Given recent successful work winning and a solid growth strategy in the South Eastern & London regions we are looking to recruit an Resourcer/Recruiter to join our team and build upon our success in the region.
We are a vibrant, forward looking mid-sized business operating in several infrastructure construction market sectors. We are a growing business with strong values and a vision to provide clients with a tailored approach to delivering social value through successful infrastructure projects.
We have strong desires around delivering a Social Value Impact through our recruitment strategies and we will require the successful candidate in this role to champion this effort by aligning our business with strategic sourcing partners such as the military, welfare to work providers, young offender rehabilitation institutions, and youth development charities.
We are a growing business, and we are expanding our geographic footprint from our new London office. We currently have circa 110 (white collar) full time employees which we envisage growing steadily alongside our plan to directly employ a proportion of our (blue collar) site operatives going forward, to provide more opportunity for a Social Value impact to be landed.
Collaboration is key in this role and you will need to live by this value to liaise with and manage stakeholders ensuring targets are met in terms of recruiting for live vacancies and building a database for future opportunities, staying on top of potential and upcoming projects/workload.
We are proud and committed to maintaining and building upon our diverse and inclusive culture, ensuring people from all walks of life can add value to our business allowing our employees to thrive.
This role is for a key position in our construction business to develop our in-house labour desk. As a Resourcer/Recruiter, you will be responsible for the day to day recruitment and the associated payroll administration prior to handover to the accounts team. You will be expected to perform recruitment and resourcing duties and attend all necessary training that the company provides.
You will provide a proactive, solution focused service to the business while working closely with key stakeholders and building strong relationships with hiring managers and candidates alike.
We are looking for an experienced external or internal recruiter who can bring new ideas to candidate attraction in a competitive market. This role would be ideal for a hands on blue collar recruiter with experience of partnering with a business area in an internal or RPO role.
Recruitment & Resourcing
- Resourcing new candidates to meet the project requirements
- Screening candidates
- Face to face and telephone interviewing of candidates
- Reference checking and database management
- Right to work checks
- Contracts as and when required
- Knowledge and ensuring compliance of IR35
- Knowledge of the rail environment and sentinel
- Posting jobs to website, Social media and Job boards in line with KPI’s set by management.
- Maintain a constant flow of new candidates to present to the operations team.
- You will also be responsible for sourcing new candidates in advance of orders received.
Client Liaison
- You will be required to take orders accurately from the operations team in line with the company’s order process.
- You will be a liaison with project managers at project start up stage and during any conflict situations as they are escalated
- You will be responsible for liaising with operations for time sheet collection and clarification where required.
- You will be responsible for escalating any issues to your line Manager or other management level that require that level of attention
Administration
- You will operate the companies preferred CRM system to record ALL recruitment and client activity and contacts
- Upload all live orders on to CRM system at the earliest practicable opportunity
- Ensure all timesheets are accurately collated, sent to clients and authorisation obtained
- Work closely with the accounts team in getting the work force paid in a timely manner
- Ensure all relevant administration requirements are delivered on time and within commercial restraints
Compliance
- You will liaise with our Compliance manager to understand and Comply with all compliance requirements.
- No candidate to go out to work without being fully compliant
Job requirements
Experience:
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar position in the recruitment industry
- Experience of recruiting a site based labour force with in Rail, power & renewables infrastructure construction sectors
- Knowledge of the sentinel scheme rules and the rail industry in general.
Technical Proficiency:
- Knowledge of contractual requirements for agency/temp workers
- Knowledge and experience of hiring blue collar workers in relation to IR35
- Experience of managing external agencies as and when required.
- Knowledge of alternative resourcing solutions – such as ex-military, ex-offenders or similar.
- Romanian or Eastern European language skills would be a distinct advantage
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a newly formed team delivering internal blue collar labour supply to a growing contractor in the infrastructure sector.
What is in it for you
- Flexible working possible,
- Excellent commission structure (unheard of an in internal role)
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays and an extra day for your birthday,
- additional leave purchase scheme
- pension,
- bonus,
- life insurance,
- Healthcare
- well-being app with money off website access,
- cycle to work scheme,
- childcare vouchers
- + a number of other fringe benefits.