People Solutions
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
What’s included in our RPO energy recruitment service?
People Solutions is Astute People’s outsourced recruitment service for employers building complete project teams, combining dedicated delivery resource, project-managed hiring, branded attraction and end-to-end candidate management.
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01 Dedicated RPO Team Delivery
A named RPO team focused on your project, roles, milestones and hiring manager requirements.
- Sector specialist RPO recruiters
- Dedicated delivery ownership
- Consistent stakeholder communication
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02 Project-Managed Hiring Workforce Planning
Recruitment activity aligned to workforce demand, project milestones and mobilisation timelines.
- Workforce planning support
- Pipeline reporting
- Salary and market insight
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03 Recruitment Marketing Attraction
Branded attraction campaigns to position your project clearly and reach specialist energy professionals.
- Bespoke microsite aligned to your brand
- Targeted LinkedIn campaigns
- Specialist job board promotion
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04 Employer Branding Positioning
Candidate-facing content that communicates your project, culture, values and opportunity clearly.
- People Powered Profiles
- Dual-branded campaign assets
- Project-led candidate messaging
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05 Referral Programme Network Reach
Structured referral activity to uncover trusted, relevant and culture-aligned technical candidates.
- Warm candidate pipelines
- Trusted sector referrals
- Improved candidate engagement
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06 Candidate Management Experience
End-to-end candidate communication, screening, feedback and offer support across multiple roles.
- Candidate journey management
- Cultural fit assessment
- Offer and feedback coordination
RPO energy recruitment for major energy projects
People Solutions delivers at project scale, mobilising complete workforces across energy, engineering and infrastructure programmes.
South Clyde Energy Centre
End-to-end RPO delivery for the South Clyde Energy Centre, supporting a major Energy from Waste development in Scotland. A dedicated recruitment team was deployed alongside a tailored project landing page, targeted digital campaigns and specialist headhunting to attract and secure skilled technical and engineering professionals across multiple disciplines. Delivery was aligned to construction milestones and evolving workforce demand throughout the build programme.
View case studiesNUON Magnum Power Station
International RPO delivery for the 1,200MW NUON Magnum CCGT power station in Eemshaven, supporting Mitsubishi Corporation during a complex European construction programme. The engagement focused on sourcing skilled engineering and construction professionals while navigating cross-border labour requirements, compliance challenges and a highly specialised technical skill set demand.
Read the NUON Magnum case studyYour next RPO project
People Solutions provides scalable RPO solutions designed to mobilise entire project workforces across energy and infrastructure programmes worldwide. From early-stage planning through to peak construction delivery, we align recruitment activity to timelines, technical requirements and fluctuating workforce demand to rapidly build complete engineering and operational teams.
Start RPO conversationProven RPO energy recruitment delivery across energy projects.
People Solutions provides RPO for project owners, EPC contractors and operating companies delivering Energy from Waste, biomass and conventional power generation programmes. Our RPO experience spans projects of every scale, from specialist facilities through to some of Europe’s largest generating assets.
From the 4MW Dartmoor Bio Power facility to the 880MW Carrington CCGT power station, we have helped clients mobilise engineering, operations, maintenance and technical workforces across complex energy infrastructure projects. Our delivery model combines sector expertise, candidate reach and proven recruitment processes to support workforce planning at every stage of the project lifecycle.
29 Projects Supported
Recruitment delivery experience across Energy from Waste, biomass and conventional power generation facilities throughout the UK and Europe.
478 Roles Delivered
Engineering, operations, maintenance, technical and leadership appointments supporting construction, commissioning and operational phases.
4MW–880MW Experience
Project exposure ranging from specialist renewable generation assets through to large-scale combined cycle gas turbine power stations.
Energy Recruitment Since 2006
Supporting workforce mobilisation across Power Generation, Energy from Waste, Biomass, Nuclear, Renewables and wider energy infrastructure.
People Solutions RPO FAQs
Working with Astute
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Recruitment Process Outsourcing, or RPO, is a model where a specialist external recruitment team takes ownership of some or all of an organisation’s hiring process. For energy projects, RPO energy recruitment can include workforce planning, advertising, candidate attraction, screening, candidate management and onboarding support.
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RPO is designed for larger-scale or project-driven hiring. People Lite supports occasional single hires, while People Plus provides dedicated retained recruitment for individual critical roles. People Solutions RPO scales across multiple roles under a structured programme.
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People Solutions RPO covers Power Generation, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy, Data Centres, Energy from Waste, Grid Infrastructure, Engineering and Construction, and international energy projects.
RPO Delivery
Project crewing, workforce mobilisation and embedded recruitment support for energy and infrastructure employers.
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People Solutions RPO is designed to mobilise quickly and scale in line with your project’s workforce demand and milestone requirements. Timelines depend on role complexity, project scale and candidate availability.
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Yes. People Solutions can support permanent project hiring and can work alongside Astute People’s contract recruitment capability where contractor mobilisation is also required.
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You can contact Astute People to discuss your project, hiring volume, timescales and workforce requirements. The team will advise whether People Solutions RPO is the right model.
Need a different solution?
People Solutions handles outsourced project crewing at scale. For single hires, retained search, executive appointments or contractor mobilisation, Astute People offers other specialist recruitment solutions.
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01 People Lite Contingent
Contingent recruitment for occasional, ad-hoc hires.
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02 People Plus Retained
Premium retained recruitment for priority permanent hires.
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03 People Search Executive
Confidential executive search for senior and C-suite appointments.
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04 Contract Recruitment MSP
Managed contractor mobilisation for project and peak-demand teams.