Recruitment Solutions for Onshore and Offshore Wind Projects

NES Fircroft is a global leader in placing onshore and offshore wind jobs for the wind sector and has been supporting the industry globally since its inception.

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As one of the world’s most competitive energy sources, energy generated from wind has a key role to play in net zero.

We understand the industry is looking for the next generation of talent to ensure it embraces the opportunities provided by new technologies to repower, retrofit and extend the life of current assets.

With wind power capacity expected to reach 2 TW as quickly as 2030, you need a staffing partner with a depth of expertise, global network and local market knowledge that can deliver a complete wind workforce solution.

World-leaders in Wind Staffing

  • Our many years of staffing the wind industry, combined with discipline-specific recruiters, their understanding of wind’s technical nuances, and our vast global set-up, separates us from the competition.
  • Our dedicated recruitment team has an in-depth understanding of the industry’s challenges and will mine our extensive global network to find the talent you need to enhance your wind project.
  • We are also proud to be a member of the Global Wind Energy Council; download their Global wind report 2022 here.
Wind Recruitment Solutions

Talent acquisition for wind

Our talent acquisition teams are discipline-specific. This enables us to stay close to our markets, helping us support hiring managers in driving their offshore wind recruitment strategy to secure a talent pipeline that facilitates growth and mitigates prospective talent shortages.

We build up local expertise in-country to embed ourselves as part of the business community and ensure we are operating in the same time zone, communicating in the local language and understanding the local culture. This approach along with the backing of over 80 global offices, enables us to support clients and help you enter new markets quickly and source the talent you need. 

Our comprehensive recruitment service and proven search ensures that projects are staffed promptly, compliantly and within budget. We ensure that wind companies are supported across the project lifecycle, from early development to construction and project completion. From turbine fabrication and site commissioning to laying cables offshore and managing vessels, our team will connect you to the right talent.

  • Fabrication, Assembly & Commissioning
  • Commercial, Business Development & Sales
  • Design, Planning & Permitting
  • Build, Construction & Installation (including offshore pile, foundations, nacelle, switch cabinet, electrical cables, battery storage and towers)
  • Decommissioning / Repowering Offshore Transmission
  • Health, Safety & Environment
  • Geoscience
  • Operations & Maintenance (including LEP and structural repairs)
  • Project Controls & Management (including Field Development Vessels (FDVs))
  • Quality Inspection
  • Repowering
  • Site Management
  • Procurement

We will deploy technical expertise to your wind project from more experienced geographies

Whilst the offshore wind market is booming, the sector remains relatively in its infancy in some areas, with experienced talent pools located in differing geographies to that of the project. With our global office network and established candidate pools, NES Fircroft has helped service companies, developers and manufacturers to mitigate challenges posed by the limitations of local talent pools and developing infrastructures.

We have opened an office in Boston specifically to support the offshore wind sector in North America. The United States currently has one operational offshore wind farm, which means there is a limited candidate pool with offshore wind experience. Using our extensive candidate networks we will identify local candidates from other sectors with transferable skills, as well as bring highly specialised talent from overseas on L-1A and L-1B visas when required

In Asian wind hotspots such as Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and Taiwan, we have leveraged our European talent networks to get our clients’ projects off the ground and to help up-skill the local workforce to nurture the ongoing operations and maintenance of the site.

No matter where your wind project is located, you can rest assured we have the ability to connect you to wind personnel on an international level and will mobilise them to site, compliantly.

Global experience in staffing offshore wind projects

We provide full project life-cycle support. Our multilingual teams operate across key wind hubs spanning Europe, North America, Australia and Asia, supporting transmission system operators, developers and contractors to get the most from their wind projects.

We have a concentrated office network in key fabrication areas across Asia with decades of experience of operating within the local market, utilising local talent pools and leveraging our wider international footprint to get the right people to site. Compliance is at the forefront of our operation; our in-house support teams take care of all contractors’ paperwork, including immigration logistics and orchestrating insurances, and our in-house finance team will manage all payroll and taxation requirements.

Our experience includes helping a major operator to regain control of their health and safety on a fabrication yard in South Korea, mobilising specialist staff for a crane upgrade in Singapore in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic when travel restrictions were at their peak, and mobilising a specialist Danish team into Asia to fabricate a subsea module for a Norwegian-based platform. Thanks to our local knowledge and in-house global mobility capabilities, we mitigated these challenges with ease.

Our recruitment teams have provided staff to turnkey projects across pre-assembly through to installation and commissioning, encompassing minor / major correctives and exchange services, for on and offshore wind facilities. Our teams will connect businesses to talent pools of inspection, repairs, and maintenance personnel to service their wind turbine rotor blades, and we’ve supplied volume numbers of engineers to complete installation and components exchanges.

Whether you are looking for personnel to process retrofits and upgrades, seeking to implement new upkeep measures on your facility, or need inspection experts, our discipline-specific team have cultivated deep talent networks to meet your hiring needs.

Our global office network and established candidate talent pools means that we have provided specialist wind personnel to service companies, developers and manufacturers located in geographies where wind is fairly new, enabling them to overcome challenges posed by the developing infrastructure and consequent local talent pool limitations.

In addition, our database of Upstream Oil and Gas professionals is well equipped to transition to the Offshore Wind industry thanks to their skills alignment - both in terms of technical skillsets and soft skills. Transferable skillsets include marine and piping engineering, tower specialisation, support vessels / ports and substation expertise.

The wind sector has created jobs and projects on a global scale, and we have been part of this journey through supporting both established and emerging markets. We are proud to have placed candidates in every project phase across sites in Europe, North America, The Middle East, and Asia Pacific. 

 

EcoVadis, one of the world’s most trusted providers of business sustainability ratings, recently scored NES Fircroft with a platinum rating for our environmental efforts. 

Scoring 78 out of a possible 100, this places NES Fircroft in the top 1% of their verified businesses. 

The accreditation is testament to the impact of our corporate sustainability efforts and demonstrates NES Fircroft’s continued commitment to Environmental improvements.

Why choose NES Fircroft as your Wind recruitment partner?

Staffing Expertise

Our legacy

We have worked in the wind sector since its inception and have placed expertise onto some of the world’s largest wind farms, on and offshore.

Global presence

Our global presence

We have offices spanning 45 countries in six continents, offering local expertise, but with a global candidate outreach.

Payroll services

Our financial strength

We are going from strength to strength and have made several acquisitions at a time when many companies are having to scale back operations

Wind recruitment

Our discipline-specific experts

Our qualified and experienced recruitment teams only operate within the wind sector – they live and breathe it to make sure they are up to date with developments and emerging trends.

Flexible Hiring

Our range of workforce solutions

Whether you need contract staffing, permanent (direct) hires, or are looking to outsource all or just part of your recruitment function, we will design a recruitment solution that fits your needs and delivers real value.

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