Facilities Management, Engineering and Built Environment Jobs in Birmingham

Calibre Search places engineers, managers, designers and built environment professionals across Birmingham and the West Midlands. We work with FM contractors, engineering consultancies, developers and public sector clients operating across the region.

Recruiting in Birmingham's Built Environment

Birmingham is the most active built environment market outside London. The scale of infrastructure investment currently underway, the strength of the regional consultancy base, and the volume of major frameworks operating across the West Midlands mean demand for technical talent is sustained and competitive.

We recruit across the following disciplines in Birmingham and the wider region:

Civil and structural engineering. Design and delivery roles from graduate through to director level, across consultancies, contractors and major infrastructure programmes.

Building services and MEP. Mechanical, electrical and public health design roles across consultancies working on commercial, residential, healthcare and education projects throughout the West Midlands.

Facilities management. Hard services and engineering management roles across FM contractors and in-house client teams. Refrigeration engineers, gas engineers, electricians, chiller engineers and multi-skilled operatives working across the region's commercial, retail and public sector estate.

Planning and architecture. Architects, architectural technologists and town planners at all levels, from independent private practice through to the region's largest planning authorities.

Surveying. Quantity surveyors, building surveyors and project managers across consultancy and contracting, covering commercial development, public sector frameworks and infrastructure delivery.

Environmental and geo-environmental. Graduate through to principal level across water, geotechnical and environmental consultancies active across the Midlands.

Why Birmingham is a Different Market Right Now

Several major programmes are running simultaneously across the region. HS2's Curzon Street station is under active construction, with foundation work complete and tunnelling through the Bromford Tunnel finished in late 2025. The Midland Metro Eastside extension is progressing toward a new tram stop that will connect directly to the HS2 station. The City Centre South regeneration scheme, valued at £450 million, is the largest single construction project in the West Midlands. The Beorma Quarter in Digbeth has its £200 million Phase 2 and 3 now underway.

That concentration of investment in one region creates strong, sustained demand for engineers and technical professionals. It also means competition for the right people is intense.

Why Calibre Search

Our consultants work in the sectors they recruit for. 93% of the people we place are still in post 14 months later. 58 of our clients have worked with us for over a decade.

We do not send CVs speculatively. We get to know individuals properly, understand what matters to them, and introduce them to roles where the fit is genuine.

If you are looking for your next role in Birmingham or need to hire in the built environment or FM space, get in touch.

Current Roles

A selection of high calibre career opportunities in Engineering

Posted about 4 hours ago

Assistant Transport Planner

Birmingham, West Midlands

Transportation Planning

£30000 - £35000 per annum

Posted about 5 hours ago

Senior Transport Planner

Birmingham, UK

Transportation Planning

£43,000 - £47,000

Posted about 5 hours ago

Principal Civil Engineer

Peterborough, UK

Civil & Structural

£40,000 - £58,000

Testimonials

What Our Candidates and Clients Say

"A big shout out to Cory Taylor at Calibre Search! Over the last 12 months I've provided him with a specific recruitment brief on three separate occasions and each time he's completely hit the mark. The candidates are now all flourishing at Antea Group. The key differentiator is that he listens, and that's why he's able to provide outstanding candidates time after time. If you're looking for a recruiter in the Environmental Consultancy market, he's your man."

Graham Duffield

Practice Director, EDD/ESG Real Estate & M&A, Antea Group

"Calibre, and Cory Taylor in particular, have become my “go to” recruitment consultants thanks to their friendly and professional attitude and also because they always seem to deliver the right people when others can’t."

Nick R

Divisional Director

"Calibre are great value for the money. The service from the company was brilliant and Connor made it so simple for me. With Covid, interviewing in person was impossible, so after vetting 5 or 6 CVs together, Connor would arrange 30-minute back-to-back interviews on Teams from across the country for me to conduct. It was fast and efficient. It would have taken weeks otherwise. We have a 100% hit rate with Connor’s contacts and all have added value and knowledge to our company, especially on the engineering front. Professional and intuitive all the way, he knows what I like and what I don’t like, he can read the situation perfectly. Thanks Connor!! "

Tim Freeze

Director, Foster Coldstores

"During a very busy period with a number of vacancies and added head count on one of our key refrigeration contracts, I was under pressure to find suitable candidates for the roles to bring the team back to full strength. We set a clear agenda to all recruitment agencies telling them which skill-sets were required for the role. John Cassidy listened and assisted with every vacancy quickly and efficiently by supplying multiple CVs for each of the refrigeration roles we were looking to fill. His communication, help and efforts with this were very much appreciated and he offered more CVs than any other recruitment agent. I worked closely with John throughout this time and had great communication daily. This resulted in us employing 8 Refrigeration Engineers supplied by Calibre Search across the country. These engineers are now settling into their new roles and fitting in very well. I would like to thank John for all of his hard work and efforts in finding the most suitable candidates for the roles and assisting with our contract going from strength to strength. "

Tony C

National Refrigeration Operations Manager – Nationwide Supermarket Refrigeration Contractor

"Having dealt with other recruitment consultants, I can without doubt say that Calibre, in particular Rob Jones, are a pleasure to deal with. Rob is professional and very trustworthy. His honesty and ability to provide the absolute right candidate without pushing anything less is why I will not entertain any other recruitment consultants."

Roger C

Director, Building Services Company

"I have been working with Calibre and in particular Andrew Wilson for a couple of years now since coming to my current employer. In fact, Andy was the recruiter that placed me here so I was very familiar with his approach to recruitment. Andy is very focused on getting to know the candidates well and understanding their skill sets and needs, but he also takes the time to get to know the hiring companies very well and understanding their business needs and the role descriptions being advertised. As a result of this approach, I have found that when Andy sends a candidate through, it is worth paying attention as I know he has invested the time and effort in ensuring the person being put forward will be a good fit for the role, but also ensuring that we are a good fit for that person. I am interested in developing long-lasting and stable teams, Andy knows this and quite frankly gets us the candidates we need. "

David D, Manchester

Associate Director, International Design Engineering Consultancy

"I wanted to provide you some feedback on the staff at Calibre Search after 12 months working with you as the team have provided an outstanding service over the past 12 months. Calibre should be immensely proud of what they have achieved from a standing start, learning a new business, the different roles and the recruitment process whilst building relationships with all our hiring managers. This has been an extremely busy and challenging year with the client funding additional headcount and introducing new roles, all on top of the normal labour turnover. The impact of providing quality candidates has had a real impact on the service that we have been able to provide to our client and ultimately the overall experience for their customers. This has resulted in them breaking trading profits, meeting key targets and improving their estate. I have always found the team to be fully engaged, positive (even with our changing demands), robust, always contactable and honest. This is extremely important when we are holding frank and candid conversations to move the candidate forward. This approach has made it easy for me to promote you as a business to the management team and gained you a place as a preferred recruiter."

Senior Manager - People

Global FM Company

"Taylor is an excellent recruitment consultant in that he takes time to understand the needs of our business and keeps in touch to see if there are any changes to that. As a result CVs he submits meet the requirements of the role. He also keeps in touch throughout the recruitment process and beyond to ensure everything is smooth for both the employer and applicant. A pleasure to work with."

Rob M

Director, Multi Disciplinary Engineering Company

"When we needed a new architectural member of staff, Calibre were the first Agency we turned to. We had a couple of great conversations about the kind of person we were after and Tom very quickly found us three great candidates. One of those three is now a full time employee, and we couldn’t be happier with how everything went with Calibre."

Mark H

Director at AAD Architect

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