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Permanent, direct-hire recruiting for utility technology and engineering teams

Utility systems outlive the people who build them.

MakoHire recruits the permanent people who own them next: Oracle Utilities, SAP IS-U, utility ERP and CIS, and utility engineering hires for utilities and energy companies. Hire them while the program is still running and the knowledge is still in the building.

30 minutes with Tyson Franco. You don't need a finished job description.

Every program ends. The system stays.

A utility system has parts like these: meter data, billing and rates, work and asset management, the integration layer, and substations and protection. A program team builds them. After go-live, each one needs an owner who stays.

At go-liveDocumentation captures what. People carry why.

Every program leaves design documents, configuration workbooks and runbooks. They record what the system does. The reasons behind it stay with the people who were in the room: why a rate was modeled with an override, or why an interface tolerates a duplicate record.

Then go-live passes, the program winds down, and the team that built the system disperses over a short window.

After go-liveThe gap shows up as behavior.

Nobody records it as a loss. The internal team can run the system, but it can't easily reconstruct intent, so it gets slowly harder to change anything.

  • Changes an internal team should make get routed back to the integrator.
  • Estimates for small changes get padded, because nobody is sure of the blast radius.
  • Regulatory deadlines get tighter than they need to be.
  • Over time, the utility becomes reluctant to touch its own core systems.

Before you hireDecide which seats you own.

The useful question isn't how many people you need. It's which parts of the system you intend to own, and who owns each one permanently. Where nobody does, that capability is on loan.

Before go-liveHire while the knowledge is still in the building.

The best window for permanent hiring is while the program is still running. New owners absorb context from the people who built the system, in the environment where the decisions were made.

Hires made after the team has gone are doing archaeology instead. They get there eventually, but the transfer is slower and less complete. If you're mid-program, the conversation is worth having now.

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A utility system after go-live: the program team rolls off, permanent owners stay.At go-live: the program team rolls off, and what they knew goes with them.After go-live: the system runs, but nobody owns the reasons behind it.Before you hire: mark the seats you intend to own.Before go-live: permanent owners learn the system from the people who built it.
  • Program team
  • Permanent owner
  • Handover
  • Hire window, before go-live

Permanent recruiting by system and discipline

Permanent engineers for the assets you run

Protection and controls, substation, transmission planning, distribution and utility SCADA engineers, including power infrastructure for data centers and other large loads. Each search is scoped around the assets, voltage levels and decisions the hire will own.

Two engineers in hard hats review a tablet at a substation. A lineworker in a bucket truck works on a distribution pole at dusk.

How a MakoHire search runs

Your Talent Partner confirms what the role requires, talks to people who do the work, evaluates them against the job, and keeps you updated.

  1. Confirm the requirements

    We work through the role with you before sourcing starts: the systems in scope, the environment the person joins, and what they need to own in the first year.

  2. Direct outreach

    Your Talent Partner approaches people who do this kind of work, with outreach written for the individual and the role, focused on people open to a permanent move.

  3. Evaluation against the job

    Role-specific questions, assessed against the requirements you confirmed, plus current interest, availability and compensation expectations.

  4. Search updates

    Where the search stands, what the market is telling us, and what we recommend next, on an agreed and realistic timeline.

80% of submittals hired at a utility client.

Three ways to work with MakoHire

Every engagement is permanent, direct-hire recruiting. What changes is the level of commitment, the pace, and whether you need one search or ongoing capacity.

Retained Search

ForLeadership and business-critical roles.

How it runsA committed, prioritized search with a dedicated Talent Partner and a defined delivery timeline.

What you getA market map, a qualified shortlist, and structured search updates until the role is filled.

Engaged Search

ForSpecialist roles that have been open too long.

How it runsA lighter commitment than retained, with the same focused sourcing effort.

What you getReal recruiting capacity for your role, instead of a place in a queue.

Talent Partner Subscription

ForTeams that hire steadily.

How it runsOngoing recruiting capacity, or a fixed-term engagement scoped to a defined set of roles.

What you getCoverage of the available market for those roles, rather than a fixed number of candidates.

Commercial terms are set per engagement and discussed directly. Need a contract or contract-to-hire consultant instead? That's Mako Professionals. Compare the engagement models.

Built for utility and energy teams

For CIOs, IT and application directors, CIS and ERP owners, engineering managers, and the HR partners who run technical searches.

  • Enterprise

    Investor-owned utilities and large energy companies.

  • Mid-market

    Co-ops, public power, municipal utilities and water districts.

  • Beyond utilities

    Utilities and energy are the focus. Suitable enterprise technology searches in other sectors are welcome.

What hiring leaders ask

Who recruits permanent Oracle Utilities staff for utilities?

MakoHire recruits permanent, direct-hire Oracle Utilities employees for utilities and energy companies: CC&B and CCS functional analysts, OUAF developers, C2M and MDM specialists, and application and support leads. Each search is scoped around the product, the work the hire will own and your environment.

Does MakoHire recruit SAP IS-U specialists?

Yes. MakoHire runs permanent searches for SAP for Utilities roles: device management, billing, FI-CA and EDM specialists, ABAP developers, and SAP application leads, including S/4HANA Utilities.

What utility engineering roles does MakoHire recruit?

Protection and controls, substation, transmission planning, distribution and utility SCADA engineers, including power infrastructure for data centers and other large loads. These are direct hires joining your payroll, not engineering consulting.

Why hire permanent staff to own utility systems instead of contractors?

Contract specialists are the right answer for program phases. The people who own a system after go-live should stay with it, because the reasons behind its configuration live in people, not documents. Hiring permanent owners while the program is still running lets them learn from the people who built it.

Is MakoHire a staffing agency?

No. MakoHire does permanent, direct-hire recruiting only. MakoHire is a Mako Professionals company, and contract or contract-to-hire consultants come from Mako Professionals.

How much does MakoHire charge?

Commercial terms are set per engagement and discussed directly. MakoHire doesn't publish prices.

Do I need a finished job description to start?

No. Book a 30-minute hiring call with Tyson Franco to talk through the role, the experience you need, timing and which engagement fits.

Where is MakoHire based?

MakoHire's office is at 900 E Indiantown Road, Suite 200A, Jupiter, FL 33477. Call (561) 567-8381 or email tfranco@makohire.ai.

Who will own your systems after go-live?

Book a 30-minute hiring call with Tyson Franco. We'll talk through the role, the experience you need, timing and which engagement fits. You don't need a finished job description.