Urban Connect

Urban Connect is a specialist recruitment business focused on sourcing talented, ambitious, enthusiastic, and well-rounded construction, engineering, and IT professionals for all types of companies. The agency combines extensive sector expertise with efficient and savvy recruitment practices to help professionals secure new roles whilst supporting clients to hire across the UK, Ireland, and overseas. Urban Connect works closely in partnership with carefully selected main contractors, consulting engineering practices, management consultancies, and tech startups to understand their long-term strategic goals and project-specific requirements.

Urban Connect specialises across a comprehensive range of construction and engineering disciplines including architecture, civil engineering, structural engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, cost and project management, rail and infrastructure, and building surveying. The agency also maintains significant expertise in IT recruitment, with dedicated teams in change and transformation, digital and tech, government and defence with security clearance capabilities, IT sales, and strategy and advisory services. A key focus area for Urban Connect is preparing for AMP8 in the water sector, reflecting the agency's commitment to emerging industry priorities.

Based in Manchester with an additional office in London, Urban Connect serves clients and candidates throughout the UK and Ireland. The agency is recognised for its genuine interest in people, with relationships forming the core of its business model. Urban Connect's vision is to be a true partner delivering multi-disciplinary recruitment solutions, ensuring candidates are matched with roles suited to their personal and career ambitions whilst helping clients deliver projects to a high standard and maintain strong client relationships.