Sectors
Infrastructure resourcing for major civils and transport.
Site teams, technical staff and commercial people for rail, highways, tunnelling and major civils — resourced around CDM duties, sponsor assurance and the realities of NEC contracting.
Market context
What’s driving demand in Infrastructure
UK major infrastructure runs on long programmes and short mobilisation windows. Rail enhancement and renewals, National Highways RIS schemes, tunnelling and station works all move in bursts — a scheme sits in development for years, then needs a full site team assembled in weeks once notice to proceed lands.
The commercial model shapes the resourcing model. NEC contracts, early contractor involvement and target cost arrangements mean planners, quantity surveyors and commercial managers are as load-bearing as the engineering disciplines — and a weak early works team costs far more in compensation events than it ever saves in salary.
Regulation has tightened at the same time. CDM 2015 duties, the Building Safety Act regime for higher-risk buildings and temporary works coordination expectations mean the paper trail around competence is now assured, not assumed — and clients audit it.
- CDM 2015
- The regulations that define dutyholder roles and competence expectations on every UK construction project
- BS 5975
- The standard behind temporary works procedural control and TWC appointments
- 5 years
- Typical Road Investment Strategy period shaping the highways delivery pipeline
Sector context only — publicly stated policy targets, regulatory regimes and industry cycles. These are not NE Project Solutions performance figures.
Disciplines
Roles we typically place
A representative sample rather than a limit — if the discipline sits inside a infrastructure scope, we can usually resource it.
- Site Engineer / Senior Site Engineer
- Sub-Agent
- Temporary Works Coordinator
- Project Planner (Primavera P6)
- Quantity Surveyor (NEC)
- Geotechnical Engineer
- SHEQ Advisor
- Design Manager
Tickets & compliance
What has to be in place before day one
We verify certification, clearance and right-to-work status before a candidate reaches your shortlist — and track expiry dates so a lapsed ticket never stops a shift.
CSCS card
Correct card and grade for the role, checked against the site's own access policy.
CDM 2015 duty holders
Principal Designer and Principal Contractor competence evidence for appointed roles.
Sentinel & PTS
Personal Track Safety and Sentinel sponsorship for anyone working on or near the operational railway.
SMSTS / SSSTS
Site management and supervisor safety training as required by grade.
Temporary works competence
TWC / TWS appointments evidenced against BS 5975 procedural control.
Building Safety Act
Competence and dutyholder requirements where a scheme falls within the higher-risk building regime.
How we help
Three ways we support Infrastructure programmes
Workforce Solutions
Site, technical and commercial staff with cards, sponsorship and competence evidence assembled ready for the client's assurance process.
Workforce Solutions for InfrastructureManaged Project Services
Managed teams for discrete packages — an early works team, a site survey campaign, a temporary works function — with a single point of accountability.
Managed Project Services for InfrastructureConsultancy Services
Mobilisation and demobilisation planning around notice to proceed, so the ramp-up doesn't start from a standing position on day one.
Consultancy Services for InfrastructureOther sectors we work in
The same disciplines and tickets travel further than people expect — many of our contractors move between these markets.
Ready when you are
Resourcing a infrastructure project?
Tell us the scope, the tickets and the window. We’ll come back with people who can actually mobilise to it.