One year on and still going strong!

 

 

Just one year ago SkyBlue Solutions, opened the doors of it Leeds branch.

“In just one year SkyBlue has helped hundreds of people into employment, providing an excellent service to candidates and companies alike,” says branch manager, Lee Grimes.

As part of the Carillion Group, SkyBlue is well placed to recruit for a wide variety of sectors, including Construction, Rail, Highways and Office and Admin work.

A key factor in the success of the Leeds branch and SkyBlue as a whole, which now ranks as one of the top 50 recruitment businesses in the UK, is its commitment to training.

“Last year we spent £500k alone in ensuring all our temporary workers were fully competent in their jobs. We also provided up-skilling opportunities, which have a positive knock on effect of enabling each of our candidates to diversify and develop their careers,” adds Lee.

“We make every effort to look after and retain our workforce and to add stability to their working lives.

“Using a career-orientated approach to finding on-going employment and providing essential training, means that our workers’ self-esteem and motivation is maintained, which ultimately keeps the clients happy.”

SkyBlue Leeds has been the key supplier of contract labour for many important development projects in the Leeds area including the installation of traffic monitoring equipment along the M621.

This project involved the supply of Ground workers, Plant operatives, and Class II drivers with HIAB qualification to a six week project covering the night time working hours.

A second major project was the removal of contaminated soil from Station Road, Bawtry. This project was undertaken by Carillion Remediation upon the discovery that houses built many years ago by another contractor, had soil contamination from a local gas plant. The contract was implemented to remove contamination from the area, which involved the removal of hundreds of tonnes of soil, and the disruption / demolition of the general public’s gardens.  SkyBlue Solutions provided all staff from labourers, and Plant operatives, through to site Foremen who were involved with the co-ordination of the programme. 

“The real difficulty came when we had to re-assemble people’s gardens,” says Lee. “People had had their lives disturbed in an unusual way; gardens that they had nurtured over many years had been completely destroyed. 

“One of the property owners had her garden wall demolished.  When SkyBlue Solutions had to provide a Bricklayer to re-build the wall, we were made aware of photographs, and documentation about the old wall, which it turns out, was built by the ladies late husband.  SkyBlue Solutions associates re-built the wall to the picture specifications, so well in fact that the lady said it was indistinguishable from the wall built with her late husbands own fair hands.”

Skyblues commitment to place the right person in the right job has continued throughout the company’s growth. “Whether our customers are construction companies, contractors, local authorities or the highways agency, we always take time and effort to understand what their problems are not just from a competence view but also from a cultural fit,” says Lee.

“With two teams of recruitment consultants focusing on exclusively on temporary and permanent positions we can guarantee that our consultants have a comprehensive understanding of specialist recruitment, which means we are able to identify our client’s requirements and tailor a specific solution.”