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Construction Recruitment Agency — Permanent Placements Australia-Wide
Pivotal Placements is a permanent-only construction recruitment agency working with builders, civil contractors, developers and subcontractors across Australia. We place the people who keep projects on program and on budget — from site leadership to commercial and design roles.
Construction hiring moves fast and a wrong hire is expensive. We run a proactive search for genuinely suited candidates rather than forwarding whoever answered a job ad, and we give you honest advice on the market within one business day.
Construction roles we place
Permanent positions we regularly recruit for in construction:
Project Managers & Senior Project Managers
Construction Managers
Site Managers & Site Supervisors
Project Engineers & Site Engineers
Contract Administrators
Estimators & Senior Estimators
Quantity Surveyors
Design Managers
Foremen & Leading Hands
HSEQ & WHS Advisors
Cadets & Graduates
Commercial Managers
Don’t see the role you’re hiring for? Tell us the brief — if it’s a permanent role in construction, we can help.
Why a specialist
Why specialist construction recruitment matters
Construction talent is largely passive — the strongest project managers and site managers are usually mid-project, not browsing job boards. A specialist recruiter who already knows those people, and can approach them discreetly, reaches a candidate pool a generic agency or a job ad never will.
We work permanent roles only, so every candidate is assessed for long-term fit with your delivery model, sector (residential, commercial, civil, infrastructure) and project pipeline — not just availability this week.
What you get
How we recruit for construction
Discreet passive search
We approach high performers who aren’t advertising that they’re open, so you see people your competitors can’t.
Retention support
We stay engaged after the placement to help the hire settle and stay through project handover.
Other sectors we recruit for
Related guides: Construction Salary Guide (2026) · Project Manager salaries · Site Manager salaries
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