Recruitment Solutions and Engineering Jobs in Chicago and Illinois

Our experienced recruitment team can implement contingent workforce staffing programs to help standardize your hiring processes and establish better cost control through a customized site-specific staffing program that optimizes your workforce. We have helped many companies transition large volumes of contingent workers to our management in facilities ranging from oil storage terminals to refineries and major energy complexes. For large recruitment accounts, we’ll place our specialist recruiters on-site with our clients, facilitating flexible solutions to manage peak and ongoing activity. 

Not only do we have dedicated in-house recruitment and assignment support professionals, but we also have payroll, compliance, and legal experts. This combined expertise means that all new starters will begin their new job efficiently and compliantly under US labor law. 

We have been integral to supplying engineering and technical personnel to key chemical, refining, midstream and renewable energy projects across the Midwest, such as: 

• Greenfield construction project of a major chemical manufacturing complex in Pennsylvania 
• Greenfield renewable energy facilities across Indiana, Illinois and New York 
• Multiple chemical facility expansion projects across North Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee 
• Numerous CAPEX projects at existing refineries across Delaware, New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois 
• Major maintenance and turnaround events at downstream refining and petrochemical plants across the region 
• Workforce consolidation project for a major oil storage facility in the Caribbean islands 

We’re actively recruiting 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 

To meet the growing demand for specialized talent in Illinois’ energy sector, we support the deployment of professionals through the non-immigrant TN visa program. Established under the USMCA (formerly NAFTA), this visa category enables qualified Canadian and Mexican citizens to temporarily work in the United States in pre-approved professional occupations for U.S.-based employers, based on prescreen prior to hire and in-house immigration specialists.

We’ve seen a marked increase in interest from Canadian professionals relocating to Illinois, and we’ve successfully supported their transitions. Our team has extensive experience managing TN visa applications and renewals, prioritizing compliance, and ensuring qualified workers can be onboarded quickly to support critical initiatives without delays.

We also manage all aspects of the contractor transition, including payroll compliant with FLSA, social security setup, and local onboarding support. Our turnkey workforce solutions remove barriers to cross-border staffing. By choosing NES Fircroft for your Illinois projects, you can access a vast pool of pre-vetted candidates and a recruitment team knowledgeable in Illinois labor laws and industry standards.

Oil, gas and petrochemical expansion across the Midwest and North-Eastern United States is abundant. If you’re in this area and looking for contract or direct hire work in the oil, gas, chemicals or renewable energy sector, you can rest assured that NES Fircroft has numerous exciting opportunities for you. As one of the largest engineering recruitment agencies in the world, our contract and direct hire recruiters have extensive industry connections and will help you through every stage of your job search. 

We work with small and medium enterprises, EPCs and many of the country’s energy supermajors - holding prime vendor status with many of the USA’s biggest chemical corporations. The opportunities we place personnel on vary from CAPEX projects and turnaround and maintenance events to large-scale greenfield construction and the start-up and commissioning of new facilities. 

Utilizing a detailed process methodology, we develop an in-depth understanding of our clients' requirements and culture to effectively allow us to match our candidates to sustainable job opportunities. Wherever your technical expertise lies - crude oil, gasoline, natural gas, diesel, and more- we will have a job opportunity for you that will enhance your career. 

Our contractor benefits are market-leading, and we offer a retention program, which means we will help you find your next assignment. 

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