20th March 2024
Quality Over Quantity: Civil Engineering Labour
Your Guide to hiring Skilled Labour
Understanding your requirements
When you have a project to fulfil, the staffing costs can soon mount up, so it is important to fully understand the job and get the balance right.
This means:
- Ensuring the right mix of skilled and non-skilled labour
- Making sure the right staff are available at the right time
- Not underestimating, or overestimating needs
- Make sure that every scenario is thought through; after all, projects change and adapt.
The SLS Way
As construction industry professionals we know how to build, we sit down with our clients on day one to truly understand the requirements.
We also pride ourselves on being solution-focused, ensuring that whatever scenarios occur, we can adapt our service to suit your needs.
Compliance
It is essential that your labour supplier complies with all H&S and legal obligations.
The SLS Way
- SLS scored 100% in their recent H&S audit.
- We hold a Constructionline Gold accreditation.
- We are Acclaim accredited
- We are Builders Profile Premium certified.
As construction industry professionals we know how to build, we sit down with our clients on day one to truly understand the requirements.
We also pride ourselves on being solution-focused, ensuring that whatever scenarios occur, we can adapt our service to suit your needs.
Onboarding
You will require hardworking and fully certificated groundwork operatives working on your construction projects.
The SLS Way
We will ensure we send you competent operatives.
Accreditations are fully checked prior to onboarding and sent to the clients before site arrival.
References are requested.
Right to work documents checked.
Operational Support
You will need face to face support during your project, not someone hiding in an office who never answers the phone!
The SLS Way
We’ll turn up day 1 to introduce you to our operatives.
We will attend site at least weekly for progress meetings.
When the project ends we will conduct a project review.
Training
There is a growing skills gap in the construction industry with an ageing labour force approaching retirement age and a lack of younger people entering the construction industry.
Additionally, you may require training as the project progresses.
The SLS Way
We will facilitate additional training where required.
We use a network of local training providers to source the right training at the right time.
Reliability
Attendance can be an ongoing issue when supplying labour.
By monitoring attendance it will avoid the issue of the project being held up due to absences.
The SLS Way
We monitor the attendance of our operatives daily.
We will aim to inform you of any absences as soon as possible as maintaining communication is vital in ensuring you have a full team available.
Attendance is measured via KPI’s and we have a strict policy where repeated absence is not tolerated.
