About Advance TRS – Your Specialist Recruitment Consultancy for the Built Environment
Advance TRS is a specialist recruitment consultancy, dedicated to providing highly-skilled technical professionals and bespoke recruitment solutions for the engineering and infrastructure sectors. As a leading specialist recruitment agency, our expertise spans across key industries such as Rail, Water & Environment, Highways, Energy & Renewables, and Buildings & Groundworks. This makes us the recruitment partner of choice for industry-leading infrastructure projects across the UK.
Our team of experienced recruitment experts work closely with clients to offer customised recruitment solutions tailored to meet their specific needs. Whether you’re seeking permanent hires or contract professionals, we are the specialist recruitment consultancy that has the expertise and network to help you find the right talent for your business.
Why Choose Advance TRS as Your Specialist Recruitment Consultancy?
As a specialist recruitment consultancy, Advance TRS has built a strong reputation for delivering top-quality technical professionals. Our comprehensive recruitment service ensures peace of mind throughout the hiring process. We are trusted by clients across the UK to provide efficient, transparent, and reliable recruitment services, helping businesses save time and money while accessing the best talent.
With an extensive database of skilled candidates and deep industry connections, we can reach top professionals, often unavailable on traditional job boards. Our consultants, with decades of recruitment experience, specialise in providing expert advice on salary benchmarking, market trends, and candidate availability in your industry.
Our Specialist Approach
to Recruitment
At Advance TRS, we know that specialist recruitment requires more than a one-size-fits-all approach. We offer customisable recruitment services designed to meet the specific requirements of each client. Our process includes:
- Bespoke recruitment strategies: Tailored solutions to match your unique hiring needs.
- Compliance and efficiency: Expertise in managing recruitment legislation, including IR35 and National Insurance updates.
- High-volume recruitment: Scalable solutions for both permanent and contract hiring.
Our services ensure that your recruitment process is seamless and efficient, enabling your business to stay agile and responsive to ever-changing market demands.
Partner with Advance TRS
A Specialist Recruitment Consultancy You Can Trust
By partnering with Advance TRS, you gain access to a vast pool of talent and recruitment experts who truly understand your industry. As a specialist recruitment consultancy, our team is committed to delivering the right results – from technical experts to management and director-level professionals.
Let Advance TRS help you find the right people to power your projects and drive your business forward. Contact us today to discuss how our specialist recruitment consultancy can support your next project.
Offering
Market
Intelligence
We provide valuable market intelligence to our clients, offering insights into industry trends, salary benchmarks, and competitor analysis. This enables our clients to make informed decisions and stay ahead in the competitive infrastructure market.
Geographic
Coverage
Our recruitment services cover various geographic locations across the UK, including England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. We have a wide-reaching network to source talent locally and nationally, ensuring that our clients have access to the best candidates regardless of location.
Discover the Power of the Advance TRS Group
Advance TRS Group is home to three dynamic brands, each uniquely positioned to provide industry-leading services. Whether you’re looking for specialist recruitment, expert project delivery, or comprehensive consultancy support, our brands work together to offer tailored solutions across multiple sectors.
Explore how Advance TRS, CITILINE, and Advance TRS Management Consultancy can help you find the right talent, streamline operations, and drive success. Click below to learn more about each of our brands and how we can support your business needs.
Company
history
In 2014, Advance TRS joined as a member of Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) and in 2015 achieved ISO 19001 and OHSAS 18001 certification after a rigorous audit process.
In 2016 the business doubled in staff and won both the High Growth and Overall, Winner awards at the SME Surrey Business Awards.
The team welcomed some significant recruits in 2017 including Paul Metcalfe as Non-Executive Director, Michael Schruyers as Rail & Infrastructure Director. This linked with a company rebrand and new corporate identity marked a landmark year and huge step forward for the business.
In 2018 Advance TRS welcomed Rob Kelly to expand both the market offering to include the Water & Environment Sector and also to open a new office in Port Solent. Advance TRS was also recognised by winning Employer of the Year and Leadership Team of the Year at the Toast of Surrey Business Awards.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Advance TRS worked closely with key clients to deliver recruitment through challenging circumstances adapting our practices to keep people safe without letting project timelines suffer.
Following a gap in funding for Railway Children due to the pandemic, Advance TRS launched the Advance TRS Golf Day for Rail Aid in 2020. Over 3 annual events we were delighted to raise over £55k for Children In need across the UK, Africa, and India. Over numerous fundraising activities the Advance TRS are delighted to have raised over £100k for various charities.
Since 2020 Advance TRS has continued to hire top talent to lead the business into new market sectors and new offices in London. Now, Advance TRS has diversified and grown to lead recruitment solutions in key infrastructure markets such as energy, renewables, rail, transport, aviation, water, environment, highways, and construction. The business service offering has also expanded to offer a range of services including permanent or contract recruitment, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), and specialised services such as Managed Services & Consultancy covering Project/Programme Management, Commercial, and Contract Management.
Our team
We are always looking for new talented and ambitious people to join our team, across our offices and in sales, management or business services.
We pride ourselves on being the best we can be and delivering a premium quality service to our candidates and clients alike. In order to deliver this, we look for people with the right qualities and habits so we can equip them with the tools to be the best recruiters.
DRIVEN, HARD-WORKING, FOCUSED, AMBITIOUS, OPTIMISTIC, SELF-MOTIVATED, PERSISTENT, CARING, FUN, COMMITTED
These personal qualities together with our core values and company charter form the basis of the Advance TRS DNA we look for in every new recruit.
Meet the Team
Andy Ridout
Group Managing Director & Founder – Advance TRS Group
Paul Metcalfe
Non-Executive Director – Advance TRS Group
Carolyn Kaye
Group Financial Director – Advance TRS Group
Michael Schruyers
Group Sales Operations Director
Ella Gardiner
Group Business Operations Director
Sam Jennings
Rail & Infrastructure Director
Rob Kelly
Water & Infrastructure Director
Stuart Minchin
Director
At Advance TRS the people care about what they do and the company values permeate through the entire team. It’s great to work with such great people and the incentives are always so much fun. It’s a really exciting company to be part of.
Lauren, Health & Safety Manager at Advance TRS
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