Facilities management recruitment 

Facilities management recruitment 

Need help with recruitment for your facilities management business? Have you thought about partnering with an outsourced recruitment team? 

Here are three reasons to consider our recruitment subscription service to fill your vacancies: 

Experts in recruitment for facilities management/maintenance 

We have extensive experience recruiting in the facilities management industry.  

One of our biggest clients delivers facilities maintenance as part of a major subcontract for the military. As part of our ongoing partnership, we’ve made hundreds (and hundreds) of successful hires across their multiple sites.  

The types of roles we’ve hired across this large contract vary, but includes the likes of: 

Surveyors 

Tradespeople (plumbers, electricians, gas engineers, labourers) 

Engineers 

Storekeepers 

Drivers 

Project Managers 

Administration 

Support services roles 

Alongside some more niche roles, like UAV operators and head office functions.  

As an outsourced team, we seamlessly integrated with their in-house operations to develop a hiring process tailored to their specific needs. Our services include: 

Additionally, our Employer Branding and Content Specialist played a key role in crafting an employer branding strategy aligned with the company’s values and goals. 

Cut recruitment agency costs 

Regardless of the size of your facilities operations, cost savings will always be a point of focus.  

If you regularly use recruitment agencies to fill your positions, this is an area where significant savings could be made. 

Typically, agencies can charge between 15-20%, increasing to 30% for hard-to-fill or senior positions.  

With the average Building Maintenance Engineer salary in the UK being reported as £28,800 per year, recruitment agency fees could range from £4,320 – £8,640, for one position. Now consider how many roles you’re expecting to hire and multiply this amount…that’s where things can get costly.  

With our outsourced recruitment model, you pay a fixed monthly fee for us to manage a set number of roles. This approach is not only more cost-effective than paying a percentage fee per hire but is often more affordable than building and maintaining your own in-house recruitment team. 

In addition to a fully managed recruitment process, you’ll benefit from insights and strategic advice from our employer branding specialist, who will collaborate with you to strengthen and manage your employer brand. This helps elevate your reputation as an employer and attract top-quality candidates. 

Elevate your candidate experience 

Here’s how candidate experience could slip if you’re not using an outsourced recruitment partner: 

Without a dedicated resource, recruitment responsibilities often fall to someone inexperienced and possibly unfamiliar with recruitment and employment regulations. 

Recruitment is often treated as part of HR, but HR teams have other crucial responsibilities such as employee relations, learning and development, and managing workplace policies and benefits. Adding recruitment to an already full HR workload can lead to insufficient support in other areas of the business. 

Traditional recruitment agencies work on a placement fee basis, meaning they have a different approach to recruitment. An outsourced team will act as part of your internal function, giving the best candidate experience by seamlessly integrating with your existing processes and procedures.  

As an outsourced recruitment partner, we manage your roles on an ATS (applicant tracking system). This allows us to easily move candidates through the process, while keeping them updated and informed using automated triggers and prompts. Your hiring managers will also use this platform to communicate with our team and be able to keep track of the progress in each stage.   

To find out more about recruitment support for your facilities management business, get in touch.