Total Energies
WRS has successfully worked with Total SA since 2012, supplying manpower provision for global energies engineering, exploration, development, operations, and maintenance personnel. This agreement has enabled us to expand our business on a global scale, whilst developing our relationship with multiple EPC clients alongside their projects.
Background
Our relationship with Total has been marked by continuous growth – even in the face of challenges, such as:
- The downturn in the oil and gas industry
- Tight turnaround times
- Reduced rates due to market decline
- Remote location operations
- Complex host-country specific regulations
How WRS helped
We provided Total with a compliant, service-driven solution, effectively meeting demands by:
- Reacting quickly to host-country regulation and changing markets with the support of our in-house legal and compliance teams and in-country management teams;
- Providing industry-specific recruitment knowledge when faced with challenges;
- Offering significantly reduced daily rates during industry downturn to accommodate client cost-reduction schemes;
- Supplying local support where possible, with an emphasis on candidate care.
Success in Uganda and Tanzania
WRS has enabled Total’s development in Uganda and Tanzania on the Tilenga and EACOP projects for over a decade. We originally sourced all of the necessary exploration personnel in 2012 – and since then, we’ve followed the project through to execution.
In 2021, we opened a joint venture office in Uganda: WQS Recruitment Services Ltd. As a Ugandan company, our team is dedicated to servicing the requirements of the Tilenga project operator and supply chain contracts. We’re currently contracting over 750 personnel (both local and expatriates), with an aim to reach more than 1500 in 2024.
In Tanzania, we’re supporting the EACOP pipeline project using the same joint venture partner to deliver outsourced workforce solutions. From supplying local and expatriate manpower, to local employment contracting, to immigration and mobilisation, to payroll, we’re responsible for the full supply chain. Our personnel for this project is currently 350, but we aim to contract more than 1500 workers by the end of 2024.
“The service to date has been exemplary and we are happy to recommend their services to other clients in the region/globally. WRS have proven their experience in the provision of personnel for multiple roles within our exploration, development, and construction teams.” – Jacqueline Romani Urasa, Project Services Leader – Tilenga Project
