Downstream Oil & Gas Recruitment and Workforce Solutions

Leading efficiency and innovation within the downstream sector

Providing recruitment talent solutions to the downstream industry for over four decades

For over 40 years, Airswift has worked with the world’s leading exploration and production companies to provide talent that delivers efficiency and innovation in safety-focused environments and continues to be a leader within the downstream sector.

As part of our growing footprint in the refining and petrochemical industry, we have built trusted relationships with many key downstream clients and have expanded our database of candidates within the downstream sector.

Airswift provides the following services to our downstream clients:

  • Talent Acquisition: Recruitment and contractor management, retained search
  • Global Mobility: Global immigration, relocation services, and global employment outsourcing
  • Executive and Board Search: Finding the C-suite leaders to transform businesses
  • Consulting: Identification and delivery of cost savings, day-rate industry salary benchmarking
  • Managed Solutions: Full life cycle recruitment support, supplier performance tracking, onsite support, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), and transition services of incumbent contingent workers

Why choose Airswift for your workforce solution?

Airswift is diversified across upstream, downstream, midstream and EPC companies within the energy industry and provides world class service and flexibility to both our clients and contractors. With more than 60 offices worldwide, 800 employees, and 6,000 contractors, our geographical reach and pool of available talent is unmatched in the industry. In North America, Airswift maintains over 2,000 US-based contractors supporting 60 refining and chemical plant locations.

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Airswift have provided the following services to key downstream projects

  • Provided all safety, construction and engineering personnel to a multi-billion-dollar growth project in Texas. The project is split into two parts, an ethylene cracker installation and a polyethylene expansion.
  • Delivered a fully compliant on-boarding process for 2,000+ workers and third-party contractors on a refinery mobilization project in Indiana. This resulted in an incident free transition with zero disruption to business and 100 per cent transfer rate. There was $1.4m initial cost savings through day-rate industry salary benchmarking and ongoing savings of $4m throughout the duration of the contract.
  • Supplied all contingent workers and managed all on-boarding compliance requirements for a turnaround project in Texas. A team of 30 turnaround specialists was provided to effectively support the project resulting in $400,000 of savings. The turnaround staffing model is endorsed by the site and is now being considered as the standard model for the client.

Turnarounds

Airswift partners with many leading refining companies around the world and has supported various turnarounds and shutdowns for both major corporations and independent refining companies, providing tailored solutions to meet the individual needs of refineries and process facilities. Through this experience and listening to our clients, Airswift developed and introduced the Airswift Turnarounds Partnership Program (TARPP) in North America, a flexible created to support the on-boarding and management of third-party/leased contractors.

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"As the contracting and procurement focal point for my organization, the ability to delivery highly qualified contractors across a variety of disciplines in a timely manner is pivotal to the success of our event's execution. Utilizing Airswift's TARPP makes this process simple, effective and ultimately productive. In addition, Airswift's competitive pricing structure allows us to seamlessly use their program with no inhibitions related to cost"

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Awards and achievements for safety at refineries and downstream project locations

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  • Excellence Award from NWIBRT (Northwest Indiana Business RoundTable) Safety Awards in 2015 for maintaining DAFW, DART and TRIR lower than the average of the NWI Regional Contractor community and demonstrating an acceptable safety management system
  • Outstanding Safety Performance in the category of 25,000-100,000 man-hours worked at the Pascagoula Refinery in 2012
  • Safety Recognition Award for safety performance at the Whiting Refinery in 2012 with a total recordable incident rate below 0.34
  • Outstanding Safety Performance in the cateogory of 25,000-100,000 man-hours worked at the Pascagoula Refinery in 2012

Disciplines Provided

Airswift’s recruiters have the extensive knowledge and networks to find the perfect candidate within a range of downstream disciplines. To see a full list of our downstream disciplines, please click here.

  • Administration/Professional Services
  • Chemicals
  • Construction
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • HSSE
  • Logistics/Materials
  • Plant Management/Maintenance
  • Procurement
  • Project Management/Project Services
  • Quality/Inspection Services
  • Turnaround/Shutdown

Candidates can see a full range of our current vacancies at https://jobs.airswift.com/