Consolidating recruitment into one partner for a power and renewables contractor
Facing unprecedented turnover across blue-collar and white-collar roles, a power and renewables contractor consolidated its recruitment into a single partner. Infrastructure People placed 18 roles at an average package of $200,000 and managed the full resourcing strategy end to end.
Overview
The client was a power and renewables contractor that engaged Infrastructure People to provide local resource advisory services, including end-to-end recruitment and external workforce strategy. The nine-month engagement was valued at $118,000 and delivered a managed, full resourcing strategy rather than a series of one-off placements.
The challenge
Like many contractors in 2022, the business experienced an unprecedented level of turnover across all blue-collar and white-collar roles, creating a significant challenge for delivery. It became clear that a different approach was needed, one that consolidated a fragmented recruitment effort into a single, accountable partner.
The approach
We managed the full end-to-end resourcing strategy, drawing on local and international support. That meant identifying competitor tier one organisations with the relevant capability, using talent insights to target locations with a high density of the right people, and mapping candidates with specialist search tools. Weekly catch-ups with our United Kingdom-based consultants kept the search moving, and a four-stage method, discover, design, deliver and review, kept the client, applicants and stakeholders aligned throughout.
The results
Over nine months, Infrastructure People placed 18 roles locally, including project engineers, site supervisors, linesmen, a pre-contracts manager, an estimating manager and a senior project manager, at an average package of $200,000. Consolidating the effort into one partner delivered a record level of recruitment into the business and helped ensure projects were delivered to the satisfaction of the contractor’s own customers.
How we help operators
When turnover spikes, spreading hiring across several suppliers rarely helps; it fragments effort and drives up cost. Consolidating into one partner with the reach to cover trades, technical and management roles gives an operator a single point of accountability, a lower total cost of hiring and a workforce strategy that holds up under pressure.
“We needed a different approach to the usual model, and turned to Infrastructure People. We were able to cost effectively consolidate our recruitment into one partner, delivering a record level of recruitment into the business.”
– General Manager, power and renewables contractor
