Meet the Team
Meet the people that connect talent to opportunities.
Co-Founder & Chairman
Sean
Cheek
Sean co-founded RIZE in 2005 and has guided the company’s growth as a specialist recruitment partner for the telecoms, IT and energy sectors, with a strong focus on the German and Swiss markets. He remains closely involved in its strategic direction and in shaping the culture of integrity, accountability and clear commercial thinking that underpins the business.
His earlier career was spent at Glotel PLC, where he joined as its first employee and became CEO for EMEA, helping lead the company through major international expansion and its IPO. That experience - combined with the awareness that today’s recruitment landscape is very different from the one he entered - drives his emphasis on continual learning and adapting to change.
Half German and with an MBA from Warwick Business School, Sean brings long-term sector insight and international experience to RIZE’s clients and teams. Outside work, he spends time with his family and friends and keeps a measured eye on Arsenal’s fortunes.
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Backed by market insight, compliance expertise, and a deep understanding of the sectors we serve, our consultants deliver permanent recruitment solutions that support sustainable success.
2025年11月
Department Lead - Tiefbau
You will oversee all activities related to preparing and running complex construction sites. This includes developing concepts for construction, installation, and assembly work; ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards; coordinating permitting processes and execution planning; and arranging external service support. You will also set up and guide a project structure that brings together multiple specialist teams.
A key part of the role is ensuring safe and compliant site operations. You will be responsible for making sure that data collection, early site preparation, construction works, installation/assembly tasks, and on-site logistics for various project locations are carried out on time and to the required quality level—from the first site activities through to final inspection and acceptance. This includes monitoring progress, performance, and measurement activities.
You will contribute to overall project planning by developing implementation strategies, identifying opportunities to accelerate work, analysing risks and defining mitigation measures, and participating in schedule and budget planning.
The role also involves refining detailed construction workflows, planning workforce and resource deployment, setting priorities based on project controls, and spotting potential delays early so they can be resolved before they impact progress. Preventing claims or disruptions is a key success factor.
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Germany
2025年11月
Structural Engineer
ur client is a major German Transmission System Operator (TSO) at the forefront of the national energy transition, leading large-scale infrastructure projects that will shape Germany’s future power grid. To support the development of new high-voltage corridors, we are seeking an experienced Advisory Engineer with deep expertise in overhead line (OHL) tower design. This role will contribute to the engineering and optimisation of new tower structures capable of supporting large overhead energy cables, ensuring full compliance with mechanical, structural, and environmental requirements.
The ideal candidate brings strong structural/civil engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience in high-voltage OHL tower/mast design, including load assessments (wind, ice, conductor, insulator), geometry definition, clearance configuration, and mechanical performance analysis. You will evaluate steel tonnage, span lengths, bracket boundaries, installation timelines, and all parameters necessary to develop robust, efficient, and buildable tower designs for Germany’s next-generation transmission network.
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Germany
2025年11月
Mobile Projektleiter
Mobile Projektleiter
Description of activity:
• Management and monitoring of projects in the planning area
• Technical consulting and customer support
• Implementation of timely invoicing, including final costing
• Conducting evaluations with controlling
• Handover of project services to the customer
• Complete, timely and professional management and monitoring of delegated planning services as well as the entire project
• Compliance with standards and customer specifications, as well as occupational safety regulations
• Implementation of QM requirements
Preparation of offers, including requirements planning and determination of internal or external service provision
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Germany
