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Our team specialises in contract and direct hire recruiting, connecting businesses with top professionals. From filling long-term positions to scaling teams for short-term projects, Airswift delivers the right talent to support your company’s goals.

Hire permanent staff

Find specialised technical talent that others can't deliver

Our engaged search approach ensures your critical technical roles are filled with qualified specialists who fit your culture and requirements - not just the most available candidates.

Why our approach works:

Discipline-specific recruiters who understand your technical requirements
Research-driven process that goes beyond job boards to find passive candidates
Comprehensive screening ensuring technical and cultural alignment

WHY MAKE YOUR PERMANENT HIRES WITH AIRSWIFT?

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"Airswift did a lot of the heavy lifting for us in that first year. They marketed us to the right people, reaching out to over 5,000 people and helping us hire 26 new employees."

MEG MANLOVE, VP of People & Culture, 8 Rivers

Hire contractors

Accelerate your projects with top-tier contract talent

Our contract hire service provides you with pre-vetted technical specialists for your complex, time-sensitive projects while ensuring full compliance with international employment laws.

Key benefits:

Access to pre-vetted specialists - Integrate high-calibre professionals quickly for complex technical projects
Comprehensive compliance assurance - Navigate international employment laws with confidence
Customisable benefits packages - Attract and retain top talent with location-specific benefits
Full-spectrum support - From onboarding to payroll consultancy to and contractor care

WHY MAKE YOUR CONTRACT HIRES WITH AIRSWIFT?

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"Airswift provided excellent service throughout the entire recruitment process for several technical positions. Candidate shortlists were assembled in good time and had strong tech backgrounds. The new colleagues have the in-depth knowledge and ability to positively impact our business."

Global VP of Business Development, Multinational Technology Conglomerate

Executive & Board Search

Strategic leadership for technical organisations

Finding the right technical leaders is critical to achieving your financial, strategic, and commercial goals. Our executive search team, led by industry specialists, focuses on sourcing C-suite leaders who can transform your technical organisation.

Our approach:

In-depth industry analysis – Understand your specific market challenges
Comprehensive candidate assessment – Looking beyond technical skills to leadership capabilities
Extensive due diligence – Thorough background verification and reference checking
Long-term success partnering – Supporting both client and candidate throughout the onboarding process

WHY MAKE YOUR EXECUTIVE HIRES WITH AIRSWIFT?

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"Airswift has officially refreshed our faith in recruiters. They helped fill a critical leadership role and exceeded expectations with their professionalism, collaboration and communication. The feedback from the candidates was tremendous. The only difficult part was selecting the final candidate because the calibre of talent we interviewed was exceptional."

Vice President, People & Culture, CDN Controls

Managed Service Provider (Vendor Management)

Optimise your entire technical workforce strategy

Our Managed Service Provider solution, delivered by Airswift Resourcing, helps you control costs, ensure compliance, and improve quality across your entire contingent workforce.

What we deliver:

Vendor management - Consolidate and optimise your recruitment support chain
Rate card management - Ensure consistent and competitive pricing
Technology platform - Streamline requisition, onboarding, and reporting
Compliance oversight - Mitigate risks across your entire contingent workforce
Data analytics - Gain insights to continuously improve workforce strategy

WHY CHOOSE AIRSWIFT RESOURCING AS YOUR MSP?

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"Having access to skilled contingent talent is essential to deliver to our clients. Partnering with Airswift has transformed how we manage our contingent workforce. Their MSP model has streamlined our recruitment process, giving us access to a vetted network of specialist agencies, real-time visibility into hiring metrics, and full compliance with IR35 and other regulatory requirements. This has improved our time-to-hire and also ensured we're engaging the right talent, at the right time, with the right controls in place. Airswift has helped us build a more agile, scalable workforce strategy."

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Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

Streamline your entire hiring process

Our Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) service acts as an extension of your HR team, managing the complete recruitment lifecycle of permanent hires from sourcing to onboarding. Our comprehensive approach accelerates hiring timelines, reduces costs, and gives you access to hard-to-find technical talent.

Key Benefits:

Optimised recruitment process - Centralise your permanent talent acquisition and eliminate the complexities of managing multiple
agencies
Sustainable cost reduction - Identify opportunities to improve workforce management without sacrificing quality
Specialised technical expertise - Access recruiters who genuinely understand complex STEM roles and can effectively evaluate specialised qualifications
Scalable solutions - Adapt quickly to changing project demands and new market entries with customisable recruitment support

WHY CHOOSE AIRSWIFT RESOURCING AS YOUR RPO PROVIDER?

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"Airswift Resourcing's solution is one of the energy, process, and infrastructure industries' deepest and most forward-thinking. Across the globe, they have consistently delivered high-touch, innovative, and Best-in-Class services to drive talent sustainability and help their partners compete in a skills-based, people-centric enterprise arena."

CHRISTOPHER J. DWYER, SVP of Research, Ardent Partners

Employer of Record

Expand globally without legal entity establishment

When you need to hire technical talent in regions where you don't have a
legal presence, our Employer of Record service provides a fully compliant
solution with none of the administrative burden.

Complete global employment solution:

Legal compliance - Eliminate the need to establish legal entities
Payroll & benefits administration - Ensure competitive, locally-compliant compensation
Immigration support - Navigate complex visa and work permit requirements
Risk mitigation - Transfer employment liabilities to Airswift
Rapid deployment - Enter new markets in days, not months

WHY USE AIRSWIFT AS YOUR EMPLOYER OF RECORD?

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"I have always found Airswift to be very responsive, helpful, and knowledgeable. We have used Airswift specifically to facilitate talent needs in countries where we have not had an entity or where we have needed specific workforce assistance that Airswift can provide."

Worley

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Rail jobs filled globally

Countries where we have worked

Different disciplines we recruit for

Specialists in staffing and mobility for rail infrastructure projects

The global rail industry is evolving, and various social and technological factors are contributing to a new renaissance in the sector. Consider population growth. In Australia, 24.6 million people were recorded as living in the country as of 2017. That’s expected to nearly double to 42 million by the year 2066.

Population growth of this magnitude is helping to prompt a global infrastructure revolution. Effective transport solutions need to be provided to cope with demand and better connect cities. Consider technology, too, which is transforming traditional rail beyond recognition. Across the world, the industry is moving toward high-speed rail solutions and digitisation. The rail industry in the 21st Century is moving away from people driving trains toward driverless engines with onboard digital systems.

With more than 40 years working in technical industries, Airswift has worked alongside some of the most reputable names in the global rail industry. We focus on sourcing and providing talent and services that offer innovation and efficiency for your organisation.

Why choose Airswift?

Airswift is the staffing agency of choice for world-leading businesses.

We manage 60 offices worldwide, 1,000 employees and 9,000 contractors. Our global reach and pool of available talent is unmatched in the industry.

Our connected infrastructure ensures unique project insights and agile talent acquisition. Whatever the project, we can help find and mobilise the best onshore and offshore talent.

Senior Consultant - Engineering & Design - Transportation - Brisbane, Australia

Our client needed a Senior Consultant to support major rail infrastructure projects in Queensland and New South Wales. The role required expertise in rail operations, simulation, capacity analysis, and option evaluation, along with experience using RailSys and OpenTrack.

We identified a transport professional with engineering qualifications, consulting experience, and hands-on project delivery. Their advanced modelling skills and stakeholder management added immediate value, enhancing corridor studies, operational assessments, and advisory solutions. Their appointment strengthened the client’s ability to deliver future-proofed transport strategies for complex rail networks.

Senior Rolling Stock Engineer - Engineering & Design - Transportation - Perth, Australia

We sourced a Senior Rolling Stock Consultant for a leading engineering consultancy’s expanding rail portfolio. The ideal candidate had a Mechanical Engineering degree and over five years of experience in rolling stock design, project management, and operational support.

The consultant managed assignments, providing expertise in rolling stock safety, reliability, and performance. They conducted design reviews, developed maintenance strategies, and contributed to lease and life cycle cost modelling. Their work enhanced engineering solutions, improved asset performance, and helped expand the consultancy's client base in Perth’s rail sector.

Senior Engineer - ICT and Integration - Engineering & Design - Transportation - Brisbane, Australia

We were tasked with sourcing a Senior Engineer - ICT and Integration for rolling stock asset management projects in Brisbane. The role required expertise in integration planning, systems assurance, root cause analysis, and knowledge of subsystems like CCTV, Train Control, and Comms, along with proficiency in EN50155, EN50128, and ETCS/ERTMS.

We identified a candidate with over five years of rail engineering experience and strong systems engineering skills. They streamlined requirements definition, improved system reliability, and provided valuable technical guidance, enhancing project delivery and supporting the client’s innovation in transport infrastructure.

We have been partnering with Airswift for our workforce solutions service and we are very satisfied with their dedications and efficiency.

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Our contract and direct hire recruiters help top talent at every stage of their job search. Whether you’re searching for full-time or temporary work, Airswift can help you find the right role for your career goals and skill set.

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Rail Recruitment and Workforce Solutions

Hiring in Rail

Start hiring talent 3x faster than your in-house hiring solution

Hire permanent staff

Find specialised technical talent that others can't deliver

Why our approach works:

Hire contractors

Accelerate your projects with top-tier contract talent

Key benefits:

Executive & Board Search

Strategic leadership for technical organisations

Our approach:

Managed Service Provider (Vendor Management)

Optimise your entire technical workforce strategy

What we deliver:

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

Streamline your entire hiring process

Key Benefits:

Employer of Record

Expand globally without legal entity establishment

Complete global employment solution:

Specialists in staffing and mobility for rail infrastructure projects

Why choose Airswift?

Critical hires we've secured

Senior Consultant - Engineering & Design - Transportation - Brisbane, Australia

Senior Rolling Stock Engineer - Engineering & Design - Transportation - Perth, Australia

Senior Engineer - ICT and Integration - Engineering & Design - Transportation - Brisbane, Australia

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