Local and international search for a civil contractor: 32 senior delivery roles filled
A civil engineering and construction contractor needed senior engineering, commercial and safety talent for its delivery teams. Over a twelve-month engagement Infrastructure People placed 32 roles, including 15 specialists headhunted from the United Kingdom.
Overview
The client was a mixed civil contractor that engaged Infrastructure People to provide local and international resourcing and headhunting services for senior roles across engineering, commercial and safety. The twelve-month engagement was valued at $204,000 and focused on the delivery disciplines that decide whether a civil program stays on program.
Our process
The search followed a structured method: an in-depth consultation to understand the requirements for each senior role, a comprehensive market analysis of talent, trends and challenges, and a strategic candidate mapping exercise focused on the key players in each discipline. A tailored headhunting strategy engaged senior professionals with discretion, and rigorous screening assessed each person against skills, experience and cultural fit, followed by interview coordination, offer negotiation, onboarding support and post-placement follow-up.
Local and international reach
The brief called for both local depth and international reach. Weekly catch-ups with our United Kingdom-based consultants supported a search that ran across two markets at once, and fifteen of the placements were sourced directly from the United Kingdom, spanning site engineers, project engineers, senior project engineers and a health, safety and environment adviser.
The results
Over the twelve months, Infrastructure People placed 32 roles across the delivery team, including site engineers, project engineers, senior project engineers, project managers and a health and safety adviser, with fifteen of those roles filled by specialists brought in from the United Kingdom. The engagement gave the contractor a senior delivery team assembled from the strongest talent available locally and abroad.
Where we add value
Understanding a business, its people and its culture is what turns a search into the right hire. Time spent on site, honest feedback on the talent market and a model tailored to the client, rather than an off-the-shelf process, is what allows a partner to reach beyond the local market and bring in senior specialists who fit.
“Infrastructure People exceeded our expectations in understanding our business, spending time at our offices and with our people. The effort taken to understand our needs and culture translates into the quality of the people put forward.”
– Chief Operating Officer, civil engineering and construction contractor
