AN engineering support firm hopes to create jobs after a contract success.

Nortech Staffing Solutions is overseeing recruitment for a national customer.

Bosses say the deal, with the unnamed client, will see Nortech become the company’s contracted recruitment provider, supplying personnel across technical, engineering, management and administration roles.

The business will also be responsible for the migration of around 50 existing temporary staff working at the customer’s UK sites to Nortech from other recruitment suppliers.

Officials say the increased pool of managed contractors will lead to the appointment of an additional recruiter, with further jobs expected to be created at the business.

Nortech Staffing Solutions is part of Nortech Group, which is based at Wynyard Park, near Billingham.

Ian Basford, Nortech divisional director, said: “This is a significant contract, in terms of the profile of our new client and because it underpins our growth.”

Bryan Bunn, managing director of Nortech Group added: “Securing this contract will also support the ongoing growth of our people-focused staffing division through direct recruitment and the expansion of our pool of quality people to support our quality clients.”

Earlier this year, Nortech revealed it had founded a Middle East joint venture to strengthen its standing in the United Arab Emirates and further afield.

Bosses said Al Dhabi Nortech Engineering Consultancy, an endeavour between Nortech and Dhabi Contracting, will build on the Dhabi Nortech brand founded in 2015.