Orion Group is a recruitment and workforce services business headquartered at Orion House, Castle Heather, Inverness IV2 6AA, in the Scottish Highlands. It was established in 1987 by Alan and Linda Savage and grew out of supplying fabrication personnel to the rig construction yards in Scotland before expanding into North Sea oil and gas and, later, into power, renewables, life science and manufacturing. The company reports around 200 employees, 24 offices, activity in 68 countries and about 3,000 contractors paid each week.
Managed workforce services
Alongside conventional recruitment, the group sells a set of managed workforce services to operators and contractors:
- Completions and commissioning personnel for asset start-up and handover.
- Global workforce solutions, including employer of record, global mobility and international payroll for staff posted abroad.
- Materials management consultancy covering warehouse efficiency, procurement and supply chain integration.
- Recruitment outsourcing under the Orion ISP brand, delivered as managed service provision, recruitment process outsourcing or statement of work packages.
- Retained and executive search through its PartnerPlus delivery team.
- Permanent, contract and temporary talent acquisition across engineering and technical, office and commercial, scientific and skilled trades disciplines.
Sectors and disciplines
Oil and gas remains the largest sector, covering upstream, midstream, downstream, LNG and subsea vessel operations. The group also recruits for power and utilities, including nuclear and transmission and distribution; for renewables, including offshore and onshore wind, solar, battery storage, biomass, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage and sustainable aviation fuels; and for construction and infrastructure, life science and manufacturing. Roles range from blue collar trades and offshore crew through to engineering, project controls and senior management.
Where the group operates
The location pages list offices on five continents. In the United Kingdom the group works from Aberdeen (21 Albert Street), Dunfermline (Thomson House, Pitreavie Court), its Inverness head office, London (93 Newington Causeway) and the Altrincham office of Orion Engineering Services at 33 Victoria Street. Elsewhere it lists Calgary in Canada; Anchorage, Chicago, Houston and Jersey City in the United States; Ireland, the Netherlands and Norway in Europe; Azerbaijan, Singapore and Vietnam in Asia; Iraq, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East; and Mozambique, Senegal and Uganda in Africa.
Recent activity and market information
The company publishes salary and hiring research for its core markets; its current campaign promotes an Energy Sector Salary Benchmarking report covering pay and hiring trends for 2026. It also maintains case studies, project references and client testimonials. On the corporate side the group publishes an environmental pledge that commits it to sustainable development, continued carbon reduction and accountability for the environmental impact of its activities, a giving back programme covering community and charitable work, and a values framework that includes health, safety and environmental commitments. Vacancies are posted to a searchable job board that can be filtered by sector, discipline, location and contract type.
Contacting Orion Group
Enquiries are handled through web forms rather than a published mailbox. Candidate contact runs through job applications and a quick CV drop-off form, while employers use a general enquiry form and the telephone numbers listed against each office, such as +44 1463 230860 for Inverness, +44 1224 632121 for Aberdeen and +44 20 7405 6300 for London. The company's team pages publish individual staff addresses on the orioneng.com domain for named directors and managers, but no general enquiries address is published anywhere on the site.