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Overview
- Project: EACOP
- Sector: Natural Gas
- Location(s): Tanzania, Uganda, France & United Kingdom
Services Provided
- Talent Acquisition
- Benchmarking & Market Analysis
- Local Content Strategy
- Bid Support
- Relocation Services
- Global Employment Services
- Contractor Management
- In-Country Compliance
- Consultancy
Background
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is a major cross‑border infrastructure project designed to transport crude oil 1,443km from Uganda’s Lake Albert region to the Tanzanian coast for export. Spanning multiple countries and jurisdictions, the project requires robust workforce solutions that balance global expertise with strict local content and compliance requirements.
Challenge
EACOP required a workforce partner capable of operating compliantly across multiple jurisdictions, including France, the United Kingdom, Uganda and Tanzania, while supporting a diverse, multinational workforce. The project demanded end‑to‑end recruitment, mobilisation, immigration, relocation and in‑country support, ensuring services were delivered on time, transparently and in line with local content obligations.
In addition, TotalEnergies and Worley required their partner to deliver detailed workforce intelligence to support their project planning, in-country compliance, cost modelling and bid submissions across Uganda and Tanzania.
Airswift Solution
Airswift has partnered with TotalEnergies and Worley on the EACOP project since 2022, acting as one of the project’s main workforce suppliers, with the most personnel across the project.
With established offices and extensive project delivery experience in Uganda and Tanzania, and as the only compliantly established global workforce provider to TotalEnergies, Airswift was uniquely positioned to support the project’s complex cross‑border workforce requirements.
Airswift delivered a fully integrated workforce solution, combining local market expertise with global delivery capability to support both local and expatriate placements.
Airswift provided
Talent Acquisition
Comprehensive market analysis, Rate benchmarking, Recruitment of local national and expatriate personnel, Identification of the most cost‑effective sources of international talent.
Relocation Services
Travel coordination, logistics & full relocation support, In-country settling‑in services, Cost analysis of accommodation and local transportation, Assistance sourcing accommodation and vehicles for office‑based contractors.
In-Country Compliance
Business visa and work permit applications, Bespoke business visa and work permit tracker for full visability.
Consultancy
Detailed breakdowns of local tax, social security and employer burdens, Local Content Strategy to increase the number of qualified local personnel on project, Transparent total charge rates for fully compliant workforce deployment, Live market intelligence on competitor and client activity, Local Labour Law guidance.Testimonials
I have always found Airswift to be very responsive, helpful and knowledgeable. We have used Airswift specifically to facilitate talent needs in countries where we have not had an entity or where we have had a need for specific workforce assistance that Airswift can provide.
Airswift gave excellent help with the whole process, from visa, flights to medical transportation. Everyone has been very helpful and welcoming. A great team all around. Airswift is an excellent organisation.
Airswift has a team of specialist recruiters which have been pivotal in providing high quality talent throughout our operations in Papua New Guinea. The team at Airswift have shown themselves to be an ethical, reliable and responsible partner continuously adding value in every situation.
I appreciate the engagement from the WA office, the team have partnered with us at Woodside to assist us achieve our talent requirements. The team have consistently provided suitable candidates while being responsive and provide great service to our team.
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