Problem
Wrightbus faced a critical resourcing gap in specialist Design Consulting at a time when demand for engineering talent was outpacing supply across the UK manufacturing and transport sectors. The business required associates with deep technical expertise across mechanical design, systems integration, and product development lifecycle management, professionals who could operate at pace within a complex, multi-disciplinary environment.
Traditional recruitment routes were failing to deliver candidates with the right combination of technical depth, sector knowledge, and long-term cultural fit. Wrightbus needed a consultancy partner that could move quickly, interpret complex scopes of work, and maintain rigorous quality standards without disrupting existing programme delivery.
Solution
PRG Consulting partnered closely with Wrightbus to develop a targeted engineering design resourcing strategy aligned to the business’s technical roadmap and delivery milestones. Drawing on an established network of specialist associates across CAD/CAM, structural analysis, and design for manufacture (DFM), PRG Consulting deployed an agile talent solution that mapped directly to the skills matrix required across active workstreams.
PRG Consulting managed the process end-to-end — from technical briefing and candidate assessment through to onboarding and stakeholder integration, ensuring minimal disruption to programme timelines and full alignment with Wrightbus’s engineering governance frameworks.
Result
The engagement delivered tangible engineering outcomes across Beta’s active programmes. Associates embedded by PRG Consulting contributed to design iterations that reduced component weight, streamlined part consolidation, and improved design for-manufacture-efficiency, translating into real cost savings and faster routes to production.
Beta’s R&D team gained the additional bandwidth needed to accelerate development cycles without sacificing technical integrity. With specialist resource in place, the business was able to progress complex work packages that had previously been constrained by capacity, keeping critical timelines on teack and reducing risk of programme delays.
PRG Consulting has since become a trusted extension of Beta’s engineering function, a go to partner for specialist design resource that understands the business, the brief and the standard of work required.