Outsourced HR for the Construction Industry
Are you looking for an Outsourced HR team for your Construction Business?
At Norton Loxley, we provide flexible outsourced HR support for construction-focused organisations. We work with design and consultancy businesses, including architects, surveyors, civil engineers, and design & build firms. As well as supporting businesses such as new homes developers, material suppliers and real estate development.
Our expertise covers the full employee lifecycle, from compliance and onboarding to recruitment, performance management, and retention. With Norton Loxley as your HR partner, you get the capability of an in-house HR team without the cost, giving you the freedom to focus on delivering projects and driving growth.
Why Choose Norton Loxley’s HR Professionals To Support Your Construction Business?
Construction businesses face distinct HR pressures, from managing tight project timelines and a multi-site workforce to competing for skilled trades in a challenging labour market. Outsourced HR offers a flexible, cost-effective solution that frees business leaders to focus on operations without the added strain of HR and recruitment.
With both strategic guidance and day-to-day support, we help streamline HR procedures, strengthen compliance, and boost engagement and retention across your workforce. Our expertise ensures your culture stays positive, your teams stay motivated, and your HR processes stay on track. With Norton Loxley acting as your outsourced HR team, you can remove the burden of time-consuming people management and focus on delivering projects, driving performance, and growing your business.
Testimonials From Construction Businesses
Their advice, support and professionalism is invaluable. If you are a business that requires HR support at any level, I can highly recommend Norton Loxley.
Stephen Dobson, Managing Director, Property Consultancy
Over the last couple of years Norton Loxley have been amazing. They have offered professional, friendly and reliable support in an area we have always struggled to manage in-house. I have no hesitation in recommending them for all HR & Recruitment matters.
Liam RichardsManaging Director, Sycon Contracts
Norton Loxley provide a great service which we could not do in-house. Very happy with their knowledge and everyone at Norton Loxley is fantastic to deal with!
Michiel Brouns, Managing Director, Histoglass
Typical HR Challenges for Construction Businesses
The construction industry faces unique challenges when it comes to HR that can hinder growth and efficiency. From attracting top talent, to managing fluctuating workloads and ensuring compliance. Here are some of the key challenges that we typically see for construction businesses in managing and growing a team.
Attracting and Retaining Talent
With increasing salaries and more people than ever requesting to work from home, attracting and retaining skilled professionals can be a real challenge. Overcoming this with innovative ways for developing a competitive offering and engaged culture is paramount to success.
Remote working
Remote working has become the new norm for people across all industries, but particularly for construction businesses it can present real difficulties in communication, collaboration, and maintaining a strong team culture, with many businesses reporting dips in performance relating to home working.
Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
The fast-paced, high-pressure environment can lead to burnout and disengagement, making it essential to maintain staff morale and work-life balance but this is a tricky balancing act when considering given the fast-paced nature and often externally enforced completion deadlines.
Compliance with Regulations
Keeping up with ever-changing employment laws, contracts, and industry-specific regulations can be overwhelming and risky for agencies without dedicated HR support, often falling on the Managing Director to keep abreast and implement these changes.
Time-Consuming day to day HR tasks
Senior managers often find themselves bogged down by HR tasks—like recruitment, performance reviews, and onboarding—taking time away from their core business focus and the strategic development of the business.
MEET THE TEAM
Siân Whelan FCIPD
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Siân is a fully qualified HR and recruitment professional and a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD. After years of senior HR and recruitment experience covering the UK and Europe, she founded Norton Loxley with the mission to find HR solutions that increase business performance and growth. Her operational and strategic experience has enabled her to successfully support business leaders and deliver company-focused results.
Siobhan Collyer
DIRECTOR
Siobhan specialises in talent acquisition and recruitment. She is passionate about the benefits of taking an “in-house” approach to recruitment and supports our clients with finding the best talent and the right match for their team. Working consultatively with clients to support and advise at all stages of the recruitment process; from benchmarking and proactive search campaigns, right through to onboarding. Her focus is on building long-lasting relationships which support client growth.
Sophie Stott Assoc CIPD
PEOPLE ADVISOR
Sophie is a highly organised and professional People Advisor who has supported clients across multiple sectors; from legal practices, marketing agencies, charities, hospitality and care industries. Sophie is friendly and helpful in her approach to supporting clients and is passionate about the benefits of implementing HR and recruitment systems, in modernising and ensuring the efficiency of any HR function.
Ammie Duncan Assoc CIPD
People Advisor
Ammie specialises in employee relations and people advisory. She brings a strong shared services background and is passionate about providing clear, consistent and pragmatic people advice. Working consultatively with managers and stakeholders to support all stages of the employee lifecycle; from day-to-day employee relations queries and case management, through to policy interpretation and best-practice guidance. Her focus is on delivering fair, timely outcomes that support both employees and organisational effectiveness.
Hannah Horner Assoc CIPD
HR CONSULTANT
Hannah has a Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management, is a member of the CIPD and is passionate about all things people. Hannah has held leadership roles and supported to board level in a wide range of organisations and services across all sectors. She uses her strategic and operational knowledge and experience to quickly understand organisations needs in order to provide highly effective HR support and solutions. Hannah is also an accredited Mediator and is particularly skilled in supporting organisations with conflict and change.
Anna Roberts MCIPD
HR CONSULTANT
Anna is an experienced HR professional and a Chartered member of the CIPD. She has spent the majority of her career working in-house in HR for small and medium sized private companies and has significant experience in private eyecare, engineering and car parking. Anna is a true generalist and can assist you in all areas of the employment life cycle, she particularly enjoys the area of employee relations.
Auriol Langbridge FCIPD
HR CONSULTANT
Auriol is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD with over 20 years’ strategic and operational HR experience. Her background spans multiple industries from leisure and hospitality to technology and manufacturing. With a full generalist HR background, she has led and delivered a wide range of people initiatives.
MEET THE TEAM
Siân Whelan FCIPD
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Siân is a fully qualified HR and recruitment professional and a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD. After years of senior HR and recruitment experience covering the UK and Europe, she founded Norton Loxley with the mission to find HR solutions that increase business performance and growth. Her operational and strategic experience has enabled her to successfully support business leaders and deliver company-focused results.
Siobhan Collyer
DIRECTOR
Siobhan specialises in talent acquisition and recruitment. She is passionate about the benefits of taking an “in-house” approach to recruitment and supports our clients with finding the best talent and the right match for their team. Working consultatively with clients to support and advise at all stages of the recruitment process; from benchmarking and proactive search campaigns, right through to onboarding. Her focus is on building long-lasting relationships which support client growth.
Sophie Stott Assoc CIPD
PEOPLE ADVISOR
Sophie is a highly organised and professional People Advisor who has supported clients across multiple sectors; from legal practices, marketing agencies, charities, hospitality and care industries. Sophie is friendly and helpful in her approach to supporting clients and is passionate about the benefits of implementing HR and recruitment systems, in modernising and ensuring the efficiency of any HR function.
Ammie Duncan Assoc CIPD
People Advisor
Ammie specialises in employee relations and people advisory. She brings a strong shared services background and is passionate about providing clear, consistent and pragmatic people advice. Working consultatively with managers and stakeholders to support all stages of the employee lifecycle; from day-to-day employee relations queries and case management, through to policy interpretation and best-practice guidance. Her focus is on delivering fair, timely outcomes that support both employees and organisational effectiveness.
Hannah Horner Assoc CIPD
HR CONSULTANT
Hannah has a Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management, is a member of the CIPD and is passionate about all things people. Hannah has held leadership roles and supported to board level in a wide range of organisations and services across all sectors. She uses her strategic and operational knowledge and experience to quickly understand organisations needs in order to provide highly effective HR support and solutions. Hannah is also an accredited Mediator and is particularly skilled in supporting organisations with conflict and change.
Anna Roberts MCIPD
HR CONSULTANT
Anna is an experienced HR professional and a Chartered member of the CIPD. She has spent the majority of her career working in-house in HR for small and medium sized private companies and has significant experience in private eyecare, engineering and car parking. Anna is a true generalist and can assist you in all areas of the employment life cycle, she particularly enjoys the area of employee relations.
Auriol Langbridge FCIPD
HR CONSULTANT
Auriol is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD with over 20 years’ strategic and operational HR experience. Her background spans multiple industries from leisure and hospitality to technology and manufacturing. With a full generalist HR background, she has led and delivered a wide range of people initiatives.
Which locations do we cover?
We support professional service businesses with HR and recruitment across the United Kingdom but some of the key locations that we serve include; London, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, York.
