Retained senior search · AU · NZ · UK

Senior construction professionals.
Verified. Curated. Represented in confidence.

Verified — not guessed. Curated — not crowded. Confidential — represented, not listed.

For candidates

Move here to earn more.

Access roles that don't advertise. Curated for your seniority. Your privacy guaranteed.

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For clients

Hire verified.

No screening noise. Curated shortlist. Faster hire. Placement guarantee.

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01

Verified before the shortlist.

Every candidate is assessed against a defined competence standard before you meet them. You interview people who've been vetted — not a list to wade through.

02

Retained, not contingent.

We commit to your search and work a limited number at a time. That focus is what lets us go deep, present only the right people, and stand behind the result.

03

Access, not advertising.

The best senior moves rarely reach the open market. We work a curated network of verified professionals across AU, NZ and the UK.

Guarantee

Backed by a replacement guarantee.

Because every candidate is verified to a defined standard before you meet them, mismatches are rare. The guarantee covers the exception.

What's covered

If a placed candidate leaves or is terminated within the first 3 months of their start date — for any reason other than redundancy, restructure, or a change to the original role spec — TMC re-runs the search and places a replacement at no additional fee.

Conditions

Fees paid in line with engagement terms. Client notifies TMC within 14 days of the candidate leaving.

Methodology

How we verify.

Every candidate is assessed before they reach your shortlist — against a standard built for the role, not a generic competency grid.

01

Role-specific standard.

A competence standard defined for the seniority and scope of the brief, not a one-size-fits-all template.

02

Structured assessment.

Each candidate is assessed against that standard through a consistent, repeatable process — so comparisons are like-for-like.

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Evidence of delivered work.

Project history, commercial outcomes, and references reviewed against the standard before shortlisting.

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Benchmarked to seniority.

Calibrated against peers at the same level across AU, NZ and UK markets — so 'senior' means the same thing every time.

Engagement

How it works.

A retained engagement, run in three deliberate steps.

01

Brief & scope.

A confidential conversation to pin down the role, the standard, the stakes, and whether the search is one we can fill.

02

Search & verify.

We work a curated network and assess each candidate against the role-specific standard before they reach you.

03

Shortlist & guarantee.

A small shortlist of verified candidates, offer management through to start, and a replacement guarantee behind the hire.

Two tiers of representation

Pick the path that matches where you are.

Path A — Senior, ready to move now

TMC-R Recruitment

Verified, curated, retained, confidential. For construction professionals earning $100k+ who want access to roles that don't advertise.

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Path B — Earlier in your career, or want to develop

TMC (The Measuring Company)

Training, assessment, and standard-tier placement. For mid-career and junior professionals building a verified track record.

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Both paths lead to TMC-R representation once you reach senior level and are verified.

We take a limited number of searches at a time.
Being represented by TMC is itself a signal.