Project Leadership Search, Reimagined.
We place exceptional project leaders across mining, resources, energy, and infrastructure.
Trusted by leaders from
The best project leaders
aren't on job boards.
Temper is a specialist search firm connecting Western Australia's top project leaders with career-defining roles across mining, resources, energy, and infrastructure. Our structured methodology and deep market intelligence mean we find the leaders who aren't looking — and bring them to you.
Four pillars.
One proven process.
Every Temper search follows the same rigorous sequence — because great hires don't happen by accident.
Viability
We diagnose before we search
We benchmark salary against live market data, pressure-test role assumptions, and tell you the truth about what's achievable — before you spend a dollar.
Visiblity
Know your talent landscape
Know your talent landscape before urgency forces a bad decision. We map who's operating at the level you need, where they sit, and what it would take to move them. Reactive hiring becomes strategic planning.
Search
Targeted. Researched. Direct.
We identify and engage candidates who will never apply through conventional channels — qualifying every one against a bespoke role scorecard before they enter your process.
Select
Behavioural science, validated
Behavioural science, career pattern analysis, and rigorous reference validation. Our structured selection process separates who someone is from who they present themselves to be. When we recommend a candidate, we stake our reputation on it.
First Contact to Right Match: 21 Days
Industry average time to fill: 120+ days. With Temper: 21–45 days.
Diagnose
We benchmark salary against live market data, pressure-test role assumptions, and tell you the truth about what's achievable — before you spend a dollar. Most searches fail before they start. Ours don't.
Map
We identify who's operating at the level you need, where they sit, and what it would take to move them — before urgency forces a bad decision. Reactive hiring becomes strategic planning.
Target
We identify and engage candidates who will never apply through conventional channels, qualifying every one against a bespoke role scorecard before they enter your process. Direct. Researched. Deliberate.
Validate
Behavioural science, career pattern analysis, and rigorous reference validation — our structured selection process separates who someone is from who they present themselves to be. When we recommend a candidate, we stake our reputation on it.
From mandate to placement in three weeks
Deep Expertise
Where It Matters
Most
We don't cover everything — we cover the sectors where precision placement has the highest stakes.
Mining
Project directors, COOs, and technical leads for WA's tier-one mining operations and extraction programs.
Energy
LNG, renewables, hydrogen, and energy transition. Project leadership talent for a sector in structural growth.
Infrastructure
Senior leadership for transport, rail, and urban development projects shaping WA's built environment.
Roles We Place
Project Directors · Construction Managers · GM Operations · Mine Managers · Engineering Managers · Operations Managers · Study Managers · Commissioning Managers and beyond