Extra Workforce – Specialists in Construction Recruitment in Birmingham & the West Midlands

Construction recruitment experts bridging the gap between employers and reliable workers

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At Extra Workforce, we’re experts in construction recruitment, helping companies across Birmingham find skilled temporary workers quickly and efficiently. Whether you’re a construction business looking for reliable staff or a candidate seeking work, our Birmingham-based recruitment team makes hiring simple and effective.

Find a worker Find a job

At Extra Workforce, we focus exclusively on construction recruitment, connecting skilled professionals with top employers across Birmingham and the West Midlands.

Since 2018, we’ve been matching the right candidates to the right jobs. With over 30 years of combined recruitment experience, our team understands the unique needs of the construction industry. Whether you’re looking for your next role or need reliable staff fast, you can trust Extra Workforce to deliver.

Our clients include main contractors, specialist sub-contractors, design consultancies, and public sector organisations, covering all sectors of construction, from main build and civil engineering to housing, water, and rail projects.

Our goal is simple: to provide qualified operatives with the right skills for the right job, every time. With a large, active database of construction professionals, we can fill bookings quickly and efficiently, often within the next working day.

As a leading construction employment agency in Birmingham, we supply temporary trades and labour for all types of construction work, including:

Whatever your site requirements, Extra Workforce provides flexible staffing solutions to keep your project moving forward on time and within budget.

Our clients range from small local contractors to major developers and regional framework contractors. We supply workers to:

No matter the size or scope of your project, our dedicated recruitment specialists ensure that you receive the right people with the right skills, every time.

We recruit & supply

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Welfare Labourer
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Traffic Marshall
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Site Manager
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General Labourer

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Extra Workforce Construction Recruitment FAQs

Construction recruitment experts in Birmingham and the West Midlands

These FAQs explain how our security services support construction sites of all sizes across Birmingham.

This guide explains our services, processes and the expertise behind our team so you can make confident and informed decisions. If you have any questions that are not answered here, our support team is available around the clock. You can contact us by email or through our online form. Your security matters to us and we are here to help at every stage.

Cients FAQs

W recruit both contract and permanent workforce. If you are hiring contractors we can manage the process and help you navigate the necessary regulations.

We advertise your job ads on every major job board such as CV Library and Total Jobs etc, as well as our own website , and social media channels on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Job seekers can create a complete professional profile at extraworkforce.uk website to get matched to the right opportunity. We have hundreds of professionals with completed profiles in our database.

Once you create your business profile, you can post you job ad at the website. A recruitment consultant will then be matched to you based on your needs and get in touch to discuss the vacancy further.

Our process begins with a CV review and a pre-screening call. Candidates who pass this stage proceed to a formal interview with our recruitment team for a detailed assessment.

We start charging fee if a candidate that has been introduced to you by us is employed within your company and starts working with you. Until then our service is completely free of charge.

We usually offer an industry leading guarantee period – so you are covered with a replacement, completely free of charge, should anything go wrong with our candidates.

Candidate FAQs

At Extra Workforce, the whole recruitment process is done remotely and there is no need for candidates to visit the office or hand documents and IDs. Current jobs are published on the website. After you apply for for a job a website, we invite you to complete your job application if we think you the are right fit for the vacancy. Once invited, you can complete your job application and get interviewed. afterwards.

Using a specialist, specific agency like Extra Workforce will mean you will have a consultant on your side, that understands what you want, matching you to the right opportunity and pushing to get you through the door. We will help you through the entire process to ensure you get the job you want.

Pay rates can vary depending on your sector, job type, contract length, and size of the recruiting business. We’ll always guarantee that you’ll be paid at least the National Minimum Wage.

Extra Workforce is a leading construction recruitment agency built on reputation and client focus. We leverage deep market connections to provide access to exclusive, unadvertised roles. We then manage your entire application and act as your advocate with the employer.

Holiday is accrued based on 12.07% of your basic pay. Contact the office to request a holiday.

Generally if we think that you are suitable for the role then we will invite to complete your job application within 3-5 working days. If we have not contacted you by then it could be that we felt you were unsuitable for the role. It's always a good idea to call us to double check.

You and most employees in the UK pay tax to contribute towards public services like the NHS, schools, roads, and emergency services. If you earn over the personal allowance set by the government, tax is automatically deducted from your wages through PAYE

Never! We only present your details to a client after we have spoken to you about the vacancy, the company and received your permission to do so.

We don’t provide transport as standard, so make sure to plan how you’ll get to and from work. Most of our roles are easy to get to by public transport, within walking distance.

If you have a complaint or concern, the first step is to contact your consultant. In case they need to escalate the issue to the right person or department to make sure it’s properly reviewed.

The types of jobs we offer can vary depending on demand, the season and your proximity to your workplace. We recruit for a mix of full-time and part-time roles, as well as temporary, fixed-term, and permanent positions.

We specialise in finding opportunities for construction professionals, such as labourers and traffic marshalls.

Using a recruitment agency offers significant advantages for job seekers. Their industry connections and resources can efficiently match your skills with suitable opportunities. Furthermore, they provide invaluable support by negotiating salaries and benefits on your behalf and guiding you through the entire search process. This partnership ultimately saves considerable time and effort.

Areas we cover in the West Midlands:

Wolverhampton

Willenhall

West Bromwich

Wednesbury

Walsall

Tipton

Sutton Coldfield

Stoke

Solihull

Soho

Smethwick

Shirley

Sandwell

Rowley Regis

Oldbury

Northfield

Harborne

Handsworth

Hall Green

Great Barr

Erdington

Edgbaston

Dudley

Coventry

Bournville

Birmingham

Bilston

Aston

Aldridge

Quinton

Employers & recruiters verification at Extra Workforce

To ensure that a hiring business or a recruiting agent is a UK legal entity, we verify businesses to make sure they are registered with the local authorities; have an official phone number & address; and they are still trading.

To get verified at Extra Workforce:

Each verification is valid for a year.