Insights
Realistic market data, minus the recruitment fluff
Short, useful reads for people making hiring decisions in the built environment, and for engineers deciding whether to move.
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Market intelligence
Are you paying fairly, or just guessing?
Salary inflation across Building Services has outpaced most site budgets. Here is how to check whether your engineer package is still credible before you advertise and find out the hard way.
The archive
What we're writing about
Three themes, on rotation: the market reality, the hiring process, and why people actually move.
Market intelligence
Navigating the engineer shortage in FM
The shortfall is not going away. Three levers genuinely widen your field: shift flexibility, compliance training, and honest progression.
Hiring process
The real cost of a vacant engineer role
Vacancy cost rarely appears on a P&L, but SLA penalties, overtime cover and burnt-out supervisors all show up eventually.
Candidate reality
The danger of selling the dream
Engineers in this sector have heard it all. Here is what over-promising a role actually costs you at month three.
Retention
Why engineers leave otherwise good employers
It is rarely only money. Rota fairness, kit, and whether anyone answers the phone at 6pm come up more than you would expect.
Hiring process
Is your job advert scaring off the best people?
Six phrases that quietly filter out the exact engineers you want, and what to write instead.
Projects
Preparing for FM contract mobilisation
Working backwards from go-live: how to staff a new contract without paying twice for the same headcount.
Put the data to work
Know what your next hire should cost before you advertise
We'll benchmark the role against live offers in your region, then show you the people already moving at that level.
Two routes, one direct link
Pick your side of the table
Whether you are filling a gap on a contract or working out your next move, the first step is the same: an honest conversation about what is actually possible.
Candidate journey
I'm an engineer or manager
See the live roles, get straight feedback on where you stand, and hear the truth about the package before you sit in front of anyone.
- Live roles across FM, Building Services and M&E
- Honest feedback, no selling the dream
- Updates you don't have to chase
Client journey
I'm hiring
Tell us the site, the shift pattern and the budget. You get a short, specialist shortlist of people who genuinely fit, not a stack of CVs to sift.
- Specialist shortlists, not volume
- Realistic salary data before you advertise
- Momentum managed start to finish