About Extra Workforce

Extra Workforce is one of the UK’s leading construction recruitment agencies, headquartered in Brindley Place, Birmingham. We specialise exclusively in construction recruitment, connecting skilled tradespeople, labourers, and construction professionals with reputable employers across Birmingham and the West Midlands.

Since our founding, we’ve built a reputation for reliability, speed, and precision, helping construction companies fill vacancies for temporary, contract, and permanent positions. Whether it’s a short-term site role or a long-term project appointment, we ensure every placement is the right fit.

At Extra Workforce, we partner with construction businesses of all sizes, from national contractors and specialist sub-contractors to local firms. Our mission is to provide operatives with the right skills and qualifications for the right job, every time.

For job seekers, we make finding construction work simple and efficient. Candidates can apply directly through our website, complete online registration, and attend virtual interviews from anywhere, without the need to visit our offices. This streamlined approach ensures a faster and more convenient experience for everyone.

We also encourage candidates to build a full professional profile on our platform, enabling us to match them to new roles that suit their skills, experience, and career goals.

At Extra Workforce, recruitment is personal. We take pride in understanding our clients’ needs and our candidates’ aspirations. For employers, it’s about finding skilled workers who keep your projects on schedule and up to standard. For candidates, it’s about securing reliable work that supports your career growth and livelihood.

Our mission is to deliver a modern, transparent, and people-focused construction recruitment service that evolves with the industry. Based in Birmingham and expanding across the UK, we’re committed to keeping the construction workforce moving efficiently, fairly, and professionally.

Core Values

As a business, we take great pride in our Core Values. Our values are the foundation of our culture at Extra Workforce They shape our culture, reflect what truly matters to us, influence our decisions, and guide both our individual actions and how we work together as a team.

We’re Bold

We challenge the norm, think creatively, and embrace new ideas that help us deliver smarter recruitment solutions for our clients and workers.

We’re Inclusive

We celebrate diversity and create a welcoming environment where everyone is respected, valued, and given equal opportunities to thrive.

We Put Clients First

Our clients’ goals drive everything we do. We listen, understand, and go the extra mile to deliver the right people at the right time.

We Act with Integrity

Honesty and transparency guide every decision we make. We build trust through fairness, reliability, and doing what’s right every time.

We Work Together

Collaboration is at the heart of our success. By working closely with clients, candidates, and colleagues, we achieve the best results for everyone.

We Prioritise Safety

We’re committed to promoting safe working practices and ensuring the wellbeing of every worker we place on-site.

We Take Responsibility

We own our actions, learn from experience, and always aim to deliver better outcomes for clients and candidates alike.

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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.