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OCC Services

Founded in 1995, OCC Services is an Australian labour hire and recruitment company that deploys skilled blue collar and white collar talent across construction, mining, and infrastructure projects nationwide. Headquartered in North Melbourne with operations in Queensland and Western Australia, the business supports local, metro, and FIFO workforces and is trusted by leading contractors and builders. OCC specialises in construction labour hire and dedicated traffic management services, complemented by general recruitment capabilities that scale for both small and large projects. The companys delivery model focuses on superior account management, transparent pricing, and responsive service to provide cost effective staffing solutions that improve safety, productivity, and efficiency on site. Safety and compliance sit at the core of its operations, with strong emphasis on OH and S, site readiness, and ongoing workforce support. In Western Australia, OCC actively supplies personnel into both metro and FIFO roles and provides branded PPE, rapid mobilization, and consistent pay cycles to ensure workers are job ready and clients can maintain program certainty. The firm champions inclusion and mental wellbeing, with initiatives that promote mental health and women in construction. Through Moorditj Danjoo, an alliance network Employment Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Western Australia, OCC provides ongoing mentoring and support so candidates are work, job, and life ready, creating sustainable pathways in construction, mining, hospitality, and business. OCC also partners with A2B Personnel to strengthen Indigenous recruitment outcomes. Longstanding relationships with tier one and mid tier clients reflect the companys values of integrity, reliability, safety, relationships, and family. Whether supplying traffic controllers, site crews, or skilled specialists for short term, ongoing, or permanent needs, OCC Services aligns talent to project demand so that Opportunity Creates Careers for the people and businesses it serves.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionFreight ForwardingAirlines & AviationMaritime

HQMelbourne, Australia

TMR Recruitment

TMR Recruitment is an Australian recruitment agency specialising in building services, manufacturing, and energy, known for a pragmatic, no nonsense approach to matching talent with opportunity. Established in 2007 by Trudi Hedley and operating with a remote team, the firm partners with clients nationwide and brings more than two decades of on the tools recruiting experience across both agency and client side environments. TMR blends agile resource planning with hands on headhunting, actively pursuing talent rather than waiting for applicants, and focuses on roles spanning HVAC design and construct (project managers, estimators, drafters, engineers), HVAC service (account managers, sales engineers, service technicians, coordinators), refrigeration (service support, refrigeration mechanics, sales engineers), energy (R&D, control systems, mechanical and electrical engineers, energy specialists), manufacturing (application and mechanical engineers, production planners, general management, quality control), and distribution (sales and marketing, support engineers, executive assistants, branch managers). Clients from sectors such as industrial machinery, HVACR, and building services rely on TMR for transparent processes, diligent due diligence, and a targeted hunt for best in market candidates. The teams mission centric culture is reflected in a no mission impossible mindset and a focus on removing headaches and friction from the hiring journey for both employers and candidates. Headquartered out of Melbourne with experience gained locally and internationally, TMR supports growth, transformation, and operational continuity for SMEs and larger enterprises alike, delivering results through permanent search, senior appointments, and flexible talent solutions. With thought leadership across HVACR, construction, and manufacturing and a strong emphasis on long term relationships, TMR positions itself as a specialist partner for companies needing credible, time efficient recruitment that balances technical capability, cultural fit, and future potential.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseArchitectureInterior DesignOil & Gas

HQMelbourne, Australia

New Beginnings Skills International

New Beginnings Skills International is an Australia based recruitment and sourcing services company dedicated to solving skills shortages by connecting employers with high quality local and overseas talent. Established in August 2022 by Managing Director Paul Birch, an Australian citizen and resident with more than 35 years of international corporate experience, the firm blends ethical, compliant hiring with deep market knowledge to support both employers and candidates. Its integrated offering spans domestic and overseas skills sourcing and placement, recruitment process outsourcing, offshoring employment of talent, visa application support, relocation and transition, training and skills upgrade, workforce consulting, and tailored services and support for skilled migrants and international students. The team serves core sectors including road transport and logistics, public transport, aviation, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, property services, and waste and circular economy, applying a rigorous screening process to ensure skills and safety standards are met. With recruiters in Australia, India, and the Philippines and strong partnerships across Southeast Asia, MENA, and Europe, New Beginnings Skills provides global reach and local expertise, sourcing from key talent markets such as India, China, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Nepal, and Thailand. Delivery models are flexible, covering permanent recruitment, interim and contract engagements, and end to end RPO programs that build sustainable talent pipelines. Candidates receive practical, people centered guidance including job search support, interview readiness, resume preparation, and tailored coaching, with additional assistance for accompanying family members to ease settlement and employment transitions. Guided by a strong commitment to ethics, compliance, professionalism, quality, innovation, collaboration, and community impact, the company partners with clients to meet immediate hiring needs and long term workforce strategies while helping skilled professionals and students begin a new life and career in Australia.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingRPOSupply Chain ManagementFreight ForwardingAirlines & AviationIndustrial MachineryChemical ManufacturingElectrical Engineering

HQMelbourne, Australia

Verra

Verra is an Australian recruitment partner focused on the built environment and critical infrastructure, working with market leaders across Construction, Development, Design, Civil, Defence, and Energy and Renewables. With over 30 years of combined experience, the team operates across NSW and VIC and supports flagship projects nationwide. Verra is driven by authenticity, virtue, and impact, placing genuine relationships at the heart of its model and investing the time to understand each business so every placement supports long term success. The firm brings deep domain knowledge across the full project lifecycle, from early design concepts and planning through documentation, coordination, and project delivery. In Architecture and Design, Verra recruits Architects, BIM technicians, project leads, civil and structural drafters, and development managers, ensuring alignment on design intent, regulatory requirements, and delivery milestones. In Civil and Commercial Construction, Defence, and Energy and Renewables, the team combines agency and in house talent leadership experience to run precise, transparent searches that balance technical capability with cultural fit and future potential. Clients value Verra for speed, clarity, and honest advice; candidates appreciate a people first approach that keeps communication open and decisions grounded in integrity. Services span permanent and contract hiring and targeted search for pivotal roles, enabling organizations to secure critical skills quickly while building resilient teams for the future. By reshaping how people experience recruitment and building partnerships that last, Verra helps businesses deliver complex projects safely, on time, and to a high standard, and helps professionals progress in careers that make a meaningful difference across Australias built environment.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionWater ManagementUtilitiesGovernment Administration

HQMelbourne, Australia

Blake Oliver - Property & Construction

Blake Oliver - Property & Construction is a boutique recruitment division dedicated to Australias property and construction sectors, delivering tailored hiring solutions that help clients build high performing teams and candidates achieve meaningful career progression. Operating nationally across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth, the team blends market knowledge with a proactive, research led approach that prioritises direct headhunting over reliance on inbound applications. Clients engage Blake Oliver for executive search, permanent recruitment, temporary and contract solutions, and project based hiring where multiple roles must be mobilised to meet critical timelines. Their end to end model spans role scoping, targeted talent mapping, confidential outreach, structured assessment, shortlisting, offer management, and post placement care, with a focus on culture and values alignment as much as technical capability. The practice supports the full breadth of residential and commercial real estate development and construction, partnering with builders, developers, asset owners, contractors, and consultancies. Typical mandates include project director, senior project manager, project manager and coordinator, site manager and supervisor, foreperson and leading hand, project engineer, commercial and contract manager, contract administrator, estimator, bid manager, design manager and coordinator, building manager, OH&S leadership, maintenance manager, development director and manager, development project manager, acquisitions manager, quantity surveyor, and cost planner, as well as line managers, general managers, and C suite appointments. Candidates benefit from access to exclusive opportunities, market insights, and practical coaching to navigate moves with confidence and discretion. Under the leadership of experienced directors with deep sector expertise, Blake Oliver emphasises quality over quantity by presenting pre vetted shortlists of candidates who can create immediate impact on site and at head office. The result is a consistent track record of timely placements, reduced hiring risk, and long term fit for growing organisations shaping Australias built environment.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionInterior DesignConstruction & Skilled TradesEngineering

HQMelbourne, Australia

Job Prospects

Job Prospects is a leading Australian employment services provider and a division of SYC, the national not for profit focused on helping people build wellbeing, independence and opportunity. For more than six decades SYC has supported communities across South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, and Job Prospects brings that mission to life in the world of work by helping people gain and sustain employment while assisting employers to recruit and retain a productive, inclusive workforce. As a long standing provider of government funded employment programs, including Disability Employment Services Employment Support Service and the successor frameworks to jobactive, Job Prospects delivers tailored coaching, job search assistance, employability skills training, work readiness preparation, and intensive post placement support. The team has specialist capability working with young people, people with disability, First Nations job seekers, and individuals experiencing homelessness or disadvantage, providing culturally informed mentoring, workplace adjustments advice and connections to wraparound supports. Leveraging SYC Registered Training Organisation programs and Apprenticeship Support Services, Job Prospects helps candidates access accredited training, pre employment programs and apprenticeship pathways, and helps businesses navigate incentives and wage subsidies to accelerate hiring. For employers, Job Prospects offers end to end recruitment support that combines proactive sourcing, screening and shortlisting with coordinated onboarding, retention check ins and workplace inclusion guidance, operating as a flexible partner that can fill permanent roles, casual and seasonal openings, and short term assignments in sectors such as construction, hospitality, retail and business support. The organization works with enterprises of all sizes, from local small businesses to large national employers, and emphasizes measurable outcomes, compliance, and safeguarding. By uniting social purpose with practical recruitment delivery, Job Prospects creates sustainable matches that lift workforce participation and strengthen communities.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingRPOHotel ManagementCulinary ArtsTravel & Tourism OperationsResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstruction

HQAdelaide, Australia

Transcend Managed Services

Transcend Managed Services is the recruitment and labour hire arm of Transcend Group, working alongside Transcend Consulting Group Pty Ltd, which specializes in reinforcement drafting, digital engineering and 3D modelling for complex civil and infrastructure projects. As Transcend Managed Services Pty Ltd, the team provides labour hire and recruitment services across construction and infrastructure, heavy manufacturing, engineering and steel markets, aligning every engagement to a clear focus on quality, safety and efficiency. Clients rely on Transcend for flexible workforce solutions that scale with project demands, including temporary labour hire, permanent recruitment and managed service outsourcing. The company also delivers vendor management solutions, offering master and neutral vendor models, direct sourcing programs and structured resource management to improve visibility, compliance and cost control across multi-supplier environments. Whether mobilising skilled trades for site-based works or placing technical and professional talent into plant, fabrication and engineering teams, Transcend operates with a partnership mindset grounded in dependable delivery, transparent communication and practical, deliverable strategies. Their consultants bring a deep understanding of the unique demands of manufacturing, civil and environmental projects, enabling precise matching of capability, certifications and culture. Underpinned by a commitment to high quality outcomes, continual improvement and a win-win approach for customers, staff and suppliers, the business balances speed with diligence, prioritising safe work practices and workforce wellbeing. This values-led approach extends across change management and resource planning support, helping clients adapt to shifting scopes, tighten controls and keep critical milestones on track. From single role fills to multi-site programs under an MSP framework, Transcend Managed Services strives to exceed expectations by uniting disciplined process, market insight and a hands-on service ethos that earns long-term trust.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingMSPAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstruction

HQMelbourne, Australia

Living Sectors Recruitment (Part of Enable Talent Group)

Living Sectors Recruitment, the specialist brand of Enable Talent Group, focuses exclusively on Australias residential living sectors and connects investors, developers, owners and operators with the people who design, build and run communities. Operating across the full asset lifecycle, the firm delivers talent for capital investment and acquisitions, development and project delivery, construction, operations and leasing, property and facilities management, asset management, resident experience, finance, risk and governance. Typical appointments span CEOs, COOs, CFOs, Heads of Development and Investment, General Managers and Regional Operations leaders, as well as Fund and Portfolio Managers, Investment and Development Analysts, Development and Project Managers, Design and Construction Managers, Asset Managers, Operations and Village Managers, Leasing and Brand specialists, HR and People and Culture, FP&A, treasury, commercial finance and compliance leaders including risk, ESG, governance and company secretarial roles. Services include executive search for critical leadership hires, professional and mid senior permanent recruitment across all functions, and temporary and contract solutions that keep projects and platforms moving. Through its partnership with Apositive, the business provides fast, compliant labour hire in VIC and NSW with payroll, superannuation and insurance handled, allowing clients to scale resources with speed and confidence. The companys sector focus covers Build to Rent (BTR), Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA), Retirement and Independent Living, Affordable and Community Housing, Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) and co living. A network led approach, pre assessed candidates, transparent fees without lock ins and clear Why We Shortlisted rationales underpin a relationship driven model built for accuracy and pace. Led by Byron and Andrea Ellis and backed by more than two decades in property, finance and investment recruitment, Living Sectors Recruitment partners with boards, funds, REITs and operators nationwide to build teams that create communities and sustain asset performance. As a specialist brand within Enable Talent Group, it provides the same people, ABN and service standards with a sharper focus on Australias living sectors.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionInsuranceInvestment ManagementFinTech

HQMelbourne, Australia

Chelgrave Contracting Australia

Founded in Melbourne in 1979, Chelgrave Contracting Australia is one of the countrys longest established labour hire specialists, delivering shutdown and maintenance workforce solutions across Australia. As a family run business, Chelgrave combines personal service with deep trade and technical expertise to supply qualified tradespeople and technical professionals for short and long term assignments, covering temporary, contract and permanent needs. The company provides nationwide coverage 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and operates with a rigorous focus on risk mitigation, ensuring wages, licensing and conditions comply with relevant awards, agreements and laws. Chelgrave supplies supplementary technical and trades labour and outsourced mechanical and electrical maintenance teams to sectors including food, beverage and other FMCG, steel, paper, packaging, water treatment and allied industries, as well as general manufacturing and engineering, rail, and oil and gas. Its Technical Professionals division delivers supervisors, engineers, drafting and scientific talent alongside experienced trades, ensuring clients receive people with the right tickets and capability to hit the ground running. Chelgrave is certified to ISO 9001 for quality, ISO 45001 for health and safety and ISO 14001 for environment, and holds Victorian labour hire licence VICLHL02148. A Zero Harm safety philosophy underpinned by initiatives such as Take 5, pre assignment site safety audits, regular site visits, and ongoing employee assessment helps drive strong WHS outcomes. Long standing client partnerships include major industrial and FMCG brands such as Bluescope Steel, Oceania Glass, Asahi Beverages, Lion Dairy and Drinks and BOC Gases. With over four decades of experience, Chelgrave provides tailored shutdown, maintenance and labour solutions that align workforce supply with operational demands, whether augmenting in house teams, filling critical technical roles or delivering full crews for planned outages and capital works.

Temporary StaffingContract StaffingPermanent RecruitmentAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseUtilitiesSupply Chain ManagementFreight Forwarding

HQMelbourne, Australia

Rec People

Rec People is an Australian recruitment partner dedicated to the recreation, sport, aquatics and open space sectors, with a core focus on local government. Founded in 2018 after a decade operating as Rec Relief, the business was created by managing director Mandy Nolton to deliver a mobile, flexible and skilled workforce that can step into council teams and add value from day one. While temporary staffing remains central, Rec People now provides permanent recruitment and project based resourcing options, complemented by mentoring, graduate programs, and targeted recruitment that help new talent enter the sector and support experienced professionals to progress their careers. Based in Port Melbourne, Victoria, the team supports more than 40 councils across the state and is expanding services nationally. Their client base spans local, state and federal government, peak bodies such as VicHealth and VicSport, leisure contract management providers including YMCA, Belgravia and Aligned Leisure, private fitness operators, state and national sporting associations, professional sport, community clubs, consulting firms, community health and sporting event management. Rec People covers a wide range of job families: aquatics and leisure facility operations, lifeguards, swim school, membership sales and customer service, childcare and cafe attendants, through to parks and open space maintenance, turf and playgrounds, sport and recreation development, participation and activation, recreation and open space planning, strategic and urban planning, capital works, project management, facility leadership and contract management. Clients value the firm for fast response, cultural fit, and practical industry know how, supported by an in house mobile workforce of experienced practitioners and advisors who understand how council services operate. For jobseekers, Rec Connect job alerts, coaching and access to temporary assignments provide pathways to stable employment. For hiring managers, flexible staffing models and tailored permanent search processes ensure continuity of community programs and safe, well run facilities.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsGovernment AdministrationLaw EnforcementMilitary & DefensePerforming Arts (Music, Theatre)Visual ArtsMuseums & Galleries

HQPort Melbourne, Australia

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