Trusted International Recruitment Agency

UK | Hong Kong | Canada | International

For two decades, we have been the trusted international partner for construction companies across the globe. At our core is a deep understanding of this industry - creating lasting relationships to ensure success and unparalleled performance. We understand what it takes to recruit top talent in an efficient manner, always delivering high-caliber candidates when you need them most.

Access To Top Notch Talent

As a leading construction recruitment specialist, providing clients with access to top-notch industry talent both domestically and internationally. Our comprehensive service covers infrastructure, building, property and rail sectors in order to effectively meet our client's needs. We are highly regarded for our reliable processes plus ethical conduct; additionally we boast a massive candidate database along with an expansive network across the globe - all of which grants exclusive job seeker prospects despite current skills shortages within the sector. Years of success have provided glowing testimonials from long term satisfied customers - demonstrating just how trustworthy Maxim Recruitment really is!

Innovative Service Levels

Our innovative range of services provide tailored solutions to meet the needs of our clients. Our three levels offer Standard, Dedicated and Executive service - each with unique benefits associated. These include allocated consultant time, written up vacancy optimisation for online visibility, proactive approaches made to passive candidates as well as salary benchmarking & competitor analysis. A Maxim Director can proactively supervise every recruitment process throughout duration! We also guarantee typical success rate market averages on all featured vacancies receiving premium visibility.

The effort we go to, in order to add value to the process of recruiting people for a client is clear from the detailed advice, support and interview preparation we provide to the candidates that you meet.

If you want more information on prices and cost levels please get in touch.

Roles we specialise in: 

  • Quantity Surveyors & Senior QS
  • PQS/Cost Managers & Estimators
  • Commercial Managers & Claims Consultants
  • Quantum and Delay Consultants & Experts
  • Project, Site & Construction Managers
  • Clerk of Works & Technical Inspectors
  • Planning & Programming Engineers
  • Engineers, Design Engineers & Managers
  • QA/QC, Safety & Environmental Engineers
  • Rail Systems Engineers

Innovative Recruitment Services

The specialist recruitment work that we do is often conducted in response to specific additional needs of a client we have been working closely with on a standard (or contingency) basis. Services can include Dedicated Recruitment work and Executive Search  / headhunting assignments at all levels of seniority.  Follow the link above to learn about how we can do this for your company.

Contact Us

Please get in touch by phone or email or Submit your job vacancy and we will get in touch promptly to discuss your recruitment options further.

Maxim Recruitment is an independent recruitment consultancy established in January 2003 to service the building, civil engineering and consulting sectors.

We've helped 100's of employers find new employees, so see if we can help you.

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UK Head Office
0116 473 5358
0203 710 8098
uk@maximrecruitment.com

Asia Region
+852 5444 0094
asia@maximrecruitment.com

North America
Telephone: +1 639  387 0284
canada@maximrecruitment.com

usa@maximrecruitment.com

Middle East Region
middleeast@maximrecruitment.com

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WSP has been appointed to Northern Powergrid’s professional engineering services framework.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 26 March, 03:11

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Road renewals rise with RIS3

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Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 26 March, 02:09

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The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has appointed Martin Casey as its new senior director for cement and lime.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 26 March, 08:35

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Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 26 March, 08:26

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