FSSA recruitment services
A full cycle of workforce services for oil and gas, construction, industrial and IT projects across Kazakhstan: employee search, staff provision and a full range of HR services — from targeted recruitment to mass mobilisation for rotation work. Below is a detailed look at each service.
Recruitment in Kazakhstan is the core service of the FSSA recruitment agency, provided since 2007. We fill vacancies for oil-and-gas, construction, industrial and IT companies: from single engineer and supervisor positions to entire project teams. Our search draws on a proprietary candidate database built over years of work in Atyrau, Aktau, Aksai, Aktobe and Astana, as well as professional platforms and industry channels — which lets us reach specialists who are not actively looking. We assess every candidate on experience, qualifications, references and documents, and once they start work we support their onboarding and stay in touch with the employer. We work in clear stages — request, search strategy, assessment, the specialist's start — and are accountable for the result at each one.
Staff outstaffing means moving employees off your payroll: people work on your project and under your management, while FSSA takes on the legal employment, HR administration, payroll, taxes and reporting. For companies in Kazakhstan it is a way to manage headcount flexibly in line with project volumes: growing the team during peak periods and reducing it without complex HR procedures, all without expanding the staffing schedule. Outstaffing is particularly sought after by project-based and foreign companies entering the Kazakhstan market: they can get a team up and running before building their own HR structure. FSSA supports outstaffed personnel end to end — from employment and record-keeping to dealings with government agencies — and on industrial sites additionally arranges medical checks, training and logistics to the site.
Personnel outsourcing means handing an entire function or process over to FSSA's management: we provide a team, lead it and are accountable for the result, while you get a ready-made service instead of dozens of HR processes. The model suits non-core tasks that are not worth keeping in-house: support and warehouse work, site maintenance, administrative support. Unlike outstaffing, where the client manages the employees, with outsourcing the organisation of the work, quality control and replacements are FSSA's responsibility. We build a team for the task, train it, and set up schedules and a relief pool so the process runs without downtime. Companies in Kazakhstan use personnel outsourcing to focus on their core business and cut the administrative load on HR and accounting.
High-volume recruitment means filling large numbers of line and blue-collar positions on tight deadlines: for the mobilisation of industrial projects, seasonal peaks, production start-ups and headcount growth. FSSA builds a hiring pipeline: parallel sourcing across several channels, group assessments, document and qualification checks, medical examinations and paperwork — with quality control at every stage of the funnel. Experience with the oil-and-gas and construction projects of the Atyrau and West Kazakhstan regions allows us to assemble welders, fitters, operators, drivers and other skilled trades quickly, including for rotational schedules. The client gets a predictable flow of vetted candidates and transparent reporting throughout the intake — from the request to people arriving on site.
Personnel mobilisation is the full cycle of getting specialists to site: medical examinations, occupational health and industrial safety training, document processing, logistics to the field, accommodation and support throughout the rotation. FSSA mobilises personnel for Kazakhstan's largest projects — Tengiz, Karachaganak, Karabatan — and knows the operators' and contractors' requirements for permits, certificates and deadlines. We plan arrivals around the 15/15 and 28/28 rotational schedules, coordinate transport and accommodation, and check every specialist's readiness to start — so the project gets its people on time and without downtime. For the employer this means one contractor and one point of accountability instead of a chain of approvals; for the specialists, an organised departure and support on site.
Executive Search is the direct search for leaders and rare experts for key positions: project directors, plant managers, chief engineers, finance and HR directors. Unlike conventional recruitment, headhunting does not rely on inbound applications: FSSA maps the market, approaches target candidates selectively — including successful specialists who are not looking — and confidentially guides the negotiations through to the start of employment. Every candidate undergoes an in-depth assessment: management experience, results on previous projects, references and motivation. Confidentiality is maintained on both sides — for the client company and for the candidate. Executive search from FSSA is access to leaders in Kazakhstan's oil-and-gas, construction and industrial sectors who cannot be found through an open search.
Employment of foreign nationals in Kazakhstan is a full-support service for bringing in foreign labour: obtaining work quotas and permits, migration registration, document processing and the relocation of specialists. FSSA takes on the interaction with government agencies and ensures compliance with the requirements of Kazakhstan's legislation, removing the administrative burden and risks from the employer. We support both individual foreign experts and groups of specialists for a project: we help with entry, accommodation, medical checks and starting on site. The service is in demand on international oil-and-gas and construction projects that require niche competencies unavailable on the local market. The employer gets a legally employed specialist and predictable timelines — without having to dive into migration procedures.
The engineering line of the FSSA Group covers construction work, project management, and the approval and obtaining of permits from government agencies. Together with Aurora Industrial Services, the group delivers EPC construction of industrial facilities and takes on centralised procurement, logistics and warehousing. The client gets a single contractor: from design solutions and documentation to construction and installation works and facility handover — backed by FSSA's staffing capacity, which supplies the project with engineers and skilled trades.
Theoretical and practical training for trades and engineering roles — at APEC Training Center, the training centre of the FSSA Group: more than 100 courses and 7 international accreditations. Occupational health and industrial safety training, professional training and retraining, and accredited programmes tailored to the requirements of oil-and-gas project operators and contractors. The training is built into FSSA's personnel mobilisation: a specialist completes the training and arrives on site with a ready package of certificates and permits.
Catering, accommodation and office space for personnel and project teams — at APEC complex, the group's own facility in Atyrau. Accommodation: the 139-room Apec Hotel and the Comfort hostel, with a combined capacity of up to 1,200 people. Catering: a fixed 200-seat canteen with a team of 30 chefs and mobile catering for up to 2,000 people — to HACCP and ISO 22000-2019 standards. Offices and industrial infrastructure: rental of office space in the business district, hangars and warehouses — more than 40 ready-to-use facilities. For recruitment and outstaffing clients this is ready-made infrastructure for housing mobilised personnel: the team lives, eats and works at a single base, with no separate contractor for each service.
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