Utility companies are under more pressure than ever to mobilise complex programmes quickly, compliantly, and with the right people. Finding recruitment partners who can meet all three demands, and who are already pre-qualified within utility procurement frameworks, is rarely straightforward.

Murray McIntosh has just made it simpler.

We’ve been awarded Achilles UVDB Silver Plus accreditation, scoring 100% in the independent audit. Not a pass. Not a good score. Perfect. Across health and safety, quality, environmental management and corporate social responsibility, we met every single standard Achilles set, a result achieved by very few suppliers on the UVDB platform.

What does that mean for you? If you’re a utility buyer, bringing Murray McIntosh in to source contractors or permanent staff is now faster, simpler and fully compliant with your procurement framework. No hoops. No delays. Just the right people, quickly.

We didn’t come to this cold. We’ve spent ten years building one of the most credible specialist recruitment operations in the UK water sector. The accreditation was the next logical step, pushed in part by the demands of our ongoing partnership with Anglian Water’s @One Alliance. Across AMP7, we placed 68 contractors with the @One Alliance team spanning Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Process Engineers, Project Design Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Planners, Project Commercial Managers, Project Engineers and Project Managers, consistently delivering qualified shortlists within 24 to 48 hours of brief. Anglian is one of many clients we support, with the same pace and specialist knowledge applied across the board.

Our Water Labour Report was cited in the Cunliffe Review, one of the most significant independent examinations of the water industry in recent years. Few recruitment businesses of any size can point to that level of recognition.

“Utility companies need recruitment partners they can trust, move at pace with, and procure without friction. Scoring 100% in the Achilles audit reflects the standards we’ve held ourselves to throughout our work in the sector. This accreditation means clients can now access that track record without the procurement headache,” said Adam Cave, Managing Director.

But this isn’t just about water. We work across energy, oil and gas, defence, marine and infrastructure too, and now every one of those clients can access our network with none of the procurement friction. With major investment programmes mobilising across the utility sector and beyond, the question isn’t whether you need specialist talent. It’s whether your recruitment partner is ready.

We 100% are.