acorn piling division
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The Acorn Group is one of the leading recruitment and training specialists in the UK. Our client base covers public and private sector companies, all utilising Acorn’s professional expertise in sourcing, selecting and recruiting high-quality staff covering temporary, contract and permanent placements.
Founded in 1992, with its Head Office in Newport, South Wales, Acorn has grown into a multi-million pound organisation, with a turnover in excess of £102m and employs some 280 staff across 39 different branches and on-site offices.
• at peak we place up to 6,500 temporary staff on assignments weekly• we make approximately 1,800 permanent placements each year • 1,000 individuals receive training from the Acorn Group each month • we supply people to up to 850 different client companies daily • Acorn is one of only a handful of recruitment companies supplying to the Piling industry• we placed 107 Piling and Plant specialists into many long and short-term contracts in 2014
benefit from working with Acorn’s specialist Piling DivisionFor many organisations, recruiting staff can be a costly, time-consuming and complex process. This is why so many companies rely on the advice and support of Acorn’s qualified recruitment consultants who are ideally equipped to find the people you want in your construction jobs across the UK.
Acorn’s specialist Piling Division covers a wide range of skills within the piling industry and our team of consultants are experts in the field and have the skills to match the best available candidates to your individual requirements.
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Acorn has been supplying skilled workers to the piling industry for over ten years. We recruit to the highest possible standards and are able to provide you with a trained and motivated workforce, tailored to the needs of your project.
The Acorn Group works with some of the leading companies across the UK including Balfour Beatty, Willmott Dixon, Laing O’Rourke, Midas, WRW, Vinci, Interserve, Tata Steel, Harsco and Celsa.
the skill sets we can offer include:
• Piling rig operators• Piling rig banksmen• Skilled piling operatives• Drillers• Secondmen / spanner men
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• Grouters• Crane operators• Plant operators• Supervisors• Engineers
we can provide skilled piling / plant operatives in the following areas: • Rotary / LDP• CFA• Driven• Limited access mini piling• House foundations
96% of customers say that they would recommend
Acorn to others
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receive a quality serviceFinding the right people for a client, often at short notice, demands a professional, experienced team. Acorn is superbly positioned across the UK with consistently high levels of brand awareness allowing us to benefit from an enviable, long-standing reputation and this helps us to continuously attract good numbers of appropriate quality candidates.
Our comprehensive database gives you access to hundreds of skilled piling workers. Initial searches are carried out free of charge by experienced Recruitment Consultants, who’ll carefully profile your ideal candidates and provide a closely-matched shortlist. In 2014, 751 workers registered their interest in the Piling industry.
For temporary requirements we can arrange short or long-term contracts to suit your needs, whether it’s cover for a day or over a year. Acting for you locally, nationally or internationally, Acorn applies tried and tested solutions that include recruitment advertising, selection and response handling.
We take pride in the quality of our candidates (many of whom have been with us for more than 10 years) and carefully screen them, checking all references and certifications. Our stringent reference and vetting procedure can be tailored to our clients’ needs and requirements.
All our candidates are assessed to meet your specific requirements and will be reference-checked, CSCS / CPCS verified and will have completed a medical assessment (where applicable) before joining your project.
Health and Safety – CBH Safety Critical Worker assessments:
Our occupational health service provider can complete safety critical worker assessments, drug and alcohol screening and hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) assessments prior engagement at the client’s request.
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candidate attractionUtilising the strength of our national brand and reputation in the market we are able to attract an enviable database of workers for the construction and piling industries. We achieve this using a variety of on and off-line media including: • On-line advertising across a variety of national and niche job boards. We post over
2,800 adverts per month and receive over 198,000 responses per year.• Over 1,000 jobseekers register via our website each month.• We utilise social media activity to promote vacancies and engage with our jobseekers
across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Our Piling Facebook page has 743 Fans and is growing month-on-month. @Acorn_Trades has 446 Followers
• Acorn’s Piling Division is part of a forum for piling specialists with over 2,700 members• We can undertake bespoke attract campaigns which are tailored to individual clients
and are fully supported by social media
the Acorn Group is:• a full member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)• fully approved to BS EN ISO 9001: 2008• an Investors in People company
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100% of our clients say we understand their needs
and requirements
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our locationsAcorn has over 39 offices and on-site locations, across England and Wales, and has the flexibility and capability to mobilise a workforce anywhere in the UK.
contact details:
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Gareth TaylorSenior Recruitment Consultantt: 07714 344 755 / 01633 760 130
e: [email protected] Head OfficeSomerton House, Hazell Drive, Newport NP10 8FY