ALTRINCHAM-based Worldwide Recruitment Solutions (WRS) have made a key appointment to its construction and civil engineering division.

Andrew Abbey will lead the UK division of the 2015 Queen’s Award winner. He has more than 15 years of experience within construction-focused recruitment having previously worked with Hill McGlynn, Search and Conduit.

He said of his appointment “I am delighted to be joining such a customer-focused business and look forward to enhancing WRS’ global success on home soil in a sector that I am extremely passionate about.

"WRS will continue to focus on delivering permanent and temporary industry professionals to their clients within our established key market sectors of construction, civil engineering and infrastructure and housing by developing a project solution approach in tandem with more traditional recruitment methods.”

Mark Brown, WRS’ managing director, said, “We are delighted to secure Andrew’s appointment – his passion and enthusiasm for the sector is infectious. Construction output in the UK is forecast to grow by 21% by 2019 against a backdrop of skilled labour shortages – we faced similar market conditions in the Oil & Gas sector and believe that our proven recruitment methodologies will offer WRS a competitive edge over some of our peers in the sector.”