Lia Welch Associate Director / Project Controls in

Lia Welch Associate Director / Project Controls

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Associate Director / Project Controls / Talent Acquisition / UK at PACE Global
📍 United Kingdom

Lia Welch is a trilingual Associate Director at PACE Global, specializing in talent acquisition for Project Controls professionals. She focuses on the UKs Energy and Defence sectors, leveraging extensive experience from her time in the USA. She holds a Professional Certificate in Recruitment and was previously recognized as a top recruiter at a former company.

Originally from Brazil, Lia lived in the United States for nearly seven years where she studied English at Case Western Reserve University. She later took a significant career break of eight years to focus on full-time parenting before re-entering the recruitment industry in the UK.

Unique fact: While at Hatch, she was voted the second-best recruiter globally out of a team of 60.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Associate Director / Project Controls / Talent Acquisition / UK
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Lia shows up

ROI Driven
Thorough Evaluator
Precise But Practical

They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms. They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact. They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships.

Priorities

Topics Lia cares about

Project Controls
Her entire recruitment focus is on hiring Project Controls professionals for Tier 1 clients across the UK's nuclear, defence, utilities, rail, and infrastructure sectors.
Talent Acquisition
As an experienced headhunter and Associate Director, she leads talent acquisition for permanent roles, supporting clients throughout the UK and Europe.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Associate Director / Project Controls / Talent Acquisition / UK
PACE Global
10-2022 - 3-2025
Recruitment Business Partner
Imerys
1-2014 - 1-2022
Full-time parenting
Career Break
12-2013
Project Controls - Talent Acquisition - Europe and Middle East (contract)
CH2M
Global Lead Recruiter - Project Controls Associate (Contract)
Stratum International
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2001 - 2002
ESL-English as a Second Language
Case Western Reserve University
2003 - 2005
Education details unavailable
ELS Nyc
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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