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CorePeople

Corepeople is a privately owned recruitment agency dedicated to the construction and built environment sectors across the North of England, with a proven track record that spans more than three decades. Operating from its head office in Durham, the company focuses exclusively on construction and has built extensive, long standing networks that allow clients and candidates to benefit from deep local market knowledge and early insight into pipeline projects. Corepeople delivers permanent recruitment for construction businesses that want to strengthen their teams with technically and academically capable staff ready for their next step, and provides agile temporary recruitment solutions to help employers meet short term spikes in workload by supplying technical and professional personnel as well as trades and labour. Through its executive recruitment arm, Hawthorn Blue, the firm also supports senior and board level hiring. The company recruits across civil engineering, including highways, water, marine, environmental, groundworks, energy, and rail; building projects spanning commercial, education, healthcare, hotels and leisure, student accommodation, and industrial; and housing, from private residential development and affordable housing to extra care, retirement living, and social housing maintenance. Clients include main contractors, subcontractors, developers, plant hire companies, consultancies, and public sector organizations, while candidates gain practical guidance, market intelligence, and tailored support whether seeking a permanent move or the flexibility of temporary contracts. Corepeople underpins its service with a commitment to quality and compliance, reflected in industry accreditations and affiliations such as REC, CHAS, and ISO 9001, and a continued focus on wellbeing through Mindful Employer. With specialist consultants covering white collar, blue collar, and executive talent, the agency combines disciplined search methods with an extensive regional network to deliver reliable, timely hiring outcomes that keep projects moving and careers progressing across the North of England construction market.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionFreight ForwardingAirlines & AviationMaritime

HQDurham, United Kingdom

Sterling Recruitment Services Ltd

Sterling Recruitment Services Ltd is a UK recruitment partner based in Middlesbrough that connects talent to opportunity across multiple operational and technical disciplines. Serving employers and job seekers nationwide, the agency delivers temporary, contract and permanent staffing solutions designed to flex with shifting demand while maintaining quality, safety and compliance. Its consultants cover a broad range of sectors that include Accountancy and Finance, Commercial and Operations, Driving and Logistics, Engineering and Technical, Manufacturing and FMCG, Renewable Energy, Trades and Labour, Warehouse and Distribution, and Waste Management. By combining market knowledge with modern recruitment software and targeted search techniques, the team is able to identify and engage passive candidates, accelerate time to hire, and secure hard to find skills for both blue collar and white collar roles. For clients, Sterling Recruitment Services manages the full hiring lifecycle from detailed brief, targeted outreach and screening through to interview coordination, offer management and onboarding support, always focused on transparent communication and dependable delivery. For candidates, the agency provides practical guidance at every stage, from CV writing tips and interview preparation to feedback and transition support, with the aim of building long term relationships and repeat success. The business operates to robust standards, underpinned by clear Equal Opportunities and Modern Slavery policies and a commitment to fair and ethical recruitment practices. Located at Skippers Lane Industrial Estate in Middlesbrough, the team supports local employers as well as national operations that require scalable project ramp ups, shift cover and specialist technicians. Whether an organization needs a single critical hire or a reliable stream of flexible workers, or a professional seeking the next step, Sterling Recruitment Services focuses on matching capability, culture and ambition so both parties can move forward with confidence.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTruckingWarehousingDistribution

HQMiddlesbrough, United Kingdom

Samuel Knight International

Samuel Knight International is a global recruitment and workforce solutions partner specializing in the energy, utilities, and transportation sectors, with deep capability across complex engineering and operational environments. The company delivers permanent recruitment, contract staffing, and project based statements of work to utilities, power generation, grid and transmission, renewable energy, and rail infrastructure organizations across the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Its consultants map niche talent markets spanning electrical and mechanical engineering, civil works, signaling and train control, rolling stock, HV substations, overhead lines and catenary, SCADA and protection, transmission lines, grid connection, onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, battery energy storage, hydrogen and low carbon projects, and rail maintenance and overhaul. Combining sector expertise with disciplined compliance and safety practices, Samuel Knight International supports full project lifecycles from early design and planning through construction, testing and commissioning, operations, and maintenance. The firm manages global mobilization, right to work verification, onboarding, payroll coordination for contractors, and ongoing contractor care, enabling clients to scale fast while reducing risk, cost, and time to hire. Typical appointments include project directors and managers, design engineers, site managers, protection and control engineers, OLE specialists, signaling testers, HSQE professionals, schedulers and planners, quantity surveyors and commercial managers, asset and operations leaders, as well as multi skilled technicians, electricians, linemen, installers, and other critical field teams. Clients such as developers, grid operators, EPCs, OEMs, rail operators, contractors, and engineering consultancies rely on the firm for talent pipelining, market mapping, salary benchmarking, and rapid response to peak project demand. Candidates benefit from transparent engagement, career coaching, and access to cross border opportunities aligned to safety, schedule, and budget. Whether building multidisciplinary project teams, supplying single subject matter experts, or securing senior leaders to drive transformation and growth, Samuel Knight International focuses on outcomes, speed, and quality. Leveraging data led sourcing, curated talent communities, and an international network, the company consistently delivers scarce skills where they are needed most and supports organizations driving the transition to cleaner energy and more reliable, modern transportation and utility infrastructure.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingSOW/ProjectsOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningDistributionPublic TransitAutomotive

HQBristol, United Kingdom

Launch Group Ltd

Launch Group Ltd, trading as The Launch Group, is a UK recruitment and training partner that helps people realise their potential and enables employers to build scalable, job‑ready teams. From its base in Newcastle upon Tyne, the company blends commercial recruitment with accredited training, pre‑employment programmes, and e‑learning to move candidates smoothly from skills development into work. Its sector reach spans aviation, power and engineering, contact centres, construction, defence, digital skills, and health and social care, supported by dedicated academies that prepare talent for real roles and deliver measurable outcomes, including strong conversion rates from training to employment. In energy, The Launch Group connects Transmission and Distribution and renewable operators with permanent and contract specialists across wind, solar, BESS, hydropower, subsea, and smart grid projects, offering end‑to‑end project coverage and compliance‑backed delivery. Employers also access aptitude testing and a video interview screening platform to accelerate and standardise selection, alongside funded recruitment options and CSR programmes co‑designed with brands to widen opportunity and improve social impact. The company partners with leading organisations such as airports, airlines, ground handling providers, engineering groups, utilities, healthcare providers, and customer experience outsourcers, supporting both volume hiring and specialist appointments. Through LaunchLearn, its e‑learning hub, individuals and teams can upskill in mandatory and compliance topics as well as employability, while candidates benefit from resources covering CV writing, interview skills, application forms, and assessment day preparation. The Launch Group maintains a quality and security focus evidenced by industry recognitions and operates with a candidate‑first ethos that prioritises readiness, retention, and career progression. Whether the requirement is permanent staffing, contract solutions, or coordinated project hiring, the company aligns capability, training, and technology to deliver faster time to productivity and long‑term workforce value for clients across the UK and beyond.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingSOW/ProjectsOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningTruckingWarehousingDistribution

HQNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

MAC Projects International

MAC Projects International is a project led recruitment and workforce solutions partner serving organizations that build and maintain critical infrastructure. The firm aligns talent delivery with the pace, risk, and compliance demands of capital programs by combining market mapping, proactive sourcing, and careful mobilization planning. It supplies permanent hires to strengthen leadership and technical benches, and deploys contract and temporary teams to flex capacity during peak phases, outages, and rollouts. Clients engage MAC Projects International to secure skilled trades, supervisors, engineers, HSE and quality specialists, project controls professionals, and technology and telecom talent across construction, utilities, energy, and network deployment. Consultants apply structured screening, competency based interviews, and strict right to work and safety credentials verification, while maintaining transparent communication with hiring managers and candidates. The company coordinates start ready logistics, including site inductions, PPE, and shift rosters, to reduce time to productivity and mitigate schedule risk. Across multi site frameworks and fast track builds, MAC Projects International emphasizes dependable delivery, cost clarity, and measurable service levels, underpinned by a data informed approach to labor planning and talent pipelining. Operating across international markets, the business partners with enterprises from emerging challengers to established multinationals, adapting to local regulations and labor market nuances. Whether a client requires a single hard to find specialist, a turnkey field team, or ongoing recruitment for steady state operations, the firm provides a scalable model that aligns to budgets, milestones, and compliance obligations. Its commitment to candidate care supports retention and repeat engagement, while continuous feedback and market insight help clients refine role scopes, compensation, and location strategy. By focusing on safety, quality, inclusion, and speed, MAC Projects International helps project owners, main contractors, and service providers keep programs staffed, safe, and on schedule.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingTemporary StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData Science

HQNewcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Wolviston Group

Wolviston Group is a UK based recruitment partner that focuses on connecting skilled people with organizations across engineering led and industrial markets. Operating as a multi brand group, it brings together specialist teams with deep sector knowledge to provide a seamless mix of permanent recruitment, contract staffing, and temporary workforce solutions. The company supports clients ranging from agile SMEs to complex, multi site enterprises, helping them scale project teams, backfill critical roles, and build long term capability in functions that span engineering, operations, maintenance, HSE, quality, project controls, and support services. Its consultants combine disciplined search methods with practical understanding of regulated, safety critical environments common to energy, process, and advanced manufacturing sectors, which enables accurate shortlisting and faster onboarding with a strong emphasis on competence and compliance. For temporary and contract assignments, Wolviston Group manages the full engagement cycle, including right to work checks, onboarding, timesheets, payroll coordination, and contractor care, so clients can maintain productivity while meeting governance, IR35, and supply chain standards. For permanent hiring, it applies targeted sourcing, talent mapping, and structured assessment to secure professionals from technician level through senior management, with particular strength in hard to fill technical roles where scarcity, location, or shift demands can complicate hiring. The group aligns delivery to client objectives by building talent pipelines for recurring needs, mobilizing project teams to fixed deadlines, and integrating robust communication and reporting so stakeholders always have clear visibility of progress, risks, and market feedback. Candidates benefit from honest guidance on roles, preparation for interviews, and ongoing support during assignments, all underpinned by a service culture that values safety, integrity, and measurable outcomes. By blending market reach, technical insight, and dependable execution, Wolviston Group helps clients reduce time to hire, improve retention, and deliver complex projects with the right people in the right place at the right time.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingTemporary StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseRenewable EnergyMiningEnvironmental Services

HQStockton-on-tees, United Kingdom

Populus Select Recruitment

Populus Select is a specialist global recruitment partner focused on Life Sciences, Chemicals, Power, Construction, and Emerging Technologies, delivering talent solutions across the UK, Europe, the Americas, GCC and MENA, and South and East Asia. The firm supports clients that demand high levels of technical and leadership expertise, combining a meticulous Identify, Attract, and Hire methodology with a boutique, service led approach. Populus Select provides permanent recruitment, executive search and interim management, and contract staffing to address critical hiring needs at pace and scale, from niche individual contributors to senior executives. Its consultants understand the compliance, safety, and regulatory landscapes that shape complex sectors, and match that knowledge with practical insight into local laws, languages, and cultures to ensure smooth, cross border hiring. In Life Sciences, the team recruits across biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, nutraceuticals, and cosmeceuticals, covering R&D, quality and regulatory, manufacturing operations, clinical, and commercial roles. In Chemicals and advanced manufacturing, Populus Select supplies leaders and specialists in process engineering, EHS, plant operations, scale up, and commercial functions to world class facilities. In Power, the company supports both traditional generation and the energy transition, securing engineering, project delivery, and operational talent for organizations modernizing infrastructure and deploying more sustainable technologies. For Construction, it partners with HR and project leaders to resource every stage of the project lifecycle, aligning skills, safety, and delivery outcomes. Emerging Technologies clients, from start ups and spin outs to established innovators, use Populus Select to build multidisciplinary teams capable of scaling products and reaching new markets. Throughout each engagement, the firm emphasizes careful briefings, transparent communication, and rigorous assessment to guarantee the right fit, while offering candidates tailored guidance and long term career support. This blend of sector depth, global reach, and unwavering commitment to quality makes Populus Select a trusted partner for organizations and professionals seeking lasting results.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsChemical ManufacturingElectrical EngineeringIndustrial Automation

HQDarlington, United Kingdom

Brunel

Brunel is a global recruitment and workforce solutions partner that connects highly skilled specialists with complex, safety-critical and innovation-led projects around the world. Operating across EMEA, the Americas and Asia Pacific, the company serves clients ranging from high growth innovators to major operators, EPCs and OEMs in energy, life sciences and engineering-driven markets. Brunel focuses on three core offerings that cover the full talent lifecycle: permanent recruitment to secure long term leaders and specialists, contract staffing to deliver flexible expertise at pace, and statement of work project delivery to execute defined outcomes against milestones and KPIs. Its industry-focused consultants combine technical understanding with disciplined search and selection, leveraging curated talent communities, market mapping and structured assessment to accelerate hiring without compromising on quality or compliance. For contract engagements, Brunel provides end-to-end mobilization and ongoing contractor care, including onboarding, local employment compliance, payroll coordination, HSE onboarding, travel and logistics support, and performance management. Through SOW delivery, Brunel stands up dedicated project teams, aligns governance and reporting to client standards, and manages scope, schedule and quality to achieve measurable results. The firm delivers talent across the project and asset lifecycle, including project management, process, mechanical, electrical and civil engineering, commissioning and maintenance, HSE and QA/QC, supply chain and procurement, data and digital, and specialized life sciences roles such as quality, regulatory and validation. Its sector expertise spans oil and gas, renewables and power, mining and resources, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical devices, as well as automotive, aerospace, industrial automation and large scale infrastructure. Clients choose Brunel for its blend of global reach and local execution, robust risk and compliance controls, strong safety culture, and a candidate experience designed to drive retention and on the job performance.

Contract StaffingPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningVeterinaryAutomotiveAerospace

HQManchester, United Kingdom

Amber Resourcing

Amber Resourcing is a UK based technology recruitment firm focused on long term outcomes and talent retention. From hubs in Bristol and Manchester, its consultants operate nationwide and support clients across the technology and digital landscape, partnering with fast moving startups through to large enterprises. The team positions itself as dynamic tech matchmakers, taking the time to understand each companys culture, product roadmap, and ways of working so they can recommend candidates who fit both the technical brief and the values that drive the business. For employers, Amber Resourcing emphasizes consistent, high quality hiring built on a rigorously screened network and market informed advice, aiming to deliver hires that stay, perform, and contribute to innovation. For candidates, the firm offers a partnership approach with clear guidance on market trends, career moves, and timing, presenting opportunities that align with personal goals in areas such as software engineering, data, cloud, cybersecurity, product, and broader digital roles. The companys philosophy is that quality beats speed, and every search is designed to reduce mis hire risk by carefully aligning capability and character fit. Their mission to put vibrant people in vibrant places is underpinned by a structured hiring process, interview preparation, and ongoing support to help both sides succeed after the offer stage, reinforcing retention as a core measure of success. Amber Resourcing also advances a sustainability commitment through its Amber Goes Green initiative, encouraging practical steps like meat free Mondays, responsible search habits, and improved waste management across the business. With sector specialists, an extensive candidate network developed through intensive screening, and a reputation for delivery, Amber Resourcing brings employers informed solutions and gives tech professionals a collaborative path to progression in the UK and beyond.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceRenewable EnergyMiningEnvironmental Services

HQBristol, United Kingdom

Teespro Recruitment

Teespro Recruitment is a Teesside based recruitment partner dedicated to helping engineering and manufacturing companies across the North East and the wider UK secure top technical and leadership talent. Serving EPC contractors, process and chemical manufacturers, building services consultancies, and renewable and net zero energy innovators, the firm delivers a tailored, proactive and precise search approach grounded in transparent, thorough and personal service. With over 10 years of proven delivery across the Tees Valley and nationwide, Teespro focuses on permanent appointments, contract assignments and executive and strategic searches spanning key disciplines including civil and structural, mechanical, process and chemical, instrumentation, control and electrical, project engineering and project management, design and draughting, planning and scheduling, commercial, and quality, health, safety and environment. Leveraging a strong professional network and deep local market insight, its consultants rigorously assess capability and culture to reduce time to hire, strengthen shortlists and improve retention. Teespro operates an innovative partnership model that aligns hiring strategies with business growth, supporting major growth sectors such as renewable and low carbon energy while maintaining breadth across industrial automation, electrical engineering, utilities and water management. For clients, this means credible delivery, clear communication and measurable outcomes on critical hires; for candidates, it means one to one guidance, career advice and access to curated live jobs across Teesside, North Yorkshire and other UK hubs, including pathways into senior and leadership roles. Headquartered in Middlesbrough, Teespro is embedded in the communities it serves and is committed to long term relationships built on trust, responsiveness and results, connecting specialists and employers with precision to enable sustainable growth and lasting success.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseRenewable EnergyMiningEnvironmental Services

HQMiddlesbrough, United Kingdom

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