Temporary Production Staffing Services for Manufacturing, Packing & Industrial Recruitment

Recruiting Today is a UK-wide recruitment agency with deep-rooted expertise in temporary industrial, manufacturing, and production staffing. With a proven track record placing thousands of workers across factories, distribution centres, packing facilities, and construction sites, we understand the operational pressures that employers face when production demands outpace their permanent workforce capacity.

Our consultants are not generalists — they are sector-specific recruitment specialists who understand the difference between machine operators, production line supervisors, quality control inspectors, and general warehouse operatives. We know the regulations, the risk frameworks, and the compliance standards that govern industrial employment in the UK.

From sourcing temporary jobs in Aberdeen oilfield support to staffing packing lines in Swindon or sourcing general labourer jobs in Nottingham, we maintain active talent pools across every major UK region, ensuring rapid deployment when you need workers most.

Production Line Workers

Assembly, picking, testing & packing on active production lines

Machine Operators

CNC, injection moulding, press operation & conveyor control

Quality Controllers

Inspection, measurement & defect identification roles

Assembly Technicians

Component fitting, sub-assembly & product finishing

Production Supervisors

Shift oversight, KPI management & team leadership

Forklift Operators

Licensed counterbalance, reach & VNA operators

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Maintenance Workers

PPM, reactive & fabric maintenance across industrial sites

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Site Labourers

CSCS-carded labourers for factories and construction sites

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Scaffolders

CISRS-carded scaffolders for industrial & commercial contracts

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Waste & Logistics

Refuse loaders, dock workers & logistics operatives

Contact Us

Call or submit your vacancy online. Tell us the role, location, hours, and start date.

Candidate Matching

We search our active talent pool and run compliance checks — RTW, DBS, references, and certificates.

Site Briefing

Workers receive a full site induction briefing pack before their first shift — no surprises on day one.

Ongoing Support

Your dedicated account manager monitors performance and adjusts your workforce as demands change.

Client: Mid-sized beverage packing company in Nottingham operating a 24/7 production facility with three shifts. Following an unexpected major contract win with a national supermarket chain, the client needed to triple their packing workforce within a fortnight — a feat considered nearly impossible through conventional hiring channels.

Challenge: With the supermarket requiring shelf-ready product within 11 days, the client had no time for conventional job advertising or interview processes. They needed production operatives with manual handling experience across night, day, and twilight shifts simultaneously. Standard employment agencies had failed to fill similar vacancies in the past due to jobs in Nottingham labour market competition.

Recruiting Today's Solution: Our East Midlands talent pool was activated immediately. We deployed a dedicated on-site coordinator and ran rolling group inductions across three consecutive days. All workers received site-specific health & safety briefings, manual handling refreshers, and hygiene standards training before their first shift.

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We needed 25 packing operatives at four days' notice due to a major customer order. Recruiting Today delivered 23 workers by day two and the remaining two by day three. Every single person was briefed, properly inducted, and ready to work. Genuinely impressive service that saved our contract.

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Our Aberdeen facility runs a very specific set of compliance requirements. Recruiting Today was the first agency that actually understood what we needed before sending candidates. The temp-to-perm route they structured saved us over £40,000 in direct recruitment costs this year alone.

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I had tried three different agencies before Recruiting Today for warehouse operative cover in Leicester. The difference was immediate — workers turned up on time, understood the role from day one, and the account manager checked in with me every morning for the first week. That level of aftercare is unheard of in this sector.

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We now use Recruiting Today as our sole supply partner for all temporary production staff across our two Nottingham sites. The consistency of worker quality, the speed of response, and the transparency around rates and AWR compliance has made them an invaluable extension of our HR team.

Q. How quickly can Recruiting Today supply temporary production workers?

In most cases, Recruiting Today can place pre-screened, compliant temporary workers within 24–72 hours of receiving your vacancy. For larger-volume requirements (20+ workers), we ask for 3–5 business days to ensure we deliver sufficient and quality-checked candidates. Our regional talent pools are always active, which means we rarely need to advertise from scratch — giving us a significant speed advantage over many competitor agencies.

Q. What compliance checks does Recruiting Today carry out on temporary workers?

Every temporary worker placed by Recruiting Today undergoes a standard compliance process including: Right to Work verification, reference checks (minimum two), proof of identity, and any role-specific certification confirmation (e.g., CSCS card, CISRS card, FLT licence, food hygiene certificate). Enhanced DBS checks are arranged on request. We also manage all AWR (Agency Workers Regulations) tracking and holiday pay accrual, removing the compliance burden from your team entirely.

Q. Do you offer temp-to-perm conversion for production workers?

Yes. We actively facilitate temp-to-perm pathways for workers who perform well during their temporary placement. Many of our client businesses have converted temporary production operatives, machine operators, and skilled tradespeople into permanent team members. In most cases, after a qualifying period, there is no additional conversion fee charged — we believe in building long-term relationships, not transaction-based barriers.

Q. What hourly rates should I expect to pay for temporary production workers?

Rates vary by role, location, shift pattern, and certification requirements. General production operatives and packing staff typically attract rates between £12.20–£14.00/hr including employer costs. Skilled roles such as machine operators, FLT drivers, and quality controllers range from £14.00–£18.00/hr. Trade roles such as scaffolders, bricklayers, and electricians typically command £16.00–£24.00/hr depending on location and experience. All rates quoted by Recruiting Today are fully inclusive of PAYE, employer NI, holiday pay accrual, and AWR compliance costs.

Q. Can you supply temporary staff for night shifts and weekend working?

Absolutely. Recruiting Today specialises in shift-based industrial staffing, including day shifts, twilight shifts, night shifts, and weekend working patterns. Many of our active candidates specifically seek flexible shift-based temporary work, making us well-positioned to fill unsociable hours that other agencies struggle to resource. We operate a 24-hour support line for our client businesses to handle last-minute cover requests even outside standard office hours.

Q. Does Recruiting Today cover areas outside London, such as Aberdeen or Nottingham?

Yes — Recruiting Today operates UK-wide. Our coverage includes major industrial regions such as the East and West Midlands (including jobs in Nottingham and Leicester), Scotland (including temporary jobs in Aberdeen), the North East (covering Sunderland and Newcastle), and major cities including Cardiff, Southampton, Swindon, Hull, and London. We maintain regional candidate databases and specialist consultants for each major region, ensuring genuinely local knowledge rather than a distant centralised operation.