When niche roles need to be filled, permanent hiring connects you quickly with industry-specific candidates across Nuclear, Transport, Utilities, Energy and more.
Permanent Recruitment Services
Permanent recruitment helps you find the right full-time employees for your business, whether you need niche specialists or high-volume hires. With our expertise in critical infrastructure, access to specialist talent pools and international reach, our permanent recruiters provide a quality experience, from sourcing to offer management, ensuring you secure top talent without the hassle.
Who needs permanent recruitment support?
Consider permanent staffing solutions if…
Specialist talent is hard to find
In-house recruitment capacity is limited
If your internal team is stretched, our dedicated permanent recruiters step in to manage the process from start to finish.
You’re dealing with a high volume of roles
Scaling up your team with multiple hires can overwhelm your in-house resources. A permanent recruitment partner provides the support you need to manage high volumes effectively.
You want a recruitment partner to handle everything
From sourcing to screening and everything in between, a permanent staffing solution will save you time and effort.
Hiring decisions need to be right the first time
Avoid costly mistakes with pre-screened candidates who are fully aligned with your needs and culture. At Rullion, we offer comprehensive background screening services to ensure every hire is the right one.
Why choose Rullion as your permanent recruitment partner over other providers?
We are specialists in critical infrastructure recruitment and know what it takes to truly unlock the full potential for your workforce
Experienced and trusted
Our team has over 45 years' experience providing permanent recruitment services. We have dedicated consultants who handle every step of the recruitment process, ensuring quality and efficiency.
Beyond traditional recruitment
We go beyond traditional recruitment by offering comprehensive background screening, executive headhunting for senior hires, and specialised training through our Train to Deploy solution.
In-depth knowledge
Searching for highly specialised candidates? From Transport and Rail to Utilities and Energy to Nuclear, our team understands the ins and outs of key critical infrastructure sectors.
Industry-leading customer satisfaction
With a focus on delivering results that truly align with your business goals, we’re proud to have an NPS of 93 (well above the industry average of 29!).
Reduce time-to-hire
Because of our extensive talent networks and pre-screening processes, we have a proven ability to reduce time-to-hire across all of our areas of expertise.
Powering UK wide hiring
As one of the top recruitment agencies in Manchester, we’re supported by a nationwide network that spans London, Glasgow, Cumbria, Ipswich and more. This reach means we can connect with talent wherever they’re needed and deliver permanent recruitment solutions to clients right across the UK.
Our frequently asked questions
Permanent Recruitment FAQs
Headhunting and permanent recruitment aren’t the same, although headhunting can be part of a recruitment process.
A permanent recruitment service is the standard process agencies use to source, screen, and place full-time employees across a wide range of roles. Headhunting, on the other hand, is a more specialised and proactive approach that is typically used for senior, executive, or hard-to-fill positions.
Headhunters actively target and approach passive candidates, whereas permanent recruitment usually involves a broader sourcing strategy that targets active applications, existing talent pools, and proactive headhunting.
We might be biased, but yes – using a recruitment agency for a permanent hire is often worthwhile. Agencies can handle the full hiring process, provide access to specialist and hard-to-reach talent pools, streamline time-to-hire, and reduce the risk of a poor cultural match. They’re especially valuable when hiring for niche roles, when internal recruitment capacity is limited, or when you’re scaling quickly. While you may sometimes fill straightforward, lower-complexity roles in-house, agencies generally offer strong efficiency and quality benefits for most permanent hiring needs.
The best recruitment model depends on your hiring patterns, internal capability, and business goals. For example, if you hire fewer than 10 people a year, permanent recruitment might be the best fit to keep the process light and flexible. To help you make the right choice, check out our guide on choosing hiring models.
We provide a full end-to-end recruitment process designed to deliver high-quality, well-matched permanent hires with minimal effort on your part. This includes defining the role, writing the job description, and sourcing candidates through a balanced approach: combining our established specialist talent pools with proactive headhunting for the best candidates not available on the open market.
We manage all screening, interviews, offers, negotiations, and onboarding, as well as any required background or compliance checks.
What our customers say about us
Real stories from the people and organisations we support
Discover why people trust us with their hiring needs.
A big thankyou to the best Engineering recruitment company that I have the pleasure of working with. Rullion, you are great!
Andrew Torn - General Manager at Siemens
I just wanted to say how incredible the Rullion team have been. They take real ownership of each task, proactively look for better ways of working, and have been a real asset to EDF energy. The professionalism and organisations skills of the Rullion account managers have been first class, he has provided a great sense of calm in moments of crisis and has been a fantastic ambassador for Rullion.
Clare Hatchard - Recruitment Manager, EDF Energy
Overall, both KAEFER and our candidates have had a positive experience with Rullion. The system has notably improved and streamlined our onboarding process.
Esme R - KAEFER
My experience with Rullion has been very positive. The team are proactive, very knowledgeable and help keep us on track. Any potential issues were quickly and efficiently resolved with excellent communication. The team are very professional and a pleasure to work with. The implementation was a success; we managed to achieve our objectives and go-live on time with no issues.
John Pitrolino - Global Senior Category Manager at E.On
It's been a pleasure to have Lucy working on my recruitment, she has been very open with everything throughout the process, has always replied to my numerous emails and is always professional - very rare now within the recruitment business!
John Walker - Rail Project Manager at Sizewell C
When Rullion were appointed as our Master Vendor they were faced with a really tough ask to work with our team to transition a large volume contractors, many of which were part of business critical projects, in a extremely short timescale ahead of the Christmas period. They were outstanding throughout this process ensuring clear communication with our team, recruiting managers and the contractors themselves. They supported us throughout the transition and went above and beyond to ensure it was a success and as a result we lost no contractors and the contract was able to launch successfully on 1st January.
Judith Rutherford - IS Vendor Manager at Northumbrian Water
The Rullion team are absolutely nailing my requirements in terms of the calibre of people I need! It really makes it easy for me.
Kuldip NiJar - Cash and Banking Manager at Co-Op
The standard of the staff has been excellent throughout and the support we receive from Rullion has been fabulous to date. All issues that have arisen have been resolved efficiently and without delay.
Pete M - Siemens Mobility Ltd
It is very evident that your team is not just a service provider to us but have quickly become a trusted extension of our own team.
Savin Sathyanath - Head of Talent at Siemens Mobility
The team at Rullion are always so friendly and they are very responsive. They respond to queries quickly (sometimes within 24 hours) and the turnaround time for obtaining clearances is excellent."
Senior HR Advisor, URENCO
We have seen a dramatic improvement in the speed in which cases are turned around... The whole process is slick from start to finish for both us and our candidates.
Senior Vetting and Onboarding Lead, Balfour Beatty
