We find the people who build the built environment.
Bottega Search is a specialist search partner based in Malta, working across the built and human environment — construction design, engineering and delivery; real estate, investment and property; civils, infrastructure and transportation; mission-critical and tech; and environment. We place mid to senior executives, directors, sector heads, operational leaders and key discipline professionals across international markets, spanning five time zones, 24/7.
Selected clients we’ve partnered with
Live roles we’re working on
A selection of active mandates across our markets. For the very latest, follow us on LinkedIn — or register your interest below and we’ll be in touch.
Live searches · Last updated 11 October 2026 · Latest roles on LinkedIn →
A search is a craft, not a transaction. We map each market by hand, approach with discretion, and present only people who fit the brief and the culture.
— The workshop of human craft
Sectors across the built environment
Deep networks in the disciplines that design, deliver and invest in the built world — from main contracting to capital.
Main Contracting, D&B, Fit-Out & Interiors
Tier-1 contractors, design & build and construction management groups.
Real Estate Development & Capital Investment
Developer-builders, investors and client-side delivery teams.
Project Management, Cost Consultancy, Claims & Arbitration
PM, QS, cost and commercial leadership across multidisciplinary practices.
Data Centres & Mission-Critical
Operators, investors and specialist E&C delivery across UK & EU.
Façade & Building Envelope
Specialist envelope contractors and engineering leadership.
Interiors & Fit-Out
D&B fit-out groups, design coordination and delivery directors.
Sustainability, ESG & Environmental
Net-zero, environmental and ESG leaders across the sector.
Surveying & GP
Chartered surveyors, agency and general-practice professionals.
Architecture, Interiors & Urban Design
Master planning, landscape and lighting design.
Civil & Infrastructure
Highways, rail, utilities and major civils programmes across public and private clients.
Transportation & Aviation
Airports, rail and transport infrastructure delivery across the UK and internationally.
Ports & Marine
Ports, harbours and marine infrastructure projects and leadership.
Consulting Engineering Design
Structural, building services (MEP), systems and civil infrastructure engineering.
A global reach, delivered personally
Live mandates run across home and international markets — the same senior-led approach in every region.
United Kingdom
London, the South, North West, North East, Yorkshire, the Midlands, Scotland & Northern Ireland.
Middle East
Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, KSA, Bahrain, Beirut & Jordan.
EU & Wider Europe
Germany, Switzerland & wider European markets.
USA & Canada
North American contractors, developers & consultancies.
South America
Selective mandates across major Latin American markets.
Australia & Asia
Australia, Singapore and key Asia-Pacific markets.
Senior-led, mapped by hand
From single search appointments to major multi-hire campaigns — securing highly sought-after talent or helping groups build capability at scale. We offer bespoke retained packages alongside specialist search and selection, and bring the latest technology and niche tools into headhunting, project intelligence and candidate identification to sharpen every search.
Full life-cycle, cradle-to-grave coverage: from PE and investment, acquisitions, real estate development and portfolio management to strategy and niche market growth — and from asset design and the delivery team through to completion, operations, sales & marketing strategy and the corporate leadership team.
One point of contact
Every mandate is run by the person you brief. No handing down, no juniors learning on your search.
Mapped, not listed
We map the whole market for each role, then approach the right people directly and discreetly.
Confidential by default
Take-to-market handled quietly — protecting candidates in post and clients’ plans alike.
A network built over years
Relationships across contractors, developers and consultancies that a database can’t replicate.
For clients & for candidates
For clients
- Retained and exclusive search for senior and board-level roles.
- Full market mapping and a shortlist of people who fit brief and culture.
- Discreet approach to passive, in-post leaders you can’t reach directly.
- Honest market intelligence on salary, availability and competitors.
For candidates
- Confidential representation — your name goes nowhere without your say-so.
- Access to mandates that are never advertised.
- Straight advice on the move, the market and the money.
- A long-term relationship, not a one-off placement.
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Construction & Real Estate Pay Benchmarks 2026
Most salary guides give you one confident number — a national average smoothed across markets that behave nothing like each other. It’s why so many briefs arrive with a budget that was never going to work. This one shows its working: where two credible sources disagree, both are published, and there’s a section listing the roles we refuse to put a number against, because a made-up benchmark is worse than none.
Benchmarks span the full breadth of the built environment we recruit across — main contracting and fit-out, real estate development and capital investment, project and cost consultancy, data centres and mission-critical, civil and infrastructure, transportation and aviation, consulting engineering, and sustainability. Figures cover director and board-level appointments through to senior operational and commercial leadership, and are reported market by market rather than as a single blended average: UK salaries and day rates in GBP, Middle East packages in AED across the Gulf, European and data-centre bands in EUR, with North American, South American and Asia-Pacific markets covered on request. Where two credible sources disagree, both ranges are shown; where a reliable benchmark doesn’t exist, we say so rather than invent one.
Every market and currency in one report. Sent free as a PDF — no follow-up unless you ask for one.
Market figures last reviewed 11 October 2026 · sources cited above · refreshed monthly.
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