AGGREGATES &
BUILDING MATERIALS
// QUARRY TO BOARDROOM · CONTRACT & PERMANENT
We don't give you candidates. We give you capacity. From the quarry face to the boardroom: quarrying, crushing & screening, asphalt & surfacing, concrete, plant maintenance and controls, in immediate capacity (contract) or long-term capacity (permanent), so you keep producing and hit targets.
// Key Takeaways
- Andrews Recruitment Group is one of the UK’s leading Aggregates & Building Materials recruitment specialists, covering quarrying, crushing and screening, asphalt and surfacing, concrete, plant maintenance and controls.
- ARG supplies capacity two ways: contract for immediate cover and permanent hires for the long term, from operatives and plant fitters to quarry managers and technical directors.
- Permanent placements are backed by a 12-week guarantee, and urgent contract shortlists are typically returned within 24 to 72 hours.
- ARG recruits UK-wide, from hard-rock quarries in Yorkshire to asphalt plants in the South West and national ready-mix networks.
WHY ARG SUCCEEDS
RISK-FREE PARTNERSHIP
A 12-week staggered credit/replacement guarantee ensures we are focused on the Right Fit, not just any fit. Your investment is protected.
FRACTIONAL ADVOCACY
We don't just store candidates; we actively find the right clients for the right people, ensuring a Gold Standard service on both sides.
FLEXIBLE TERMS
30-day payment terms from the candidate's first day, ensuring your cash flow remains fluid while you onboard top talent.
WE KNOW THIS INDUSTRY
Building materials is not a sector you can recruit for from a job board and a Google search. Production sites run on tight margins, tight programmes, and people who understand the environment - whether that's a hard rock quarry in Yorkshire, a busy asphalt plant in the South West, or a national ready-mix network managing 40 depots. We recruit across every corner of this sector, from the machine that extracts the material to the director who sells it.
WHAT A POOR HIRE ACTUALLY COSTS YOU
In building materials, a bad hire is never just a headache. It hits your output, your safety record, your client relationships, and your bottom line - often all at once.
A single unmanned quarry shift or plant stoppage can cost £10,000 - £40,000 in lost output. When an underqualified Quarry Manager or Plant Operative fails to perform, the whole site feels it.
A hire without the right QMCC, WAMITAB, or NEBOSH credentials - or simply the wrong attitude to safety - can expose your business to HSE enforcement, prohibition notices, and in the worst cases, fatalities.
Your customers run tight construction programmes. If your team can't deliver because they're stretched covering for a failed hire, you risk missing delivery windows and losing repeat contracts.
When a permanent hire exits fast, the default is agency temps at a 40 - 60% uplift on day rate. A single bad hire typically costs 3 - 5x the original fee.
Your best people notice a poor hire immediately. In a sector where experienced plant managers and fitters are genuinely scarce, losing a solid team member because they lost faith in leadership decisions carries a compounding cost.
Quarry regulations, environmental permits, and weighbridge compliance are non-negotiable. A hire who cuts corners can result in fines, permit suspensions, and reputational damage with local authorities and major clients.
Our 12-week Right Fit guarantee exists precisely because we know the cost of getting it wrong. We replace at no additional fee if a placement exits within the guarantee window for reasons within our control.
NICHES WE ACTUALLY COVER
Every sub-sector below has its own candidate pool, its own qualifications, and its own hiring pressures. We understand all of them.
- Quarry Manager
- Quarry Supervisor
- Shotfirer
- Drilling & Blasting Operative
- Hard Rock Operative
- Sand & Gravel Operative
- Recycled Aggregates Operative
- Weighbridge Operator
- Compliance & H&S Manager
- Crusher Operator
- Screening Plant Operator
- Washing Plant Operator
- Conveyor Maintenance Technician
- Mobile Crushing Contracts Manager
- Plant Operative
- Asphalt Plant Manager
- Asphalt Plant Operative
- Surfacing / Paving Supervisor
- Surfacing Operative
- Lab / QC Technician
- Paving Gang
- Contract Manager
- PLC / Controls Engineer
- SCADA / Automation Engineer
- Industrial Electrician
- Instrumentation Technician
- Maintenance Electrician
- Concrete Plant Manager
- Batcher Operative
- Ready-Mix Driver
- Technical Manager
- Production Lead
- Quality Assurance Technician
- Maintenance Fitter
- Heavy Plant Fitter
- Mobile Plant Engineer
- Electrician (Industrial)
- Hydraulics Specialist
- Plant Mechanic
- Workshop Foreman
- Field Service Engineer
- Transport Manager
- Logistics Coordinator
- HGV Driver (Class 1 & 2)
- Fleet Manager
- Distribution Planner
- Warehouse Manager
- Bulk Materials Handler
- Regional Sales Manager
- Technical Sales Executive
- Area Sales Representative
- National Account Manager
- Supply Chain Director
- Estimator
- Contracts Administrator
- Finance Manager
- HR Manager
- MD / Operations Director
ROLES WE RECRUIT
Dedicated recruitment for every corner of the aggregates & building materials sector, contract for immediate capacity, permanent for the long term. Explore a role:
Quarrying
Crushing & Screening
Asphalt & Surfacing
Concrete & Cement
Plant Maintenance
Controls & Electrical
TRUSTED BY INDUSTRY LEADERS
Real results from quarries, aggregates producers and candidates securing roles.
"We'd been searching for a Quarry Manager for nearly six months with no luck. ARG took the time to really understand the role and didn't just send us CVs for the sake of it. Within a week, they presented two strong candidates, one of whom we hired. What stood out was their ability to use RecXchange to tap into a much wider talent pool than other agencies we've worked with."
, Technical Manager, Quarry Operations
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