all relationships and grow.

Guy’s thrives on long-term client and candidate relationships. He’s committed to finding the best candidate for your business, or the best position for your next career move.

At Zenith, his focus is on recruiting for the construction and mining industry, including civil infrastructure, commercial building, mechanical and heavy industrial projects and mining operations.

Principal Consultant

Jordan Crawley

Jordan has more than 10 years’ experience recruiting construction professionals across all disciplines in Western Australia. He focuses focusing predominantly on civil and mechanical/electrical contractors.

Drawing on his deep knowledge of the sector and local market, Jordan is able to quickly understand clients’ needs and identify the talent to match specific requirements.

Before joining Zenith in 2014, Jordan worked internally with tier 1 contractors, whom he now serves as clients.

Associate Director

Bernard Hoogenboezem

Bernard uses his practical knowledge gained from working in the mining industry to recruit for technical and professional roles in mining across Australia.

With over 7 years experience in mining and recruitment, his strength lies in developing business relationships at all levels. Clients and candidates alike trust Bernard to be maintain transparency transparent throughout the recruitment process.

His passion and drive are an asset to our mining section, where he leads his team in delivering high- value solutions to all.

Manager, WA Civil

Catherine McGrory

Catherine is passionate about developing and maintaining long-standing relationships by providing quality service and a diligent and transparent process.

She enjoys sharing her industry knowledge with clients and candidates, while our civil team benefits from her personal and professional leadership.

With several years of recruitment experience, Catherine specialises in civil engineering and civil project management across the Western Australian market.

Senior Associate Director - Corporate Services & Healthcare

Tanzela Azam

Tanzela brings more than 20 years’ experience in recruitment to Zenith. She boasts outstanding customer service and is dedicated to delivering results to both clients and candidates.

Her key expertise is in human resourcing for healthcare and community services, office support and admin, sales and marketing and finance and accounting.

She has extensive experience in national recruitment, from the east to west coast, as well as in remote and regional areas. She is passionate about engaging with people to find positive solutions in complex situations while building long-term relationships.

Principal Consultant

Deborah Skolnik

Many years of recruitment and mobilisation experience within the Australian infrastructure and resources sector has given Deborah an intimate knowledge of both public and private construction projects. She relocated to the UK to set up TalentBridge for our Australian clients.

TalentBridge has been born out of Australian skills shortage and is our innovative way of resourcing the billions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure and construction projects across Australia.

Deborah targets Australian and New Zealand expatriates looking to return home, as well as UK and EU citizens thinking about working and living in Australia.

Manager – Mining

Nadia Smith

Nadia joined Zenith in 2019 and has since developed into a well-rounded technical recruiter in the mining industry. Now, as the manager of Zenith’s mining team, she leads from the front in delivering technical recruitment solutions for clients in Australia and internationally.

She prides herself on her transparent and thorough approach and is extremely passionate about her market, and it is this passion that gets the desired results for both her candidates and her clients.

Manager – Healthcare

Karen Sharp

Karen is an experienced search and senior recruitment professional, with more than 20 years’ working across various industry sectors.

Over the past 8 years, she’s worked both in house and at agencies in the health care sector, with special expertise in residential aged care, disability and community services, allied health, welfare and indigenous healthcare. She has recruited for remote and rural communities, as well as metro regions across the country.

Karen works closely with clients forming strong relationships while building trust and credibility. Candidates benefit from her knowledge of the health and aged care industry, and her passion for empowering others to succeed.

Associate Director - Blue Collar

Neil Barrett

Neil first started his recruitment journey back in 2001, which has seen him grow whilst working for leading UK blue-collar brands. Through this time, he developed his skills in sales account management and developed a network of leaders that has been the underpinning of his successful career.  He has served as an Executive Board Member of one of the UK’s fastest-growing blue-collar agencies.

Upon his relocation to Australia, Neil invested the time to build a high-level knowledge of the Australian working legislation and define a supply model that uplifts and supports clients in receiving a market-leading service based on delivery and performance that is not only fresh but complements their growth strategy.

Manager – Mining Blue Collar

Martyn Hill

Martyn has a proven track record of being able to successfully execute challenging projects under tight time constraints and has quickly become known as “that solutions guy” by candidates and clients for his innovative approaches to mining recruitment.

He is passionate about people, lifelong learning and improving the standard and reputation of the recruitment industry. He actively volunteers his time with the Recruitment Consulting & Staffing Association (RCSA) and strives to be a positive influence in the community.

Contact Martyn today if you’re looking for a solution to your staffing needs!

Business Development Manager

Adrian Madaschi

Adrian is a highly driven and self-motivated team player who specialises in Business Development in the blue-collar space.

Focusing on a mix of  clients across Civil Construction and Mining, and retail industrial clients in Warehousing and Road transport and Metal trades, Adrian highly values building and growing relationships with clients, candidates and recruiters to ensure the delivery of a quality service by resolving client staffing demands and providing candidate satisfaction in finding long term employment.

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Mark Harris

With more than 6 years’ exploration experience within the resource sector, Mark is now a multidisciplinary consultant. He has a wide network within the civil and mechanical sector and partners candidates and clients to supply the WA market with high quality talent while building ethical, transparent relationships.

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Ian Boffin

With more than a decade of UK and Australian recruitment experience across a range of industries, Ian’s is skilled in streamlining the entire, often complex, recruitment process for both candidates and employers.

Ian’s experience makes him perfectly placed to give personalised advice or guidance, whether you are looking for your next career step or to expand your team. He helps clients and candidates take the best next step at the right time.

Ian recruits across both permanent and contract construction and engineering roles in Australia, and is always happy to have a confidential chat to about your needs.

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Joe Forte

Joe started in recruitment in 2010, specialising in technical white collar roles across the resources and infrastructure sectors.

While his primary focus is recruiting candidates at all levels of health and safety, including HSE and training, he also helps our team across roles in project controls, estimating, surveying and engineering, as well as retained assignments in executive search.

Working closely with each of our teams around Australia, Joe recruits across civil construction, SMP, building and mining. He uses his interpersonal skills and technical expertise to ensure he finds finding the right person, with the right skill and personality, for every role.

Team Leader - WA Construction

Ben Vafeas

Ben specialises in the civil construction industry, with experience in both white and blue collar recruitment.

He focuses on the compatibility between his candidates and clients to find the right fit for the required project and company.

Ben is always on the hunt for strong civil engineers looking for their next opportunity and happy to have a confidential discussion.

Recruitment Consultant

David Raykos

David hails from a background in safety, coming to Zenith mid-2021. He brought a range of transferable skills he is drawing on as he focuses on recruitment in the Health and Safety field across civil and mining sector. David is passionate about helping people find their new career paths and will go above and beyond.

He is professional and prides himself on his interpersonal skills, building trust with clients and candidates to ensure all parties are happy.

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Josh Scott

Coming directly from the mining and civil industries, Josh is passionate about assisting both candidates and clients’ with their needs.

With the opportunity to be a part of many large civil and mining projects, he truly understands how daunting it can be to secure your new role.

Josh prides himself on always taking that extra step and digging deeper to truly understand every aspect of the role and focusing on suitability.

Recruitment Consultant

John Angara

After finishing his studies in 2016, John started his career in business sales and moved into the mining sector as a Project Administrator/Coordinator. He has worked with Tier-I owner-operators and mid-tier projects across Western Australia.

In 2021, he decided to move into recruitment after realising that he could marry his strong background in business sales and project coordination as a Mining Recruiter. He takes pride in his strong work ethic, transparent communication, and championing both candidate and client success. John looks after the Geology desk at Zenith Search with James Doherty.

Recruitment Consultant

Vaishnavi Baskaran

Vaishnavi is a dedicated and outgoing recruitment consultant who is eager to connect exceptional candidates with outstanding employers in the blue-collar sector. She is a highly service-oriented person who has the ability to understand clients’ and candidates’ requirements. She excels at building relationships with people and helping candidates on their journey.

She excels at outstanding customer focus, which is her key area of expertise. To prioritise the needs of her candidates, she dedicates herself in providing a proactive and positive approach to relationship building whilst keeping up to date on the challenges faced in the industry. Vaishnavi upholds the values of integrity, honesty, and consistency in serving her candidates to build long-lasting, successful relationships.

Recruitment Consultant

Nicole Snyman

Nicole has transitioned her career into recruitment to follow her passion for helping people.

She brings strong relationship-building and problem-solving skills from her previous experience to strengthen both client and candidate relationships in the mining industry.

Nicole aspires to go above and beyond to help individuals advance their careers and business scale in the mining sector whilst building genuine rapport along the way.

Recruitment Consultant

Chris Meads

Chris has spent the last 20 years in all facets of surface mining. He has extensive knowledge of processing plants for gold, silver, nickel, and copper from his hands-on experience and is well-versed in the ins and outs of open-cut mining.

He joined the recruitment industry to advance his career with his drive to help people in the mining sector align their professional and career goals with their desired jobs. He thrives with his optimistic mindset to achieve the best results for both his candidates and clients alike.

Recruitment Consultant

Kris Vernon

Kris brings her firsthand industrial experience and truly understands the nature of the industry. She is committed to placing candidates in in-demand roles across multiple sectors in the blue-collar division of Zenith Search.

With her passion for a good candidate and client experience, Kris is strongly focused on building lasting relationships with both her clients and candidates.

Recruitment Consultant

Grace Dougherty

Grace has over two years’ experience with a background in Allied Health and white-collar recruitment and is a dedicated recruitment consultant who currently focuses on healthcare recruitment partnering with clients in the aged care sector in Western Australia.

With a passion for providing outstanding candidate experience, Grace is focused on building strong relationships and connecting extraordinary candidates with distinguished employers in the Healthcare industry.

Recruitment Consultant

Chelsea Fuller

Chelsea is committed to building strong relationships with her candidates and conscientiously matching them to their optimal role in the healthcare industry. She has a passion for connecting candidates with outstanding employers in the Healthcare industry.

Recruitment Consultant

Saraya Davies

Saraya is a passionate healthcare recruitment consultant who has spent her career helping and supporting others from a customer service perspective. Creating a positive and engaging experience for her clients is her main objective. She is dedicated to building strong relationships with candidates based on trust and honesty, along with helping them find the perfect role within the aged care sector.

Company Administrator

Berna Jacobe

Company Administrator

Portia Fernandez

Company Administrator

Chuckie Tango-an

Company Administrator

Kathreen Tolentino

Company Administrator

Louise Molina