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NES Fircroft has supported the global energy industry since 1995, with more than 50 years of experience across power, renewables and offshore projects. Our Asia‑Pacific presence includes locally owned offices in key offshore wind regions, allowing teams to operate within the same time zones, languages and regulatory frameworks as clients.
Offshore wind projects are active across markets such as Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, often relying on a mix of local specialists and internationally mobile talent. That mix can create practical challenges as work moves between fabrication yards, ports and offshore sites. Our regional teams help you address these issues as they arise, particularly around local requirements, compliance and contractor management before they affect delivery.
Our offshore wind recruiters can help you with:
- Workforce planning and talent mapping, focusing on where skills gaps emerge across pre-construction, engineering, fabrication, offshore installation and O&M phases.
- Choosing the right recruitment model, whether that’s contract, permanent, in-house or managed services, to support peak demand during construction and offshore installation scopes.
- Immigration and Employer of Record (EOR) support, enabling compliant relocation of wind professionals across APAC without setting up local entities.
- Compliant mobility and contractor care, including visas and work permits, payroll, tax, insurance, medicals, accommodation and country‑specific statutory requirements.
Why NES Fircroft?
Providing solutions across the full project lifecycle
NES Fircroft supports offshore wind projects throughout all stages of delivery, including:
- Scoping and early development
- Site leasing and consenting
- Pre-construction and FEED
- Fabrication and inspection
- Offshore installation and marine operations
- Electrical works and commissioning
- Operations, maintenance and asset life extension
- Decommissioning
Our background in oil & gas, offshore construction and wider renewables projects gives us access to a strong database of professionals transitioning into offshore wind, covering bottom‑fixed and floating offshore wind systems, offshore substations (OSS), export and inter‑array cables, and large‑scale WTIV‑led installation campaigns.
The offshore wind industry in Asia-Pacific demands an extensive list of skillsets, and we’ve successfully placed candidates in a wide range of roles, covering blue collar, mid/high management, and executive level positions, including:
- Project development and PMO
- QSHE and environmental specialists
- Offshore wind turbine (WTG) engineering
- Subsea cables and survey (engineering and installation)
- Fabrication, welding, QA/QC and inspection
- HVAC and HVDC transmission
- Electrical and commissioning (HV / LV / onshore & offshore)
- Marine, vessels, and offshore installation teams
Offshore wind projects we’ve supported in APAC
Our teams in Asia and Australia provide local support for offshore wind farms, fabrication yards and associated infrastructure projects. Offshore wind development across APAC is influenced by local fabrication capability, port infrastructure, labour availability, regulatory approval processes and weather windows. We work closely with you to coordinate workforce planning with these constraints, ensuring projects have a readily available, compliant engineering workforce, minimising delays and reducing resourcing risk as your developments progress.
We’ve supplied professionals to numerous projects in the region:
- Hornsea 2, Greater Changhua, DolWin 5 (fabrication yards in Singapore)
- Dogger Bank, Hornsea 3 (fabrication yards in Thailand)
- Greater Changhua (fabrication yard in South Korea)
- Sofia (fabrication yard in Indonesia)
- Hai Long 2, Changfang, Fengmiao, Formosa 1,2,&3, Greater Changhua, Xidao, Yunlin, Zhingneng (Taiwan)
- Baltica 2, Hai Long, Greater Changhua (fabrication yards in Vietnam)
Starting a new offshore wind project in Asia-Pacific?
Expanding offshore wind operations across Asia-Pacific often requires access to international expertise, particularly for specialist engineering, commissioning and marine roles, but managing employment laws and immigration requirements can be complex.
NES Fircroft’s Employer of Record and Immigration Services provide a compliant solution for entering new APAC markets or scaling multinational offshore wind project teams. We take care of employment contracts, payroll, taxes and statutory obligations locally, while our immigration specialists oversee visa and work‑permit allocations.
This enables you to deploy critical talent where it’s needed most, without delays, compliance risk or the need to establish local entities.
Our Recruitment Services
Permanent Hire
We have over 50 years of experience in orchestrating retained search activities, enabling businesses to hire strategically and effectively.
Executive Search
We’ll find C-Suite personnel with shared responsibility and purpose to innovate your Board and secure your succession planning.
Contract Staffing
We manage tens of thousands of contractors globally, delivering industry-leading logistics support and payroll.
Assignment Support
We support contractors throughout their assignments, taking care of their welfare, travel practicalities and payroll.
Payroll
Our streamlined service is award-winning and fully compliant in the respective localities of our internationally mobile contractor base.
Consolidation
Our consolidation service will save costs, increase hiring efficiencies and improve your compliance levels.
Compliance
Our globally based team understand local legislation requirements and will help businesses to regain compliance in their employment.
Employer of Record
Expand your global presence without registering a new business entity; we can hire employees on your behalf, with minimal risk.
Managed Services Provision
We have decades of experience in delivering effective contingent workforce solutions and mobilisation programmes.
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
Outsource all or part or your direct hiring; we manage high volume demand and have a global candidate reach.
Our Regional Offices
Case Study - Philippines
Powering the Philippines' First Offshore Wind Development
The client needed immediate, compliant, on-the-ground recruitment support to establish the Philippines' first gigawatt offshore wind project.