Engineering, environmental and planning consultancy Caulmert has embarked on a recruitment campaign having doubled its turnover to more than £2m in the past year.

The employee-owned businesses is recruiting specialists across a number of disciplines to support further growth over the coming year, increasing its workforce by about 20 per cent.

The company, which employs 40 staff at offices in St Asaph, Bangor, Altrincham and Nottingham, has experienced increased demand for its services on residential, industrial, energy, waste and education projects.

Its managing director believes that the expertise is already available among residents in North Wales and surrounding areas. Posts Caulmert is looking to fill include infrastructure engineers and structural engineers, structural detailers and town planners.

Caulmert is also relocating its second North Wales office to a new 3,300 sq ft office on the St Asaph Business Park, three times the size of its current premises on the business park, in order to accommodate more staff.

Managing director Mike Caulfield said: "We're busy and want to bring in more staff to meet our increasing workload. The £2m in turnover we recorded over the last financial year is largely due to our efforts to diversify the business into new sectors."

He added: "We're optimistic that we can continue to increase our turnover and profit over the coming 12 months, and need to bring in skilled staff to support this growth."

Founded in 2009, Caulmert plans to employ 250 staff by 2024.