International Workforce Solutions

In partnership with RP Sourcing

Smarter Access to Skilled Construction Labour

Helping Irish construction and infrastructure employers fill hard-to-source roles through a structured, compliant international recruitment partner.

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The Challenge

Construction businesses are under real labour pressure

Across Ireland, construction and infrastructure firms face the same pressures: a shortage of competent trades, key site roles staying open too long, and an ageing workforce. Local hiring alone often can’t close the gap — and an unfilled role usually costs more than solving it: overtime, lost productivity, slipped programmes, and work you simply can’t take on.

How It Works

Operis introduces. RP Sourcing delivers.

What Operis does

  • Acts as your local Irish point of contact for the solution
  • Listens to your labour gaps and current and future role requirements
  • Introduces and connects you to RP Sourcing’s managed recruitment process
  • Provides industry context and ongoing relationship support

Operis is an authorised ambassador for RP Sourcing. We make the introduction and support the relationship locally — we do not employ, supply or place workers ourselves.

What RP Sourcing does

  • Sourcing & matching candidates to your role requirements
  • Screening & assessment — interviews and skills testing
  • Training — English language and role-specific preparation
  • Permits & admin — paperwork, employment permits and travel
  • Mobilisation — organising the worker’s arrival in Ireland
  • Integration support — onboarding for employer and worker

Direct-hire model — workers are employed directly by your company. RP Sourcing manages the international recruitment process; Operis makes the introduction.

Is It Right For You?

Who this is best suited for

✅ Best fit

  • Specialist & M&E contractors
  • Steel, welding and installation firms
  • Formwork, Rebar, Concrete operatives
  • Residential delivery firms
  • Structured main contractors
  • Industrial, pharma and data-centre contractors
  • Infrastructure employers with repeat labour demand
Construction professionals discussing workforce solutions on site

⚠ Less suitable at the outset

  • Very small builders without onboarding capacity
  • Firms seeking only short-term casual labour
  • Businesses not set up for direct-hire employment

This works best where demand is genuine and sustained, and where the employer is structured to onboard and retain direct hires properly.

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The approach in detail

Employer overview

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Let’s start with the roles you’re struggling to fill

A brief, no-obligation 10-minute call to understand your current and future labour requirements and whether this route is relevant for you.

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Operis Services Ltd is an authorised ambassador/introducer for RP Sourcing. The recruitment, screening, permit coordination and mobilisation service is delivered by RP Sourcing. Operis introduces clients and provides local support. Employment permit eligibility is subject to Irish immigration rules and is assessed on a case-by-case basis; nothing on this page is a guarantee of permit approval or placement timelines.