Recruitment and Workforce Solutions for Mining & Metals

Global employment and relocation services

If you’re planning a mining project abroad and are entering new territories, we will provide agile solutions to help with global immigration, relocation services, global employment outsourcing and more.

Our global employment and mobility services include:

• Global immigration and visa services
• Mobilisation and logistics services
• Relocation management
• Payroll and taxation services
• Global Employment Outsourcing (GEO)

Managed solutions and recruitment outsourcing solutions (RPO solutions)

If you’re struggling to manage the complexities of a large global workforce and want to focus on your mining projects, we can take the weight from your shoulders with robust managed solutions such as:

• Full life cycle recruitment support
• Supplier performance tracking
• Onsite support
• Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO)
• Transition services of incumbent contingent workers

Consulting: talent mapping, benchmarking and strategy development 

Data is key to building a mining recruitment strategy that will help your company navigate the sector’s future challenges. We can provide that with consultancy, talent analytics and Total Workforce Intelligence (TWI) data services.

Our consulting services include:

• Talent mapping
• Salary and market rate benchmarking
• Identification and delivery of cost savings
• Skills assessment
• Strategic workforce planning
• Performance and risk management advice

Recruitment solutions and employment services delivered to major mining projects

Here are just a few of the mining projects we’ve helped to recruit staff for in recent years:

Anglo American

Global mining house Anglo American has considerable mining assets in Australia. In a rebuilding phase, Anglo American needed a new Head of Corporate Relations for Australia to report directly to the CEO

Airswift was commissioned thanks to our experience recruiting challenging, high-profile roles in the mining industry. A shortlist of 10 candidates was provided to the CEO within a month, and a successful appointment made within nine weeks of commencing the assignment.

Alcoa

Aloca is a global mining and metals company that Airswift has recruited for around the world. The Global Alumina business has a number of large assets in Australia and was seeking a General Manager for their largest and oldest asset. Airswift was engaged to conduct a Global Search for a very specific leadership and technical expertise set.

Airswift mapped the global talent pool that would meet the strict criteria for the role and, in consultation with Alcoa, approaching every potential candidate. During this process, Airswift had been providing advice and alternate options for Alcoa consideration. Following this detailed and extensive project Alcoa, employed an exceptional candidate identified by Airswift.

ArcelorMittal

ArcelorMittal has a global presence and supplies major markets including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging with safe, sustainable steel. In 2014, the company needed to recruit more than 100 skilled, experienced steel workers from a variety of disciplines in operations across South Africa and Europe.

Airswift was approached and commissioned to fill 40 of those positions, most of which were based in South Africa. Airswift’s mining recruitment specialists held a detailed interview process with all candidates over a four-month period, with successful applicants given the opportunity to relocate with their families and be sponsored into South Africa. Airswift successfully identified and filled all 40 positions.

Harmony Gold

Harmony Gold owns and operates the Hidden Valley mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and is supported by experienced mining professionals; typically expats with over a decade’s experience.

Harmony Gold needed various mining professionals to fill numerous technical roles as well as people with skills, leadership and training experience and a suitable cultural awareness in order to engage and train the existing PNG workforce.

Airswift’s mining recruitment specialists worked with Harmony Gold to find experienced technical mining professionals as well as providing our full mobilisation services including coordination of visas, interviews, travel, on-boarding and payroll. Airswift supplied over 20 contractors to Harmony Gold and the Hidden Valley mine.

Ok Tedi Mining

Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) operates an open-pit copper, gold and silver mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG). OTML needed to appoint the crucial role of Country Head of Health and Safety for PNG in 2017. Just some of the skills needed for the role included an executive Health and Safety background, extensive international mining exposure and a minimum of 15 years’ experience.

Airswift’s teams in PNG and Australia took OTML’s requirements and delivered Talent Mapping services, providing a detailed list of local and international candidates. Our mining recruitment specialists worked closely with OTML to manage the interview process and provided Global Mobility services, Global Immigration and Relocation Services.

Vale Canada

In 2014, Vale Canada’s Long Harbour Processing Plant (LHPP) began operations and looked to employ approximately 475 people at full production.

Vale Canada commissioned Airswift to provide full Talent Acquisition services and recruitment support to find those candidates. Airswift has 12 consultants currently working on LHPP across the Project Controls, Contracts Management and Administration disciplines.