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Copius Group

Copius Group is an international engineering and manpower partner that helps clients deliver complex projects and sustain long term operations across multiple industrial markets. From its network of offices in Newtownabbey, Dublin, Krakow, Houston, Ottignies Louvain la Neuve, Rotterdam, Milano, and Frankfurt am Main, the company supports programs in power and energy, oil and gas, renewables, offshore, data centres, life sciences, industrial, and commercial environments. Copius provides integrated construction, electrical and instrumentation, and mechanical capabilities, and manages the full asset lifecycle from first install through testing, commissioning, operations, maintenance, and optimisation. Its skilled manpower supply enables rapid mobilisation of qualified tradespeople and technicians, evidenced by long term programs such as supplying Journeyman Linemen and Linemen Foremen across multiple US states, major shipbuilding and rig maintenance frameworks with Harland & Wolff, and installation works within Exxon Mobils Antwerp refinery upgrade. The company is trusted by globally recognised organisations including AWS, Meta, Siemens, Atkins, Fluor, Total, LyondellBasell, Phillips 66, Stork, Actemium, Cianbro, Kirby, and others, reflecting its ability to scale safely and reliably on hyperscale data centre builds, power infrastructure, and complex industrial facilities. Quality, safety, and compliance underpin delivery, with certifications including ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 alongside VCA and Achilles FPAL membership, and a demonstrated focus on health and safety performance. Clients engage Copius for project based build phases as well as steady state O and M support, benefiting from a single partner that can source, deploy, and coordinate specialist teams across civils, electrical, mechanical, and offshore scopes. With an active careers platform and global vacancy pipeline, Copius connects skilled blue collar and technical white collar professionals to challenging work, aligning workforce readiness with the pace and standards required by leading industrial owners and EPCs.

Temporary StaffingContract StaffingPermanent RecruitmentOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticals

HQNewtownabbey, United Kingdom

H2 Contracts Ltd

H2 Contracts Ltd is a food management and production service provider founded in 2000 as Hughes Contracts and now operating across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Based at Office Unit 6, ITEC Business Park, Newry, Co Down, BT35 6HL, the company specializes in on site assembly, preparation, and in house logistical handling for the food processing and warehousing industry, delivering flexible production labour and fully managed output based solutions. Working under agreed unit rates or labour based rates, and often on a production fee basis, H2 Contracts is structured to protect client labour budgets while maintaining clear accountability for quality, efficiency, and compliance. The team integrates closely with client operations, including maintenance and quality control departments, to implement robust training, uphold stringent health and safety standards, and ensure adherence to all regulatory practices. In addition to food production operatives and warehouse support, the business supplies catalogue operatives for data capture and scanning, and can field selected construction operatives such as groundsmen, tilers, painters, and machine operators, with Manual Handling and Safe Pass/CSR certifications as standard. With years of hands on operational and production management experience in food processing, the company supports clients across handling, transportation, management, and cold storage, scaling services to meet seasonal peaks and project surges. H2 Contracts is committed to responsible recruitment and the prevention of hidden labour exploitation, operating under the guidance of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and the Stronger2gether program; management has completed continuing professional development in investigating modern slavery with the University of Derby. The business underpins its services with GDPR compliant practices and clear worker rights policies, offering a dependable mix of temporary and contract labour alongside managed, output driven projects that deliver measurable productivity and cost control for food processors and logistics operations.

Temporary StaffingContract StaffingSOW/ProjectsFarmingFood ProcessingFishing & AquacultureFreight ForwardingAirlines & AviationMaritime

HQNewry, United Kingdom

Peace Recruitment

Peace Recruitment is a specialist recruitment partner to the built environment, trusted by contractors, consulting engineers, developers, housing providers and public bodies to deliver permanent, contract and temporary talent across construction, property and infrastructure. The firm concentrates on roles that shape and maintain the places people live and work, covering architecture and design, civil and structural engineering, building services, quantity surveying and commercial management, project and site management, health and safety, trades and labor, housing and property management, asset and facilities management, and business support. Its consultants combine deep local market knowledge with national reach, drawing on curated talent networks and rigorous search, selection and screening to present shortlists that balance technical skill, safety credentials and cultural fit. Clients engage Peace Recruitment to staff full project lifecycles from planning and design through delivery and handover, as well as to secure interim capability for peaks in workload, framework call offs and unplanned absences. Contractors and public sector organizations value the companys focus on compliance, including right to work checks, reference verification, qualifications validation, CSCS and other card status, and an understanding of IR35, CIS and payroll models relevant to contingent hiring. Within the public sector, the consultancy aligns to procurement and governance requirements, supplying vetted interims and temporary workers through frameworks and adhering to reporting expectations. Candidates benefit from transparent guidance on market rates, career paths and interview preparation, and from access to opportunities ranging from entry level trades and graduate engineers to senior leadership in commercial, operations and technical functions. The team promotes inclusive hiring and broad outreach to widen talent pools, and leverages data on availability and demand to advise on workforce planning, salary benchmarking and route to market. Whether building new assets, refurbishing estates or managing critical maintenance programs, Peace Recruitment centers its service on speed without compromising quality, clear communication with all parties and long term relationships that span multiple assignments and careers.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingTemporary StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionLaw EnforcementMilitary & DefenseEducation Administration

HQEdinburgh, United Kingdom

Activus Recruitment

Activus Recruitment is an award winning recruitment and marketing agency based in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, supporting employers and job seekers across Scotland and the wider UK. The team brings a fresh, people first approach grounded in openness, honesty, and conscientious delivery, and has grown quickly as a small agency known for exceptional customer service. Activus provides practical staffing solutions across temporary, permanent, and temporary to permanent hiring, working closely with each client to understand goals, culture, and role requirements before tailoring a precise search and selection plan. The agency serves all sectors while carrying strong capability in construction, engineering, manufacturing, hospitality, and professional services, placing blue collar trades and site operatives alongside white collar professionals such as site engineers, quantity surveyors, architects, bookkeepers, managers, chefs, and operations staff. Consultants manage their sectors end to end, enabling fast, informed decisions and a highly responsive experience at competitive cost, and the firm maintains a large, carefully curated candidate database to accelerate shortlisting without compromising on quality or compliance. Activus emphasizes face to face engagement wherever possible, building lasting relationships through clear communication, consistent updates, and diligent aftercare so that both client and candidate achieve the right long term fit. A strong compliance ethos underpins every process to deliver what the team describes as the most compliant recruitment service in the industry, with thorough vetting, documentation control, and risk awareness embedded in day to day operations. Alongside recruitment, Activus offers practical marketing support that helps organizations strengthen employer brands, from strategy and content through to consistent campaign delivery designed to attract the right talent and drive measurable growth. Whether scaling a workforce for a time sensitive project or making a critical permanent hire, Activus focuses on results, accountability, and service that puts people at the center of every decision.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionChemical ManufacturingElectrical EngineeringIndustrial Automation

HQOldmeldrum, United Kingdom

O8 Recruitment Ltd

O8 Recruitment Ltd is a specialist construction industry recruitment partner based in the Cumbernauld area between Glasgow and Edinburgh, supplying high calibre staff across Scotland and the wider UK on both permanent and contract bases. Founded and led by Kenny Smith, a director with more than 30 years of hands on commercial and quantity surveying experience gained with major contractors, the firm differentiates itself by applying real industry management insight rather than a purely sales led approach. O8 Recruitment supports contractors, subcontractors, designers, consultants and client organizations with multilevel hiring solutions ranging from one off appointments and short term freelance contracts to coordinated, complex recruitment campaigns. Covering the full project lifecycle from concept and design through estimating and planning, cost control, build execution and post completion phases, the company routinely sources talent for roles such as quantity surveyor, senior QS and managing QS, estimator, site engineer, BIM manager, designer, administrator and leadership positions up to director level. With deep knowledge across building and civil engineering, O8 Recruitment has proven capability in sectors including building, rail, energy, water, roads, airports, defense and utilities, and understands the distinct competencies required to operate safely and effectively in each environment. The firm places a premium on integrity, communication and responsiveness, providing a personal, open and honest service and being contactable around the clock to progress searches quickly. Clients benefit from shortlists shaped by practical evaluation of qualifications, experience and character fit, reflecting a clear grasp of how organizations operate and what specific roles truly entail. Candidates gain proactive guidance and confidential representation for relevant vacancies, supported by an easy CV upload and registration process. From competitive permanent placements to day rate contract and freelance assignments, O8 Recruitment offers a quality, affordable service that helps construction businesses secure the right people and enables professionals to advance their careers with confidence.

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

HQGlasgow, United Kingdom

Corrie Recruitment

Founded in 2012, Corrie Recruitment is a family owned and run recruitment business based in Inverness that specializes in supplying labour and staff to civil engineering contractors, building contractors, and developers across the Highlands and Islands, Moray, Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, Dundee, Tayside and Perth. Operating as both an Employment Agency and an Employment Business, the firm provides temporary, contract, and permanent staffing solutions shaped by a professional, reliable, open, and honest approach to customer service for both clients and candidates. Corrie Recruitment focuses on quality over quantity, leveraging deep sector knowledge to carry out in depth matching and only shortlist candidates who are genuinely suitable. Its robust vetting and compliance process includes right to work checks, CSCS, CPCS, NPORS and Streetworks ticket verification, role specific competency screening, reference checks, and PPE readiness, helping clients mobilize safe, prepared and capable people who can add value from day one. The team supports contractors delivering critical infrastructure across the north and northeast of Scotland and beyond, including highways and bridges, energy grid upgrades and substations, harbour and marine works, wind farms and wider renewable projects, and public buildings, with regional project experience that includes contractor support on schemes such as Kessock Bridge, P and J Live Aberdeen, Inverness West Link, Kylesku Bridge, Farigaig Substation, Inverness Justice Centre, the Aberdeen bypass, the Beauly to Denny upgrade, the Viking Windfarm on Shetland, and Aberdeen Harbour developments. Typical roles range from site operatives, gate persons and plant operators to civils site supervisors and senior civil engineers, with site based full time, long term and short term assignments available. The business has built long term relationships with leading regional contractors by being transparent about availability, communicating clearly, and scaling resource to meet cyclical peaks across civils, building and energy. From planned frameworks to reactive call offs, Corrie Recruitment assembles qualified crews and technical staff quickly through an engaged network and proactive sourcing via its vacancies portal, social channels and referrals. The company is committed to equal opportunities and fair, inclusive and transparent recruitment practices, and welcomes applications from all backgrounds, while staying closely aligned to site priorities such as safety, productivity and programme certainty.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionMiningEnvironmental ServicesWater Management

HQInverness, United Kingdom

Damia Group

Damia Group is an employee owned technology recruitment and talent solutions partner founded in 1995 and headquartered at Surrey Technology Centre in Guildford, with a nearshore hub in Lisbon. The company focuses on connecting proven IT, digital, and engineering professionals with innovative organizations across the UK and Europe, supporting projects that modernize infrastructure, streamline operations, and strengthen cybersecurity. Damia delivers contingent and permanent hiring, builds full project teams, and provides managed service and RPO solutions, underpinned by a fast access Talent Bench and deep sector expertise. A recognized specialist in sourcing SC and higher level security cleared talent, Damia supports complex public sector, defense, aerospace, and highly regulated environments alongside leading consulting and technology firms and high growth product companies. Its nearshoring capability in Portugal leverages a strong engineering and computer science talent pool and cultural alignment to enable flexible, cost effective team augmentation and delivery. Beyond core IT functions such as software engineering, cloud, DevOps, data, architecture, and cyber, Damia also runs a dedicated engineering practice placing building services professionals on permanent and contract assignments, including HVAC and electrical design engineers, MEP project managers, BIM and Revit MEP specialists, estimators, and sustainability experts. Clients value Damia for straight talking consultancy, open pricing, compliance rigor, and speed, all delivered by a tech savvy team that thrives on long term relationships and measurable outcomes. As an Employee Ownership Trust business, every consultant has a stake in service excellence and candidate care, reflected in high retention and repeat delivery. Damia aligns to industry best practice, highlights REC membership and Cyber Essentials alignment on its site, and brings three decades of insight across startups, fintech, SMEs, and global multinationals. Whether a single key hire or a full cleared project squad, Damia Group provides a responsive, ethical, and scalable route to tech and engineering talent.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceEducation AdministrationResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real Estate

HQGuildford, United Kingdom

BRS Jobs

BRS Jobs is a UK recruitment company based in Staines upon Thames that supports the automotive, engineering, and construction sectors with vetted skilled labour across temporary, contract, and permanent roles. Positioned as small enough to care and large enough to deliver, the team focuses on supplying experienced technicians, engineers, and support staff across core areas including Construction and Steelworks, Mechanical and Electrical, Automotive and Engineering, and FMCG. Clients cite long term partnerships across main dealer franchise networks and London bus operations, with BRS Jobs providing HGV technicians, PSV and bus mechanics, car mechanics and technicians, and qualified contract technicians to keep workshops and depots running smoothly. The company places equal emphasis on quality and pace, pledging to seek, vet, and supply talent that is known to its consultants; testimonials highlight that BRS Jobs knows every candidate it supplies and provides fully vetted engineers. A dedicated account consultant model ensures on site presence to manage expectations, coordinate shift coverage, and streamline communication, which clients note saves valuable management time when handling contingent workforces. For candidates, BRS Jobs offers UK wide opportunities and practical support from friendly, experienced consultants who match people to the right employer and environment. For employers, the firm delivers scalable workforce solutions that span urgent cover, freelance and interim assignments, and permanent hiring for both shop floor and management staff, including service advisors. Underpinned by rigorous compliance and safety standards, right to work checks, and reference verification, BRS Jobs combines sector knowledge with hands on service to reduce downtime, improve continuity, and build reliable teams across automotive fleets, workshops, depots, construction sites, and manufacturing environments. The result is a recruitment partner trusted to move fast without compromising on standards, aligning skilled people with mission critical roles that keep operations moving.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTruckingWarehousingDistribution

HQStaines upon Thames, United Kingdom

Mustard Jobs

Mustard Jobs is a specialist recruitment agency focused on the creative built environment and the broader creative industries, connecting design, architecture, interiors, events and experiential, and media and digital talent with leading employers in the UK and internationally. Operating through clearly defined divisions including built environment, interior design, experiential, events and exhibitions, marketing and design, media, creative and digital technology, as well as visualisation and construction, the company supports clients across the full project lifecycle from concept and design through delivery and production. Mustard Jobs works on permanent hires alongside short and long term contracts and freelance engagements, giving employers flexible access to hard to find skill sets while offering candidates tailored opportunities that match career goals and availability. Typical roles span architects, architectural technologists, Revit specialists, interior designers and technicians, technical designers, BIM coordinators, project managers and project directors, event and exhibition producers, scenic project and production managers, studio and account managers, strategists, PPC and performance marketers, 3D and graphic designers, and hands on makers such as CNC operators. With teams active in the UK and Hong Kong and a dedicated mustardHK offering for architecture and interior design roles across Asia, the firm partners with architecture practices, interior design studios, brand experience and exhibition agencies, creative and marketing shops, and client side design and property teams. Consultants combine niche market knowledge, fast response times, and a relationship led approach to advise on talent availability, portfolio and skills assessment, salary and rate benchmarks, and hiring process design. Their candidate community benefits from clear guidance on in demand skills, portfolio presentation, and interview preparation, while clients receive curated shortlists and ongoing support through onboarding. Recognised for its focus on responsible and people first practices, Mustard Jobs provides a scalable, quality led recruitment service that helps creative and project driven organizations secure the right talent when it matters most.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingTemporary StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionBroadcastingPublishingOnline Media

HQBristol, United Kingdom

Cluett Reeve

Cluett Reeve is a boutique recruitment business based in Segensworth, Fareham, serving employers and jobseekers across the wider Hampshire area. Founded in 2003, the agency has built an enviable local reputation for the consistent supply of temporary, permanent and contract staff, with strong capability across office support, accountancy, industrial and technical support roles. As a community focused generalist, the firm works with family owned companies, growing SMEs and national brands, placing administrators, legal support staff, customer service advisors and bookkeepers alongside engineers, technicians, skilled trades professionals and HGV drivers. Clients rely on its consultative approach, fast response times and careful screening, including skills matching, eligibility checks and reference management, to ensure that every placement is productive, safe and compliant from day one. Candidates benefit from clear guidance on CVs and interviews, regular local job updates and a smooth onboarding experience, supported by an easy online registration portal and a mobile app that makes it simple to search and apply for roles, upload timesheets and receive alerts. The team combines deep knowledge of the Hampshire labor market with a hands on service ethic, providing tailored shortlists, proactive temp cover and flexible contract options that help businesses manage seasonal peaks, project demands and headcount plans. Whether a company needs a single administrator at short notice, a multi week crew of technicians for a rollout, or a permanent hire who will grow with the business, Cluett Reeve focuses on fit, retention and service quality. With a straightforward, people first style and adherence to recognized industry best practices, the agency continues to connect talented people with good employers across Hampshire and surrounding areas.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Industrial AutomationSupply Chain ManagementFreight Forwarding

HQFareham, United Kingdom

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