Randstad Infrastructure.

Randstad continually works with major providers in the industry to match the right candidates to the best roles. We are proud to state claim to multiple awards and accolades such as:

• Five-star RISQS accreditation
• Number 1 global recruiter 

Randstad CPE account managers work with well-established networks and the support of 60 years+ global recruitment experience, able to support you and your candidates throughout the whole process. 

You can trust our proven success working with Costain and London Bridge Station to place 172 technical & professional jobs to name a single project. 

Working closely with HS2 and everything the high-speed rail network entails, from ecologists to engineers, Randstad has dedicated an entire rail division of the construction, property and engineering business to focus on this and similar projects. 

With dedicated consultants in both London and Birmingham and the support of our 12 location network in the UK, there's always someone at hand to utilise our 10'000+ strong candidate pool in this sector. 

For projects on this scale especially and across our markets we offer high-quality MSP options to provide you:

• An account team accessible and visible onsite with managers (or based onsite with your permission)
• A coordination team and compliance team ringfenced (separate location and legal entity) from Randstad CPE
• Investment in technology to underpin end-to-end process but option for phone/face-to-face ordering and support remains
• Supply chain investment programme - the success of the service is reliant on supply chain performance
• Dedicated Continuous Improvement specialist 

As the market leader in construction recruitment, what this guarantees, is consistency and accountability of service while supporting end user clients across multiple sectors. A number of our specialist consultants are qualified engineers themselves and have hands-on experience working on site. This means they not only understand how recruitment works, but how the roles they are recruiting for operate. 

From our over 40 year experience working with projects involving major highway construction and development, you can trust in our ability to provide the right candidates for the roles you need on site for years to come. We often will be able to spec out a full development from candidates we have to hand with a phone call from a consultant to our database spanning thousands. 

Our sister company Qualitair, enables us to draw on a wealth of 50 plus years of experience in specific aviation roles as and when we need it.

At Randstad we still provide experienced account managers able to handle your recruitment needs quickly and with the knowledge of the industry. Our global reach means we can share information and contacts with branches across the world, most notably in Australia and New Zealand. Our ongoing campaign to help antipodean candidates, with the right qualifications, come to the UK has seen very successful for a number of years. 

The power sector matters as much to us as they do to our clients. Catering for this key sector, we have grown our capabilities and resources, expanding our industry expertise. Tackling the skills gap head-on matters too and we work with our clients on OLEC training and worker development, aiming to provide you with the most skilled workers for your roles. 

We ensure comprehensive contingent labour to power your project:

• OLE linesmen (all grades) and OLE supervisors
• HV – AC & DC power distribution staff
• Bonding teams
• Electrification construction staff
• Troughing and cable pulling gangs
• Associated vegetation management teams
• Steel erectors
• Specialist piling teams
• Machine controllers (MEWP) and operators
• AC & DC isolation teams and planners
• Protection and warning staff

With so many years to talk about working in the industry, it's difficult to pick just one example of our success. So we often let our clients talk for us, some we've worked with for many years, others new. 

One Commercial Manager from Skanska was kind enough to comment, 

“I have utilised Randstad on a number of projects over the last 10 years with my last project being the Waterloo International Terminal with 

Skanska. Randstad have provided staff of a high calibre and who are best suited to the project and its specific challenges. This was over and above the service that I am used to from providers of agency labour.”

Partnering with Skanska and the Wessex Capacity Alliance, one example of our proven placement prowess is evident in 134 technical & professional jobs filled. 

The Lead Delivery at Skanska held us in high regard,

“I would like to thank Randstad for the support that your organisation has given to the successful delivery of the Wessex Capacity Alliance’s portfolio of work. A wide range of skill sets and roles have been covered by yourselves from Director level all the way to site operative. All the Randstad staff have demonstrated the required safety competence for their roles and had the correct delivery motivation to strengthen our teams and aid the successful delivery of the projects on the Alliance.

I would also like to thank Randstad's management for supporting the supply chain directors safety forums and safety events and for always being at hand to provide help. Overall, I have been extremely impressed with the professional attitude and efficiencies from Randstad and would recommend their services to others.”

Britain has a great infrastructure heritage. Stephenson. Brunel. Bazalgette. Ingenious and prolific mechanical and civil engineers from our history. Their achievements in infrastructure were towering - from a London sewer network which was instrumental in relieving the city from cholera epidemics to the Great Western Railway, one of the wonders of Victorian Britain. Their feats have granted them immortality in the construction industry.

Infrastructure projects make such excellent bullet points on a construction professional’s CV and that people jump at the chance to work on them. 

When we asked candidates if they’d ever work on a project for a discount:

• 38% said they’d take a pay cut to work on a historically important infrastructure project.

How much would candidates be willing to sacrifice for the glamour of a certain project?

• On average a 10% pay cut - a testament to the reputational currency of infrastructure projects across the industry.

Construction professional Yemi Kusimo says part of the benefit of big bluechip projects is that no one has to google your job to understand what you’ve been doing.  “When I’m hiring someone, the big projects are easy to understand.  Equally, people know what I’m doing if they can see them on my CV. Having them on your resume makes life easier for you in the future.”

Demand for construction professionals has never been higher in recent months, with the support of the economy and the government, major rail projects lay the tracks for an infrastructure boom. 

• Crossrail 1 is looking to complete in the coming year - finally bringing the incredible new Canary Wharf station to life.
• HS2 already employs around 1,500 people; transport links to serve the Northern Powerhouse are planned; we’re seeing investment in state-of-the-art in-cab digital signalling to allow trains to run more frequently and more reliably
• The Luton DART is currently under construction and is scheduled to open in 2021
• Crossrail 2 will be the fourth major rail project in the capital since 2000, following the East London line extensions, the Thameslink Programme and Crossrail itself.

Of course, infrastructure is not all about rail. 

• We are investing in London’s sewer system with The Thames Tideway sewer. 
• We’re investing in our roads via smart motorway projects.
• An arrivals terminal is being built at Stansted - with construction set to take three years at a cost of £130m. 
• Mogden sewage treatment works now covers 140 acres.
• Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, a 3,200 MWe nuclear power station with two EPR reactors, is under construction. They’re even finally doing something about Battersea Power Station.

Randstad is a big part of the Infrastructure of Britain, serving roles to many large scale operations daily. 

Get in touch today and let one of our dedicated team take you through all we can offer.