The right people for the job

Since 1988, Barker Ross has been matching people with positions right across the UK. As an independent company, we have a network of offices ideally situated throughout the UK.

With unrivalled resources and experience, we focus on providing recruitment services to employers and jobseekers in the following sectors:

Civil Engineering Construction Piling Plant Property & FM Rail Technical

We offer the following recruitment types; permanent (retained and contingent search basis), temporary to permanent, temporary and contract recruitment.

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We provide recruitment services to jobseekers and employersacross a numberof industries

Search and selection

We offer a comprehensive search and selection package, which can be used in full, or, in part to find the right people for your business. This includes:

• Research and targeted advertising

• Internal and external databases plus social media search

• 1st & 2nd stage interview shortlisting

• Client interview support• Offer negotiation and feedback

Stringent vetting procedures

To give clients the reassurance that they have found the right person for the job, we have a 5 level checking process:

• Proof of ID• Eligibility to work check• Industry qualifications check• Telephone and face to face

interview• Referencing

Health & safety support

In collaboration with accredited IOSH practitioners, we have developed our very own health and safety support programme WorkSafe. Designed to complement employers’ own health and safety programmes, this is unlike anything offered by other recruiters. • Online H&S competency testing for

all temporary workers• Policies on drug and alcohol, health

and safety and accident reporting• Insurance and straightforward

claims process

Compliance

At Barker Ross, we take compliance very seriously and ensure that all our processes and procedures are consistent with legal requirements, including Agency Workers Regulations.

This includes:

• Training and education of staff• Regular modification and upgrade

of business software systems• Scheduled audits and checks

Accounts and admin support

Payrolling up to 2500 staff each week, our accounts team can provide vital support to employers by removing the administration burden from their own teams. • Outsourced payroll• Single timesheets• Consolidated invoicing

HR support

To give employers additional support, our experienced HR team can also provide an ongoing HR consultancy service, which includes assistance with: • Contractual issues• Managing attendance• Discipline and grievances• Termination of employment• Policy development

Delivered as standardThe following services are all offered as standard to our clients. Over the years, they have each been developed to meet the highest quality standards and adhere to industry best-practice.

Whole of project supply

Barker Ross supply workers across the whole project lifecycle. From the surveying and setting out phases, to practical completion, our workforce can support your business throughout. The benefits of this approach to working include: • Sector specialist support • Extensive candidate database• Fully compliant workforce • Construction accredited

procedures • Dedicated account manager• Cost savings through reduction

of administration• Online time sheeting and invoicing

processes • Biometric site management • Access to up to date MI

Our whole of project supply package includes:

Site survey teams

To ensure our clients have all the correct drawings when they need them, we can provide a high quality experienced land surveying team to your site. Services include:

• Initial site surveys• Deformation, noise and vibration

monitoring• Volumetric surveys• Measured building surveys• ‘As built’ surveys• Topographical surveys and

mapping• Pile setting out

Ground engineering

As the leading recruiter for Plant and Piling operatives in the UK, we can ensure that all requirements for your project at the ground engineering stage are met. All workers are qualified CPCS operators, with extensive experience and reference checks to support their experience and capabilities.

Trades and labour roles

Our extensive database and ongoing recruitment campaigns ensure we have a wide range of trades and labourers available at all times.

White collar professionals

With specialists in all our offices, our dedicated permanent teams are experts at sourcing the full range of engineering and management personnel required for key projects across the UK:

Property & FM

Following on from the completion of your project, Barker Ross has a specialist team that focuses on Facilities management. We are able to provide staff to cover all aspects of hard and soft FM to ensure that your project is catered for from inception through to completion and beyond.

Additional servicesTo complement our standard services, Barker Ross has developed a range of additional services and products that our clients can mix and match, to create a bespoke package that meets their individual requirements.

Drug & alcohol testing

As part of our WorkSafe programme, employees can also use our drug and alcohol testing service:

• Qualified internal testers available to conduct random testing

• Deployed at short notice dependent on location

• Management of administration • Robust and reliable results

Training

As well as our own in-house Training Team, we also have established relationships with a number of Learning and Development partners, so enabling us to build and deliver a range of training programmes into different industry sectors, including:

• NVQ accreditation• Pre-employment training• Specific training courses including

manual handling / Asbestos awareness / CCDO

• Expanding skillsets to include First aid / supervisory skills

Recruitment forecasting

Utilising the latest recruitment software and insights from your business, we are able to offer a forecasting service to larger clients. This is tailored to your requirements and can be implemented on an annual or quarter by quarter basis.

• Demand and skills gap analysis • Trend analysis• Resource planning

Headhunting and executive search

Filling the most senior appointments is time consuming and difficult. It often involves a different recruitment approach. At Barker Ross, we have a small team of senior consultants who work only on executive appointments in our chosen sectors. Our service includes:

• Strategic search• Targeted approach• Total discretion• Assessment and evaluation

Their ability to understand our needs, and more importantly, supply the right people has assisted us very well and I am more than willing to recommend Barker Ross.Brian Gormley, Operations Manager, Skanska