IRP

What IRP does

IRP (Industrial Recruitment Partners) is a Perth, Western Australia-based blue-collar recruitment agency founded in May 2006. The company provides labour hire (temporary/casual staffing where IRP acts as employer of record), permanent placements (fee-based or 13-week instalment structures), and ongoing HR solutions including onboarding, retention, performance management, and safety consulting. Its service portfolio is unified under the iCare Candidate Care Program, which delivers post-placement wellbeing checks, toolbox talks, and performance reviews to support candidate retention at client sites.

The firm targets nine industrial verticals in the Perth metropolitan area: Manufacturing, Warehousing & Distribution, Local Government, Electrical, Transport & Logistics, Supply Chain/3PL, Landscaping, Waste Management, and Fabrication & Welding. Customers include BlueScope Steel (Fielders Wangara), Dowell Windows, Metroll, Arc Infrastructure, Vossloh, Teck Global, Symbion, ATCO, and at least five local government councils accessed via IRP's WALGA Preferred Supplier status. IRP explicitly does not recruit for FIFO roles and operates from a single Belmont headquarters.

Commercially, IRP uses an enterprise field sales motion with dedicated account managers conducting site visits, combined with a self-serve job portal, email enquiry, and LinkedIn paid campaigns. Pricing is usage-based for labour hire (rates observed from A$38/hr for trainees to A$65/hr for trade-qualified roles such as CNC machinists and mechanical fitters) and percentage-of-starting-salary for permanent placements. The underlying technology is non-proprietary — standard candidate management, payroll, and web job listing infrastructure with no documented AI, API, or platform integrations. Revenue, headcount specifics, and ownership details beyond founder/private status are not disclosed.

Name

IRP

Legal name

Industrial Recruitment Partners

Website

https://irp.net.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IRP is a Perth-based blue-collar industrial recruitment agency founded in 2006, providing labour hire, permanent placements, and HR solutions across nine sectors — including manufacturing, warehousing, local government, electrical, logistics, and waste management — for Perth metropolitan businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Belmont

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Labour Hire Services: Temporary/casual workforce provision where IRP handles recruitment, payroll, and ongoing management of workers placed at client sites. IRP acts as the employer of record for placed workers, deducting PAYG tax and paying statutory superannuation.
2. Permanent Placements: Fee-based recruitment for long-term hires. Traditional model charges percentage of starting salary as lump sum upon commencement. Also offers split payment option across first 13 weeks of employment with fee cessation if candidate leaves during that period.
3. HR Solutions: Ongoing workforce support services beyond recruitment including onboarding, retention strategies, performance management, safety consulting, and toolbox talks. Provided as part of managed recruitment services or standalone engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

IRP is a Perth-based blue-collar recruitment agency that provides temporary labour hire, permanent placement, and HR support services to industrial businesses across Western Australia. The company recruits skilled and semi-skilled workers across nine industry verticals (manufacturing, warehousing, electrical, local government, transport & logistics, supply chain/3PL, landscaping, waste management, and fabrication & welding) and acts as the employer of record for placed workers handling payroll, onboarding, and ongoing candidate support via its iCare Candidate Care Program.

Product overview

IRP (Industrial Recruitment Partners) is a Perth-based blue-collar recruitment agency founded in 2006, offering a unified suite of recruitment and workforce management services rather than a software platform. The core portfolio consists of three integrated service pillars: Labour Hire Services (temporary staffing with payroll management), Permanent Placements (fixed-fee or weekly installment recruitment), and HR Solutions (retention-focused support including onboarding and performance management). These are unified under the iCare Candidate Care Program, a structured post-placement support initiative that provides ongoing engagement, safety oversight, and performance reviews. Supporting resources include a free Toolbox Talks library and an online Job Search Portal with resume submission functionality. The company specialises across nine industry sectors: Warehousing & Distribution, Manufacturing, Local Government, Electrical, Transport & Logistics, Landscaping, Supply Chain/3PL, Waste Management, and Fabrication & Welding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• iCare Candidate Care Program: A structured program supporting workers throughout their employment journey, focusing on engagement, performance, safety, and long-term wellbeing.

Products and services

• Labour Hire Services Temporary staffing solution that supplies casual and short-term workers to client sites, with IRP acting as the employer of record handling recruitment, PAYG tax deductions, statutory superannuation, payroll, and ongoing workforce management. Targeted at Perth metropolitan industrial and government employers needing flexible workforce capacity.
• Permanent Placements Recruitment service for long-term hires that matches candidates to permanent roles within Perth industrial businesses. Fees traditionally charged as a percentage of starting salary, with an option to split payments across the first 13 weeks of employment; fees cease if the candidate leaves during that period.
• HR Solutions Ongoing human resources support beyond recruitment, including onboarding, compliance, training, retention strategies, performance management, safety consulting, and toolbox talks. Delivered as part of managed recruitment engagements or as standalone support for Perth businesses.

Quantifiable outcome

• BlueScope Fielders Wangara: IRP manages entire recruitment process from finding candidates to induction, previously handled internally by operations team
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments9 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIRP is an approved WALGA Preferred Supplier for local government recruitment services in Western Australia. This formal preferred supplier arrangement gives IRP exclusive access to recruitment opportunities across WALGA member councils and public sector organisations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IRP_Recruitment
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/industrial-recruitment-partners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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