NES Fircroft has had an office in California since 2016. With nearly a decade of local experience, our specialist recruitment teams have supported clients across the West Coast, providing workforce solutions for some of the region’s largest oil refineries, chemical manufacturing, and renewable fuels plants. We have partnered with clients across California, Washington, Alaska, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii. We are a prime staffing partner for several of California's major refineries, meaning our recruitment service has been and remains integral to driving the circular economy across the West Coast.
California Recruitment Expertise
Based in Costa Mesa, our recruitment teams have a wealth of experience in transitioning large volumes of contingent workers across to our management in environments ranging from oil refineries to renewable fuels and midstream facilities.
700+
Local contractors supported
15+
North American offices
80+
Global Offices
With demonstrated expertise in contractor management, we mitigate prospective co-employment risks while ensuring stringent compliance for each contingent worker throughout the onboarding and employment contract. Clients can rest assured that we handle all necessary logistics for W2 and 1099 contractors, including coordinating travel, visas, work permits, and state training requirements.
Through discipline-specific recruiters, we are well-positioned to support businesses on their journey to becoming more environmentally sustainable by connecting them to the expertise needed to operate their oil refineries, renewable fuels, and chemical plants safely and efficiently.
We can provide experienced recruitment staff to be based on-site with our clients, facilitating flexible solutions to manage peak and ongoing activity. Our contingent workforce staffing programs help to standardize your hiring processes and regain cost control through a customized site-specific staffing program that works for you.
Our local recruitment team is backed by a large North American office network containing compliance experts, award-winning payroll professionals and assignment support staff to ensure that candidates are onboarded to their new job efficiently and compliantly with all federal and state regulations. Our experts currently manage over 300 contractor employees across 40 businesses.
We also specialize in permanent (direct) hires, and our wider Californian operation includes Redbock, a specialist arm of the NES Fircroft business offering expertise to the biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical devices Industries.
We have been integral to supplying engineering and technical personnel to key refining, chemical and renewable fuels projects across the West Coast and Midwest, such as:
- 40,000 bbl/d renewable fuels refinery conversion project in North Dakota
- 60,000 bbl/d renewable fuels refinery conversion project in Northern California
- 45,000 bbl/d renewable fuels refinery conversion project in Bakersfield, California
- Lithium mining operation expansion project in Southern Nevada
- Numerous brownfield capital projects across refining and renewables clients
- Major turnaround and maintenance events within refining and petrochemical plants
We're actively seeking candidates across:
- Construction, Commissioning & Start-Up
- Engineering & Design (Mechanical & Piping, Metallurgy, Civil & Structural, Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls, Chemical & Process)
- Finance & Accounting
- Health, Safety & Environmental
- Information Technology
- Operations, Maintenance & Turnarounds
- Procurement & Logistics
- Project Controls (Planning & Scheduling, Estimating, Cost Control, Document Control)
- Project Management & Project Engineering
- Quality Assurance, Control & Inspection
- TRACK Administration
Established local and national networks
Our strength lies in understanding the local landscape and the specific demands of your sector. With an established presence across California, we understand the nuances of regional project demands. We actively engage in local industry networks to match the right candidates with the right opportunities.
We understand that California’s industries move fast. Whether it’s chemicals, oil and gas, or renewables, projects often rely on highly specialized talent that isn’t always available locally. NES Fircroft facilitates the deployment of qualified professionals through the TN visa program, enabling Canadian and Mexican citizens to work in the U.S. in pre-approved professional roles under the USMCA agreement (formerly NAFTA), based on prescreen prior to hire and in-house immigration specialists. We streamline the TN visa process for clients and contractors, handling application preparation, compliance, and renewals with efficiency and care.
Our vast understanding of the unique market dynamics enables us to provide specialized professionals to fill talent gaps and drive business growth throughout the state. We take care of every detail, from local onboarding and assistance with social security setup to payroll processing that complies with federal and state regulations, including California-specific employment laws.
We’ll help you find your next energy job on the West Coast
Ensuring a sustainable output is at the forefront of California’s energy agenda. From San Francisco to San Diego, the individuals we have placed have worked at some of California’s largest and most complex refineries, including supporting low-carbon initiatives. As alternative energy ventures continue to increase, we’ve also supported facilities that drive battery manufacturing and other alternative energy initiatives.
No matter which sector or market we place you in, we are 100% committed to compliance and contractor safety and are proud to say that NES Fircroft has a zero-incident record.
For engineering and technical professionals looking for their next career opportunity in oil & gas, chemicals, or alternative energy, NES Fircroft is one of the world's leading recruitment and staffing solutions firms. Our recruiters will help you secure some of the top opportunities in the market and offer you an industry-leading comprehensive benefits package to ensure that you and your family’s needs are met.
Check out our latest California job opportunities below.
Featured Jobs
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.
Case Study - Bio-diesel Facility
Staffing a Refinery Under Challenging Circumstances
We sourced specialist personnel for our client’s EPC project – the construction of a new bio-diesel processing unit at a refinery in North Dakota. This required significant engineering, procurement, and construction expertise.
Case Study - Downstream
Transitioning Volume Numbers of Contractors
As prime vendor, NES Fircroft designed a customized a contingent staffing program to transition a large number of downstream workers to our management.
Case Study - Chemicals
Staffing a Lithium Mine Expansion
Our client operates a lithium production site in Nevada; over 12 months, we successfully placed 7 highly skilled managers into their leadership team.
Other Regional Offices
Texas
As the largest in the region, our Houston office serves as our North American recruitment hub
Caribbean
Through Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana & Suriname operations we support the local energy industry
Illinois
We service the petrochemical, refining, and renewable energy sectors, including CAPEX projects
Florida
Our entire office is dedicated to providing staffing solutions for specialist divisions of the Power sector
Canada
From Vancouver to St John’s, we provide specialist personnel to Canada’s entire energy industry
Louisiana
Our New Orleans team has staffed Louisiana’s largest chemical refining sites, including turnarounds
Massachusetts
We’re poised to support the hiring needs of the North East Coast’s offshore wind market