Global Careers with Hydratight

We offer a vast range of quality products and services including trained, competent manpower, rental and sale of specialist bolting and machining equipment, plus an in-house design capability to tailor products to specific needs.

Part of the Actuant Corporation since 2006, Hydratight has over 30 years experience in ensuring the integrity of all types of flanges and mechanical connectors, and today the breadth and depth of our product and service offering is unrivalled.

We are proud to employ over 1,000 people around the world. With manufacturing facilities in four locations and sales representation in over 50 countries, we can justifiably claim to be a global business offering international standards through local operations.

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Personnel Profiles

Around the world, Hydratight is recognised as a leader in the field of specialist bolting and tensioning products and services. As part of its continuing commitment to excellence, Hydratight maintains an enviable record in recruiting and supporting the high-quality staff.

With over 1000 employees around the world, Hydratight is a truly global business offering highly rewarding careers across a variety of disciplines to the right candidates. Below, you can read just a few profiles of some of our key personnel. If you feel you're up to the challenge, contact us with your CV and covering letter to Beth Hyde at beth.hyde@hydratight.com.

• Chris Mitchell, Western Region Business Leader

  Name: Chris Mitchell
  Joined Hydratight: 2002
  Current role: Western Region Business Leader
  Email: Chris.Mitchell@hydratight.com

  After building a sales career in naval and commercial nuclear power generation, particularly with American clients, Chris joined what was then Hydratight Sweeney from Energy Steel in 2002, to expand the company's growth in that area.

  Buffalo, NY-born Chris studied finance as an undergratuate at James Madison in Virginia and later gained an MBA from St Joseph’s, Pennsylvania. At Energy Steel, Chris was involved in major naval and powergen nuclear projects. At Hydratight, he rose to become global powergen leader and early in 2008 left to spend six months at Actuant's corporate HQ in Wisconsin. There he took on the challenge of learning and applying the continuous-improvement tools of the LEAD office.

  He returned to Hydratight in January 2009 in his new role as global marketing leader. In 2010, Chris headed the Biach integration team, before assuming his current position as Western Region business leader, with operational responsibility for North, South and Central America.

• Alain Wald, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Leader

  Name: Alain Wald
  Joined Hydratight: July 2007
  Current role: EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Leader
  Email: Alain.Wald@hydratight.com

  Alain gained an Executive MBA from the HEC School of Management in Paris, and an MBA from the Paris Chamber of Commerce. He speaks English, German and French.

  Alain started in sales and marketing at Schlumberger in the United States, before he joined Atlas Copco as sales manager for Central Europe and the East. He moved to Haskel as general manager France, Germany, The Netherlands and Middle East, rose to European Operations director with the same company and then managing director for Southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Milton Roy before joining Hydratight in his current role.

  Alain is responsible for the development of European, Middle Eastern and African markets, structure, profit and loss accounts and personnel.

• Dean Jenkins, APAC Regional Leader

  Name: Dean Jenkins
  Joined Hydratight: January 1990
  Current role: APAC Regional Leader
  Email: dean.jenkins@hydratight.com

  Dean was a mechanical engineer and joined Hedley Purvis from British Coal, becoming Hedley Purvis's first service and sales representative. He rose to become a regional sales representative in the UK before joining the company's export division, operating in world sales from 1995.

  Dean was appointed the company's UK sales manager in 1999, then Middle East and Asia Business Development manager in 2004. After Hydratight's acquisition he was appointed APAC regional leader, his current role.

  Dean is responsible for the region's overall market development through sales growth and acquisition. His three direct business units in China, Singapore and Perth are supported by a distributor network covering the southern Pacific from Japan to New Zealand and westwards as far as Myanmar.