Utilities & infrastructure
Utilities & infrastructure recruitment agency
A flat fee by salary band with no commission: a five-point review of the role, a dedicated recruiter, advertising plus headhunting and a screened shortlist. Below are the 3 utilities & infrastructure vacancies we have actually filled, with the real pipeline behind each one.
What we are usually asked to fill
- Site Supervisor
- Rail Surveyor
- Network Technician
- Project Coordinator
- Streetworks Supervisor
What is actually hard about hiring in utilities and infrastructure
Accreditations gate the shortlist before anything else does, and they are the first thing to lapse when someone has been out of the sector. Roles are also frequently mobile, so a candidate's willingness to travel is a hard requirement rather than a preference.
What we screen for
Current accreditations and their expiry dates, the networks or asset types they have worked on, real willingness to travel or work away, and whether their experience is on live assets or new installation.
The utilities & infrastructure roles we have filled
| Role | Location | Days to fill | Candidates screened |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drainage Repair Engineer | West London, covering London and the Home Counties | 29 | 17 |
| Electrical Field Engineer – Smart Meter & Data Commissioning | The South of England — field-based across the South territory | 42 | 33 |
| Streetworks Noticing Co-ordinator | Leeds, West Yorkshire — full-time, office-based | 69 | 38 |
Median 42 days, the same as our overall median of 42 across 46 filled roles. Full funnels for every one of these are on the utilities & infrastructure case studies.
A vacancy of that length at the pay currently advertised for a site supervisor (£57,000) nets out at about £4,472 in output not produced, less the salary not paid — the cost of vacancy calculator shows every step of the sum. Before you settle on a salary, check what the local market is advertising for the same job title. Our published data covers both halves: how many applications an advert draws by sector and how long a vacancy takes to fill by sector.
What it costs
| Salary band | Our flat fee | A 20% agency would bill |
|---|---|---|
| Roles up to £30,000 | £1,500 +VAT | up to £6,000 |
| £30,000 – £44,999 | £2,000 +VAT | £6,000 – £9,000 |
| £45,000 – £59,999 | £3,000 +VAT | £9,000 – £12,000 |
| £60,000 – £79,999 | £4,000 +VAT | £12,000 – £16,000 |
The utilities & infrastructure roles above paid between £28,000 and £48,000, which puts most of them in the £1,500–£3,000 bands. Every band gets a five-point review of the role, a dedicated recruiter and a screened shortlist.
Frequently asked questions
How much does utilities and infrastructure recruitment cost?
A flat fee by salary band, agreed before the search and unchanged by the salary you agree: Roles up to £30,000 — £1,500 +VAT; £30,000 – £44,999 — £2,000 +VAT; £45,000 – £59,999 — £3,000 +VAT; £60,000 – £79,999 — £4,000 +VAT. There is no commission when you hire, and it starts with a five-point review of your role. The utilities & infrastructure roles we have filled paid between £28,000 and £48,000, so most sit in the £1,500–£3,000 range against £5,600–£9,600 at a 20% agency.
How long does it take to fill a utilities and infrastructure role?
Across the 3 utilities & infrastructure vacancies we have filled and publish in full, the median was 42 days from brief to hire — the same as our overall median of 42 days across 46 roles. The fastest took 29 days and the slowest 69. We publish the slow ones too.
Do you charge commission on a utilities and infrastructure hire?
No. The fee is fixed by salary band before the search starts and does not move with the salary agreed. That is the whole point of the model, and the saving against a percentage grows as the role gets more senior.
What do you screen utilities and infrastructure candidates for?
Current accreditations and their expiry dates, the networks or asset types they have worked on, real willingness to travel or work away, and whether their experience is on live assets or new installation.
Can I just advertise the role instead?
Yes, and sometimes you should. A £399 +VAT advert puts the role across the major job boards and sends you the applications. It took a median of 29 candidates worked to make one hire in utilities & infrastructure, so if somebody in your business genuinely has those hours, advertising is the cheaper route and we will say so.
Hiring in utilities and infrastructure?
Tell us the role and we will tell you what it costs and how long it is likely to take — using the 3 we have already filled in this sector, not a guess.
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Or call 0161 327 2895. Prefer to advertise it yourself? Post a job online from £399 +VAT, or write the advert first with our free job advert generator.
Before you decide, the numbers
Cost comparison
Recruitment fees by salary band: agency % vs flat fee
A salary-band table of what a UK contingency agency bills at 15%, 20% and 25% against the published flat fees for the same search, from £30,000 to £75,000 — with the three cases where the percentage is still the better buy.
Cost comparison
Is flat-fee recruitment cheaper than an agency for a £45,000 hire?
Worked figures for a £45,000 UK hire — what a contingency agency bills at 15%, 20% and 25%, what the published flat fees are, what the real difference is once you count your own screening time, and the three situations where the agency is the better buy.
Benchmarks
How long does it take to fill a role in the UK?
The median role we filled took 42 days from brief to close, but the spread runs from 14 to 169 days. The per-sector breakdown, what actually drives the difference, and how to read a time-to-fill promise.