Recruitment Officer

Location: London Head Office
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

About PipeWize

PipeWize Ltd is a growing mechanical and industrial contractor delivering coded welding, pipefitting, mechanical installation, lifting, and engineering services across major construction, energy, manufacturing, and nuclear projects.

As our operations continue to expand, we are seeking an experienced Recruitment Officer to support the recruitment and mobilisation of skilled trades, technical, engineering, HSE, commercial, and professional personnel across our UK projects.

Role Purpose

The Recruitment Officer will be responsible for managing recruitment activities from initial vacancy approval through to candidate selection, offer, and mobilisation.

The successful candidate will work closely with HR, project management, site teams, and department managers to ensure vacancies are filled efficiently with suitably qualified and compliant candidates. The role requires a strong understanding of recruitment processes, candidate sourcing, Right to Work requirements, and preferably recruitment within the construction, engineering, energy, or industrial sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for permanent, temporary, and project-based vacancies.
• Work closely with hiring managers to understand workforce requirements, job specifications, qualifications, experience, and project mobilisation deadlines.
• Prepare and publish professional job advertisements across appropriate recruitment platforms, job boards, and social media channels.
• Proactively source candidates using LinkedIn, CV databases, recruitment platforms, referrals, and direct sourcing techniques.
• Review CVs and applications against role requirements and prepare suitable candidate shortlists.
• Conduct initial telephone and video screening interviews to assess candidate experience, qualifications, availability, salary/rate expectations, and suitability.
• Coordinate technical and management interviews with relevant hiring managers.
• Maintain regular communication with candidates throughout the recruitment process and provide a professional candidate experience.
• Prepare employment offers and coordinate pre-employment documentation with the HR team.
• Support recruitment and mobilisation of skilled trades including welders, pipefitters, riggers, chargehands, supervisors, and other project personnel.
• Recruit professional and technical positions including engineering, HSE, commercial, finance, procurement, project management, and support functions.
• Verify candidate qualifications, competency certificates, employment history, and other role-specific documentation.
• Coordinate Right to Work documentation and support employment compliance checks before candidates commence employment.
• Ensure candidate records and recruitment documentation are maintained accurately and securely in accordance with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
• Maintain recruitment trackers, vacancy reports, candidate databases, and recruitment pipelines.
• Monitor vacancy progress and provide regular recruitment updates to HR and management.
• Build and maintain talent pools for frequently recruited positions and future project requirements.
• Develop relationships with recruitment agencies, training providers, colleges, and other external recruitment partners where required.
• Negotiate agency terms and monitor recruitment agency performance where applicable.
• Support recruitment campaigns for new projects, mobilisation periods, and large-scale workforce requirements.
• Coordinate interviews, assessments, trade tests, and competency checks where required.
• Support reference checks and background screening processes.
• Monitor recruitment KPIs including time-to-hire, source of hire, vacancy ageing, and recruitment costs.
• Ensure recruitment activities comply with company procedures, equality legislation, and relevant UK employment requirements.
• Support careers events, recruitment fairs, and employer-branding activities.
• Assist the wider HR team with onboarding, mobilisation, and other HR activities when required.