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Civil Engineering Recruitment Agency
Recruitment Direct UK supplies civil engineering personnel to contractors working on infrastructure, utilities, groundworks, highways, water and major development projects across the UK. We cover site-based trades and operatives through to engineering, commercial and project management appointments.
Civil engineering programmes move to fixed dates and penalty clauses. A delayed start or an under-resourced gang costs more than the labour itself. We supply against the programme rather than the vacancy, mobilising full gangs for site starts and covering short-notice absence on live works.
All candidates are Right to Work checked and card-verified before submission — CSCS, CPCS or NPORS as the role requires, with NRSWA street works accreditation confirmed for highways and utilities work.
Civil Engineering Roles We Recruit
Site operatives and trades
- Groundworkers
- General operatives
- Steel fixers
- Shuttering carpenters
- Concrete finishers
- Drainage operatives
- Kerb layers
- Pipelayers
- Traffic management operatives
Plant and machine operation
- 360 excavator operators
- Dozer operators
- ADT dumper drivers
- Telehandler operators
- Loading shovel operators
- Roller operators
- Plant fitters
- Banksmen and slinger signallers
Engineering and site management
- Site engineers
- Setting-out engineers
- Sub-agents and agents
- Site supervisors and forepersons
- Section engineers
- Project managers
- Contracts managers
Commercial and technical
- Quantity surveyors
- Assistant quantity surveyors
- Estimators
- Planners
- Health and safety advisers
- Environmental advisers
- Document controllers
Project Types We Staff
Highways and infrastructure
Road schemes, junction improvements, surfacing and traffic management, including NRSWA-accredited street works operatives.
Utilities
Water, gas, power and telecoms networks — excavation, pipelaying, jointing support and reinstatement crews.
Groundworks and earthworks
Site clearance, bulk excavation, drainage, foundations and substructure packages for housing and commercial development.
Rail
Civils packages on rail infrastructure, with PTS-certified personnel supplied where the works require it.
Marine and coastal
Sea defence, harbour and flood alleviation schemes requiring specialist plant operation and groundworks experience.
Renewables civils
Access tracks, foundations and balance-of-plant works for wind and solar developments, alongside our renewable energy division.
Cards, Tickets and Accreditation
- CSCS card verification on every site operative
- CPCS and NPORS plant tickets checked against the operating category
- NRSWA street works accreditation for highways and utilities works
- Right to Work verification before submission
- Constructionline Gold member
- ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management
- Cyber Essentials certified
- REC corporate member
How We Supply Civil Engineering Staff
- Requirement received — by phone, WhatsApp, email or through the 24/7 request form.
- AI candidate search — matched against our database by role, tickets, location and availability.
- AI applicant call — candidates screened on right to work, qualifications and availability, day or night.
- Consultant review — a person checks every shortlist before it reaches you.
- Compliance checks — cards, tickets, references and background checks confirmed.
- Submitted to client — with everything verified.
Civil Engineering Recruitment FAQs
Can you supply a full groundworks gang for a site start?
Yes. High-volume mobilisation is one of the things we do most often — give us the start date, the gang composition and the ticket requirements and we build the pipeline against the programme, with phased starts where the works require it.
Do you check plant tickets before candidates arrive on site?
Yes. CPCS or NPORS tickets are verified against the specific operating category before submission, not on arrival. A 360 operator is checked for 360 excavator competence, not a generic plant ticket.
Do you supply NRSWA-accredited street works operatives?
Yes. For highways and utilities schemes we confirm NRSWA units against the works being carried out, including supervisor accreditation where the role requires it.
What is the difference between your civil engineering and construction divisions?
Construction covers building trades and site management on residential, commercial and fit-out projects. Civil engineering covers infrastructure and groundworks — highways, utilities, drainage, earthworks and heavy plant. Many contractors use both, and the same consultant can handle a requirement spanning the two.
Do you cover civil engineering projects across the whole UK?
Yes. We supply civil engineering personnel throughout Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, including mobile gangs willing to travel and work away where the programme requires it.
Civil Engineering Recruitment Across the UK
We supply civil engineering staff nationwide. Browse recruitment in your area:
- Civil Engineering recruitment in Glasgow
- Civil Engineering recruitment in Edinburgh
- Civil Engineering recruitment in Falkirk
- Civil Engineering recruitment in Manchester
- Civil Engineering recruitment in Birmingham
- Civil Engineering recruitment in Leeds
- Civil Engineering recruitment in Newcastle
- Civil Engineering recruitment in Cardiff
Need Civil Engineering Staff?
Tell us the roles, the site and the start date. Our team will begin sourcing screened temporary, contract or permanent candidates straight away.
