About

Who we are

Welcome to Fairmount Consultants, a premier boutique Executive Search firm that stands out in the specialized domains of Energy Storage and Advance Materials Science. Our firm brings unparalleled expertise across the entire spectrum of R&D, Technology Transfer, Process/Product Development, Manufacturing, Sales, and Services within this cutting-edge sector. We work hand in hand with our clients to provide the best talent for their company.

Key Highlights of Fairmount Consultants:

  1. Strategic Development: We possess the experience and know-how needed to analyze our clients advertising, candidate outreach, interview process, contract negotiation, and onboarding procedures to develop a state-of-the-art talent acquisition strategy.
  2. Comprehensive Specialization: Fairmount Consultants will develop a specialized and comprehensive candidate search program that is tailored to our clients’ growth strategy.
  1. Building Lasting Relationships: At Fairmount Consultants, we go beyond conventional executive placement. We cultivate enduring relationships with industry leaders (Candidates) and expanding companies. Fairmount Consultants is dedicated to helping all our clients reach their hiring or career advancement goals. Our unique approach allows us to find passive and active candidates in the job market. We’ll bring great job opportunities to candidates. As well as bringing great candidates to our clients’ job opportunities.
  2. Guidance Beyond Placement: Leveraging our deep technical knowledge and extensive industry connections, we guide companies towards achieving pivotal development milestones. We foster growth that goes beyond mere candidate placements. We can leverage our connections to encourage collaborations and fund raising.
  3. Our Services

Embark on a collaborative journey with Fairmount Consultants, where expertise converges with excellence. Together, we navigate the ever-evolving landscape of Advance Materials Science, propelling your organization or your career to new heights.

Advanced Materials Search Firm Fostering Materials Innovation for Real-World Applications.

Fairmount Consultants is THE executive search firm specializing in the Advanced Materials sector. Our expertise extends to the intricate science of materials development, their incorporation in innovative technologies, and their practical applications in the real world. We collaborate with Startup and Fortune 500 companies engaged in the research and development, product commercialization, and manufacturing of advanced state of the art materials including ceramics, polymers, metals, carbon-based, and composite materials. As well as the products such as batteries, fuel cells, membranes, steel, feedstock, fuel, and commercial products that require said materials.

  • Leading firm for the Advanced Materials sector.
  • Experts in the intricacy and important differences in Material Science.
  • Extensive experience supporting advancements in Next-Generation materials, including Graphene, Solid-State Batteries, Sodium Batteries, Polymer Electrolytes, Low Carbon Steel, Titanium, PLA Filament, PETG...

Fairmount Consultants stands as an intriguing cog in the Advanced Materials sector, leveraging our unparalleled recruiting expertise in the intricate science of material development. Our commitment to fostering long-lasting relationships defines our place in the executive search field.

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Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)

Mitigating Risks with Efficient Search Strategies

Acquiring top-tier talent is a challenging and time-sensitive endeavor fraught with stress and inherent risks, both legally and ethically.

    Potential obstacles to achieving successful talent acquisition include but not limited to:
  • Potential obstacles to achieving successful talent acquisition include but not limited to:
    • Compliance issues
    • Accusations of tampering
    • Non-compete restrictions
    • Onboarding of a successful candidate (Counteroffer defense.)

Fairmount Consultants employs time-tested methods to minimize the risks associated with talent acquisition. Our approach involves developing targeted and efficient strategies that align with both local and international best practices. Working closely with potential candidates, we proactively address and resolve any issues that may impede or jeopardize the talent acquisition process.

Our laser-focused commitment revolves around ensuring a seamless recruitment journey for both the company and the candidate, emphasizing a thorough and meticulous approach to mitigate potential roadblocks.

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Elevating Your Company's Competitive Edge

Fairmount Consultants adopts a focused approach, aligning both company and candidate interests to provide a distinctive competitive advantage. Our commitment is to deliver targeted candidates genuinely enthusiastic about your company and the opportunities it offers. We prioritize efficiency by streamlining the search, interview, and onboarding processes, allowing you the freedom to concentrate on other crucial aspects of your business.

  • Focused Talent Alignment
    • Tailored approach aligning company and candidate interests
    • Delivery of targeted and enthusiastic candidates
    • Streamlined search, interview, and onboarding processes
  • Strategic Search Expertise
    • Utilization of industry contacts and innovative search techniques
    • Access to a proprietary database for efficient candidate identification
    • Technical knowledge applied to craft a customized search strategy

Leveraging a combination of industry contacts, innovative search techniques, a proprietary database, and technical expertise, Fairmount Consultants crafts a tailored search strategy. This strategy is designed to identify the perfect candidate for your company swiftly and effectively. Our goal is to simplify your talent search, ensuring a seamless process that enables you to focus on the growth and development of your company. At Fairmount Consultants, we specialize in filling challenging roles, providing you with the expertise needed for success.

Optimizing Your Talent Acquisition Journey

At Fairmount Consultants, our industry-specific expertise enables us to effectively identify and attract top talent for your sector, saving you valuable time and effort. Over the past decade, we've meticulously built a vast and reliable network within the materials science and engineering communities, providing a strategic advantage for connecting you with high-caliber candidates while keeping abreast of industry trends.

Industry-Focused Expertise

  • Tailored recruitment approach for startups and mid-size companies
  • Personalized solutions aligned with client needs and work culture
  • Access to a proprietary database of active and passive candidates

Partnering with Fairmount Consultants allows you to focus on your core strengths while we handle every aspect of the recruitment process, from candidate outreach and initial screening to interview scheduling, contract negotiations, and onboarding. With a proven track record of discreetly placing highly qualified professionals, we ensure a seamless and effective talent acquisition journey for your organization.

Contact Fairmount Consultants Today

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Business Hours

Monday - 9am - 7pm
Tuesday - 9am - 7pm
Wednesday - 9am - 7pm
Thursday - 9am - 7pm
Friday - 9am - 7pm

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Services

What we offer

Executive Search for the Advanced Materials Science Industry

Leveraging our expertise recruiting and scientific know-how to encourage the growth and advancement of Advanced Materials Science companies.

Specialized Recruitment Services

Experts in recruiting all levels of high caliber candidates from R&D to Technology Scale-up to Process Design to Pilot Manufacturing to Manufacturing to Supply Chain to Sales to Services.

Career Growth

Leveraging our close to 20 years of experience and our proprietary database to develop lasting relationships with candidates and clients.

Technical Knowledge Consultation

Provide guidance to small and new startups as they enter the highly competitive talent acquisition market.

Industry Connection Facilitation

Use our connections within the industry to help companies achieve pivotal development milestones.

Enduring Professional Relationships

Offering a commitment beyond placement, focusing on building enduring relationships for mutual success in the industry.

F.A.Q

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Fairmount Consultants specializes in the Advanced Materials sector. This includes but is not limited to the science of how materials are developed into innovative technologies and their real world applications. We work with companies developing, manufacturing, incorporating and/or processing ceramics, polymers, metals, or composite materials...

    Over the years we have focused on:

    • Energy Storage/Conversion (Battery, Fuel Cell, Hydrogen, Thermoelectric…)
    • Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
    • Polymer (components, membranes…)
    • Silicon/Polysilicon (Solar, Semiconductor…)
    • Nano-materials (Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, Quantum dot…)
  • Absolutely. For over 10 years we have worked in diverse industries around the globe. We are happy to discuss how we could help you or point you in the direction of help if we feel it would be better for you to work with someone else.

  • There are several reasons a company may choose to work with a staffing agency like Fairmount Consultants.

    1. Relevant Industry expertise and a deep understanding of your sector. This expertise allows us to identify and attract top talent effectively. Saving you time and effort.
    2. A large, tested, and reliable network built over 10 years. We’ve built a robust network within the materials science and engineering communities. This network can be an asset for connecting you with high-caliber candidates. It also allows us to stay informed about industry trends.
    3. We provide a personalized approach to recruiting. As a small boutique style agency, we offer a personalized and tailored approach for our clients. Understanding the unique needs and challenges of startups and mid-size companies. This allows us to provide customized recruitment solutions, based on the clients’ needs and work culture.
    4. We have access to a vast database (proprietary) of active and passive candidates. We can contact candidates who are actively searching for a new opportunity. But where we are exceptional is reaching out to passive candidates who are not actively on the job market. We have found that reaching out to passive candidates tends to produce the best results.
    5. Working with a Fairmount Consultants allows you to focus on what you do best…. Let us handle the candidate outreach, initial screening, interview scheduling, contract negotiations, and onboarding.
    6. Our experience and successful track record of placing highly qualified and skilled professionals in key positions within the industry. We can be discreet if need be.
  • When you conduct a search on your own, you are limited to your own network of people in your past or job boards. Our team of recruiters are constantly searching, sourcing, screening, and presenting qualified candidates. It’s what we do. Our constant outreach has produced a proprietary database with over 9000 Engineers, Scientists and Executives who we can contact about your opening as well as tap into their networks to help fill your role. This gives us a substantial edge in quickly finding and vetting potential employees who will be the right match for your company. We’ll do the recruiting while you focus on R&D, production, hitting your commercialization targets, and/or building your customer base.

    Another important consideration is risk. When/if you contact a competitor’s employees, you expose yourself to compliance claims, tampering accusations, and non-compete violations.

  • We charge competitive market rates for our services and will customize our fees to specific situations. We offer retained and contingent searches. We will also consider equity/stock options packages. Contact us for a quote.

  • Searches can take as short as a few weeks and as long several months with the average search taking between 45-60 days. Our goal is to find you the right employee for you and your company. Speed is important, but so is fit.

  • Retained search is an agreement whereby an employer contracts exclusively with one recruiter to find a highly qualified candidate to fill an open role.

  • Contingency search agreement allows the hiring company to work with several recruiters at once. A contingency recruiter only gets paid when they find a candidate that you hire. If a contingent search does not yield a match for the role, you do not have to pay for the service, which is why it is sometimes referred to a “no-fee” search model.

  • A Retained search is characterized by depth, mutual commitment, and partnership. It is best for clients who need a strategic partner to chair or work on a hiring committee, who need help with a market entry, or who have a key confidential executive or strategic hire that needs our full attention.

    A Contingency search is characterized by breadth, openness, and less commitment. This is best for clients who are scaling rapidly, have multiple open positions and need help meeting as many good people as possible as quickly as possible.

  • We can tailor our contracts to meet your needs. The average contingent contract can be cancelled at any time by either party. While retained contracts typically lasts Four to Six months on average.

Consultants

Our Hardworking Consultants

John Zinnah

John Zinnah

Managing Partner/Executive Recruiter John@fairmountc.com

Fairmount Consultants delivers a distinctive Executive Search and Recruitment Services experience crafted specifically for clients in the Energy Storage, Energy Conversion, Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing), Polymer, Green Hydrogen, Water Filtration, Solar, Semiconductor…Advanced Materials sectors. Harnessing our industry experience, market expertise, and timeless relationship-building approach, we effectively address staffing needs for a diverse range of entities, spanning from stealth mode startups to Fortune 500 companies. Our exclusive Executive Search and Recruitment Services are tailored to the unique demands of our clients.

Contact

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Hours:

Monday - Friday
9am - 6pm ET

Telephone:

(401) 402-5308

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