Finding the right people can be one of the biggest challenges facing a business.
Totec Recruitment helps employers across the UK source skilled, experienced and dependable people through temporary recruitment, temp-to-perm recruitment and permanent recruitment, alongside a comprehensive in-house payroll service for temporary workers and contractors.
We specialise in recruitment across:
Whether you need one specialist appointment, additional temporary resource or ongoing recruitment support, our team will work with you to understand your requirements and provide a solution that fits your business.
Recruitment Built Around Your Business
No two vacancies are exactly the same...
Before we begin searching, we want to understand more than a job title and salary. We take time to understand the skills and experience you require, your working environment, the challenges of the role and the type of person who will fit your organisation.
Our consultants then use their sector knowledge, candidate networks and recruitment resources to identify suitable people and manage the process from initial search through to placement.
Totec combines the personal service of an experienced independent recruitment company with the capability to support organisations and projects throughout the UK.
Our Recruitment Services
Permanent Recruitment
The right permanent appointment can have a lasting impact on your organisation.
Totec works with employers to source permanent candidates across our specialist markets, from operational and support roles through to experienced technical professionals and management appointments.
Our consultants take a targeted approach to permanent recruitment, helping you identify people with the appropriate combination of technical skills, industry experience and personal suitability.
Depending on the assignment, our recruitment process can include:
- Vacancy and role consultation
- Candidate sourcing and database search
- Candidate screening
- Telephone or video interviews
- Candidate shortlisting
- CV presentation
- Interview coordination
- Reference checking where required
- Candidate and employer feedback
- Offer management
We aim to make the recruitment process efficient, transparent and straightforward from initial brief to successful appointment.
Temporary Recruitment
Need additional people quickly or greater flexibility within your workforce?
Totec provides temporary recruitment solutions to help employers manage changing workloads, project requirements, short-term skills shortages, absence cover and additional operational demand.
Our consultants can help source and screen suitable temporary workers based on the requirements of your role and organisation.
Temporary recruitment can provide a practical solution when you need to:
- Increase workforce capacity quickly
- Cover employee absence
- Resource short-term projects
- Respond to seasonal or fluctuating demand
- Access specialist skills for a defined period
- Maintain flexibility within your workforce
From sourcing candidates through to ongoing support, our team can help take the pressure out of temporary recruitment.
Temp-to-Perm Recruitment
Temp-to-perm recruitment gives both the employer and candidate an opportunity to establish whether the role is the right long-term fit before moving to permanent employment.
A candidate initially joins your organisation on a temporary basis, allowing you to assess their skills, performance and suitability within the working environment.
For employers, this can be particularly useful when:
- You want to assess a candidate before making a permanent appointment
- A role needs to be filled quickly
- You are creating a new position
- You want greater flexibility during the initial employment period
- Cultural and team fit are particularly important
Where both parties wish to continue, the placement can then progress towards permanent employment.
Payroll Services for Temporary Workers & Contractors
Totec provides full payroll services using our in-house infrastructure, delivering a range of payroll solutions for temporary workers and contractors while helping employers meet their employment and payroll obligations.
Our payroll service is designed around the individual needs of each client, with ongoing support from the Totec team throughout the relationship.
We provide a tailored approach with a focus on accurate administration and full HMRC compliance.
Our payroll solutions can help businesses that:
- Employ temporary workers or contractors
- Require reliable payroll administration
- Want to reduce the internal administration associated with temporary staffing
- Need a payroll solution tailored to their workforce
- Require continued support from an experienced recruitment and payroll provider
By managing payroll alongside temporary recruitment, Totec can provide employers with a joined-up workforce solution and a consistent point of contact.
Specialist Recruitment Across Our Core Sectors
Engineering, Manufacturing & Construction Recruitment
Totec supports businesses looking for skilled people across engineering, manufacturing, construction and associated technical disciplines.
We recruit for roles across areas such as:
- Mechanical and electrical engineering
- Civil and structural engineering
- CAD, design and draughting
- Project engineering
- Project management
- Manufacturing and production
- Maintenance and operations
- Quantity surveying
- Commercial management
- Construction and infrastructure
- Health, safety and environmental roles
- Engineering and technical management
Whether you need additional project resource or an experienced permanent appointment, we can tailor our recruitment approach to the requirements of the role.
IT & Cyber Recruitment
Finding people with the right technology expertise has become increasingly important for organisations across almost every industry.
Totec recruits IT, technology and cyber professionals across areas including:
- IT support
- Infrastructure
- Network engineering
- Cyber security
- Information security
- Cloud technologies
- Software and applications
- Data and analytics
- IT project and programme management
- Technical management and leadership
We work to understand the technical requirements of the position as well as the wider needs of your organisation.
Utilities & Renewables Recruitment
Totec supports organisations operating throughout utilities, infrastructure, energy and renewable markets.
Our recruitment activity can include roles within:
- Water and wastewater
- Energy and power
- Renewable energy
- Utilities
- Infrastructure
- Mechanical and electrical engineering
- Process engineering
- MEICA
- Project and programme delivery
- Quantity surveying and commercial management
- Operations and maintenance
- Environmental and sustainability disciplines
Our established engineering and technical recruitment experience enables us to support employers seeking specialist skills in these demanding markets.
Office, Commercial & Clerical Recruitment
Effective businesses also rely on skilled people across their commercial, administrative and support functions.
Totec recruits for positions including:
- Administration
- Customer service
- Finance and accounts
- Procurement and purchasing
- Document control
- Sales and business development
- Human resources
- Office management
- Project support
- Commercial support
- Operational support
We can provide temporary, temp-to-perm and permanent recruitment depending on your requirements.
Why Employers Choose Totec Recruitment
Specialist Sector Knowledge
We focus on defined recruitment markets, helping our consultants develop an understanding of the roles, skills and experience employers are looking for.
A Personal Recruitment Service
We believe recruitment works best when there is genuine communication between recruiter, employer and candidate.
You will work with people who take the time to understand your vacancy rather than simply sending CVs based on keyword matches.
Recruitment Tailored to Your Needs
Some employers need a permanent specialist. Others need temporary workers immediately or an ongoing recruitment and payroll solution.
We tailor our approach to your requirement rather than forcing every vacancy through the same process.
UK-Wide Recruitment
Based in Swansea, Totec supports employers and candidates across the UK.
Decades of Recruitment Experience
Totec has been helping organisations recruit people since 1973.
That experience has helped us build long-standing relationships with employers and an extensive understanding of the recruitment process.
Long-Term Relationships
Our objective is not simply to fill one vacancy.
We want to understand your organisation well enough to become a recruitment partner you can return to whenever you need additional people or specialist expertise.
Our Employer Recruitment Process
- Tell Us What You Need - Speak to our team about the vacancy, required skills, experience, location, working arrangements, salary or rates and your preferred timescale.
- We Agree the Recruitment Approach - We will recommend an appropriate solution, whether that is temporary, temp-to-perm or permanent recruitment. Where relevant, we can also discuss payroll requirements for temporary workers and contractors.
- We Search for Suitable Candidates - Our consultants use our candidate database, professional networks and recruitment resources to identify people whose experience matches your requirements.
- Candidates Are Screened - We assess suitability before presenting candidates for your consideration, helping reduce the time your team spends reviewing unsuitable applications.
- We Coordinate Interviews and Feedback - Totec can manage candidate communication, interview arrangements and feedback throughout the recruitment process.
- We Support the Placement - Once you have selected the right candidate, we help coordinate the next steps and remain available to support you following the placement.
More Than CV Matching
A strong recruitment partner should make hiring easier.
Depending on your requirements, Totec can support the recruitment process with services including:
- Telephone and video interviews
- Candidate screening and filtering
- Search and selection
- Executive candidate search
- Reference checks
- Competency assessment
- Candidate summaries and reports
- Interview coordination
- Candidate feedback
- Offer management
- Temporary worker administration
- Contractor and temporary worker payroll
Speak to our team
about the level of support appropriate for your vacancy.
EMPLOYER RESOURCES
Making the right hire starts with understanding exactly what your business needs.
Our employer resources provide practical support for businesses planning their next recruitment campaign.
Useful Interview Questions
Some useful questions to have ready for your next job interview
Frequently Asked Questions
Need Help Finding the Right People?
Whether you are recruiting one permanent specialist, building a temporary workforce or looking for support with contractor and temporary worker payroll, talk to Totec.
We will take the time to understand your business and recommend a recruitment solution based on what you actually need.
Register a Vacancy Talk to Our Recruitment Team
Call +44 (01792) 763322 to discuss your recruitment requirements.