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Recruitment for the infrastructure and rail sector

Solution enables infrastructure and rail contractors across the UK with permanent and freelance recruitment built around project delivery.

From major national programmes through to regional maintenance works, the team combines deep sector knowledge with a highly personal approach to candidate care.

Experience
30+
Combined consultant experience
Partnership
20+
Longest-standing client relationships
Reach
Nationwide
Coverage across projects throughout the UK

The infrastructure hiring challenge

Infrastructure projects are rarely simple to resource.

Requirements can change at a moment’s notice and experienced people are often already committed elsewhere.

Clients need a recruitment partner that understands both the technical requirement and the realities of getting the right person to the right project.

Challenge 1: Skill Shortage
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Proven professionals are difficult to find
Solution: Relying on our extensive catalogue of established candidate relationships to find talent otherwise inaccessible.
Challenge 2: Remote Locations
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Projects are often away from major population centres
Solution: We have experience supporting placements in locations including Snowdonia, Immingham, the Isle of Wight and the Isle of Scilly. No matter the location, we can make it work.
Challenge 3: Urgent Freelance Cover
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An extended gap can become an immediate project problem
Solution: We have the capabilities to mobilise professionals at rapid pace, in some cases as quick as one day on site arrival.
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Why Solution

The Infrastructure & Rail team is built around personal relationships.

Solution does not rely on portals alone. Consultants know the people they represent, meet candidates wherever practical and stay close throughout the assignment.

That level of care improves retention and gives clients greater confidence in the people being introduced.

Trusted by the industry
Backed by certifications
RISQSSentinelTrustIDFCSA Accredited Umbrella PSLKingsbridge IR35 PartnerREC Member

Where we work

Highways roadworks on a major UK motorway programme
Highways
Experience: Major Highway Programmes including major works on the M4, M11 and A41.
Aerial view of a large earthworks and quarry site
Structures & Earthworks
Snowdonia Infrastructure Works
Elevated high speed rail viaduct under construction
Rail
HS2 (London and Aylesbury), Crossrail
Utility power tunnel with cable runs
Utilities
London Power Tunnels
Airside works at a UK airport
Airports
Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted
Energy infrastructure construction site
Energy & Major Infrastructure
London Power Tunnels, Sizewell C
Roles we recruit
Project Managers
Site Agents
Sub Agents
Construction Managers
Commercial Professionals
Quantity Surveyors
Estimators
Engineers
General Foremen
Planners
Project Controls Professionals
Senior Management
Curved concrete rail viaduct on tall piers under a blue sky
20 years
Working in partnership with Clancy

20 years of partnership with Clancy

Solution’s relationship with Clancy has grown from an initial senior-level connection into a long-standing recruitment partnership across Water, Power and Civil Engineering.

Today, Solution is Clancy’s top white-collar supplier, supporting both permanent and freelance hiring while also contributing to workforce planning and compliance support.

Wherever the project is, we’ll be there.

Infrastructure projects do not always sit in convenient locations.

Solution has supported candidates across the breadth of the UK and takes a hands-on approach to maintaining those relationships.

The team travels to meet candidates where practical, including remote project locations, because understanding the person behind the CV helps improve both fit and retention.

Keeping the human in search

Whatever technology does to recruitment, the work still comes down to people. Solution’s Infrastructure & Rail team deliberately keeps the service personal rather than allowing the process to become transactional or led by automation.

How we work
01
Understand
We establish the role, project environment and location requirements.
02
Apply Market Knowledge
The team assesses candidate availability against the realities of the infrastructure market.
03
Search
Relevant permanent or freelance professionals are approached through established networks.
04
Introduce
Candidates are presented because they fit the requirement and understand the realities of the project.
05
Support
Solution stays involved throughout the assignment and maintains direct contact with both client and candidate.

Speak to people who know infrastructure

DR
David Rowe
Head of Civils, Infrastructure & Rail

Around 25 years of sector recruitment experience with long-standing relationships across major civil engineering and infrastructure contractors.

TC
Taylar Cotter
Freelance Civils, Infrastructure & Rail

Works alongside David on fast-moving freelance requirements and supports clients across projects nationwide.

MD
Mason Duckett
Permanent Civils, Infrastructure & Rail

Leads the permanent side of the division, focusing on long-term fit and understanding what the client genuinely needs from the hire.

Danielle Kisberg
Louie Edmondson
Simon Lee
Steve Beasley
Liya Scorer
Scarlett Lambe
Rhys Haupt
Mason Duckett
Taylar Cotter
Mark Guthrie
Sal Hammali
Gary Bullen
Simon Gazzard
David Rowe
David Roberts
Simon Haupt

Latest Infrastructure & Rail opportunities

Civils, Infrastructure & Rail
Permanent

Construction Manager – Highways

Didcot, Oxfordshire
Competitive
October 26, 2026
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Civils, Infrastructure & Rail
Permanent

Lead Planner – Major Energy Infrastructure Project

New Cross, London
Competitive
October 26, 2026
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Civils, Infrastructure & Rail
Freelance

Project Manager – Flood Defence & Environmental Works

Worcestershire / Birmingham / Gloucestershire
Outside IR35
October 26, 2026
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Civils, Infrastructure & Rail
Freelance

Project Manager – Water Infrastructure

Reading, Berkshire / Thames Valley
Top day rate; Outside IR35
October 26, 2026
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Civils, Infrastructure & Rail
Permanent

Quantity Surveyor – Highways

Didcot, Oxfordshire
Competitive
October 26, 2026
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Civils, Infrastructure & Rail
Freelance

Quantity Surveyor – Highways & Bridges

Didcot, Oxfordshire
Top day rate; Inside IR35
October 26, 2026
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Keep Your Next Infrastructure Project Moving

Whether you need urgent freelance cover or are building a permanent team around a long-term programme, speak directly with specialists who understand the people and projects behind UK infrastructure.

People first. Projects forward.