Search Basics

With our search facility you can perform site-wide searches, category searches, wildcard searches, and exact phrase matching (capabilites explained on this page).

Documents and files used on the site are indexed by this search tool, in addition to standard web page content, and are by default included in search results.

The search tool ignores "a," "and," "the" and similar common words unless these words are included in a phrase matching expression (explained below).

Search Categories

The website is organised into Jobs and the site content. You can search just for jobs, or search all of the site.

Just below the input field, select the appropriate category to narrow your search.

Match Any or All Words

Select the "Any" or "All" option based upon your intention as described next.

Selecting the Any Search Word option applies Boolean ("or") logic to the search, meaning, search results are returned that match any search expression entered in the input field.

Any Search Word: cats dogs = cats or dogs

In this example, the search tool will show results when either one or both of the search expressions are found.

Selecting the All Search Words option applies Boolean ("and") logic to the search, meaning, search results are returned only if all search expressions you entered in the input field are found.

All Search Words: cats dogs = cats and dogs

Again, the search tool will return results only if all search expressions are found.

Wildcard Characters

A wildcard is a character that may be used (substituted) in a search expression to represent one or more alphanumeric characters. It is a feature used for matching patterns. Here are some examples:

The question mark ("?") may be used to represent a single alphanumeric character in a search expression.

Example: the search expression ho?se yields results which contain such words as house and horse

Example: the search expression ?at yields results which contain such words as cat bat mat

An asterisk ("*") may be used to specify one or more alphanumeric characters in a search expression.

Example: the search expression e*e yields results which contain such words as excite executive exclude execute

Example: the search expression file.* yields results which contain such words as file.exe file.bat file.doc

Exact Phrase Matching

This feature allows you to search for a phrase, that is, words in a specific order as they appear on a page, by surrounding the search expression with double quotes (e.g., " Balfour Beatty Rail Track Systems"). Here are some examples:

Example: the search expression " Balfour Beatty Rail Track Systems" will match searchable content containing Balfour Beatty Rail Track Systems but not Balfour Beatty Systems, nor Balfour Beatty Rail Systems, nor any variant of the search phrase.

Example: the search expression "manufacturing equipment and infrastructure" will match searchable content containing manufacturing equipment and infrastructure but not manufacturing infrastructure , nor any variant of the search phrase.

Again, the purpose of this feature is to return results that precisely match your search expression. Remember to enclose the search expression with double quotes.

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