Case Study

Becoming Bilfinger’s trusted OT and OT-Cyber Recruitment Partner

September 15, 2026

The Challenge

A key client, Bilfinger, is a global industrial engineering business. They scale and tackle OT and OT-Cyber at the source, providing technical support across Critical National Infrastructure. They operate onsite with Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical and Water sites predominantly.

They need support in finding technical OT and OT-Cyber specialists across remote and challenging locations, with roles that naturally require quite regular onsite visits. This creates an additional challenge in a field that already has limited human resources available.

The Fix

From the beginning of our focus on the OT/ ICS Security market, we recognised that the talent is the critical factor in being successful. The sector is not as developed as traditional Technology there are less high quality profiles per specialism, prioritised building our network of candidates as deep as possible. This means that we are able to find excellent options for these difficult roles, very quickly, helping us to cover a wide range of skillsets efficiently for Bilfinger.

The Result

This focus on building our network in OT/ ICS Security has resulted in us moving from a small recruiter in a large business to becoming a trusted partner, delivering candidates across a wide range of positions, such as; Control Systems Engineers both Senior & Manager level, EC&I Engineers from Junior all the way up to management, Operational Technology Engineers and many supporting roles in between.

"I recently worked with Charlie Hackett at Paradigm Tech to land a new role in OT Cybersecurity, and I couldn't have asked for a better experience.

From the start, Charlie was genuinely invested in helping me succeed. He stayed in touch throughout the whole process, checked in after every interview round to see how it had gone, and consistently gave me thoughtful feedback and practical interview tips that helped me show up as my best self.

What stood out most was that he didn't just push me toward any opening, he took the time to understand what I was looking for and found a role I'm genuinely excited about and grateful for. His deep understanding of the OT Security space is clear, and it shows in the quality of the match.

I can't recommend Charlie and the Paradigm Tech team highly enough to anyone looking for their next role in OT Cybersecurity."

Apolo Prado, Senior OT Cyber Engineer at Bilfinger

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