Recruitment Resourcer​/Administrator

About Shearwater Manpower

Shearwater Manpower Services is a specialist manpower provider supporting clients and major projects across the Marine, Defence, Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure sectors throughout Scotland and across the UK.

We recruit and supply skilled trades, technical personnel and project support staff into a variety of demanding and specialist working environments.

As our manpower division continues to grow, we are looking for an experienced Recruitment Resourcer / Recruitment Administrator to join our team in Greenock. You will play an important role in building our candidate network, supporting live recruitment requirements and helping ensure personnel are ready to mobilise onto projects when required.

Working alongside our Manpower and Recruitment team, you will help identify, recruit, onboard and maintain a strong network of skilled personnel for our existing and upcoming projects. The role combines candidate resourcing with recruitment administration.

You will spend time speaking with candidates, searching recruitment platforms, advertising vacancies and proactively identifying suitable personnel. You will also ensure CVs, candidate information, qualifications, training records and recruitment documentation are accurately maintained and available when required.

We are looking for someone with previous recruitment experience who is organised, confident speaking with people, proactive and comfortable working within a busy recruitment environment.

Previous experience within the Marine, Defence or Engineering sectors is not required. We can provide the industry-specific knowledge needed to understand the trades, qualifications and projects we support.

• Proactively source candidates for current and upcoming manpower requirements.
• Search recruitment platforms, databases, job boards and social media for suitable personnel.
• Advertise current and upcoming vacancies and contact potential candidates by phone, email and online platforms.
• Carry out initial candidate screening and understand candidates' experience, qualifications, availability and preferred type of work.
• Review CVs and identify candidates suitable for current projects.
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines across key trades and disciplines.
• Maintain relationships with good personnel between projects and keep accurate records of candidate availability.
• Assist the recruitment team with short-notice and high-volume requirements.

• Format and update candidate CVs before client submission.
• Maintain accurate candidate and personnel records.
• Collect qualifications, competency cards, certificates and other required documentation.
• Upload and maintain documentation within company systems.
• Monitor qualification and training expiry dates.
• Keep candidate contact information and availability records updated.
• Assist with references and pre-employment checks.
• Prepare candidate information for review and client submission.
• Support general recruitment and manpower administration.

• Assist successful candidates through the onboarding process.
• Issue and collect onboarding documentation.
• Help coordinate training, medicals and other project requirements.
• Support security clearance and site-access administration where required.
• Ensure required documentation has been received before mobilisation.
• Keep candidates informed throughout the onboarding process.
• Liaise with the wider Manpower team to ensure personnel are ready to start work when required

Previous recruitment experience is essential for this role.

We are looking for someone who already understands the recruitment process and is comfortable sourcing…