A new site was just approved
The construction schedule exists. The hiring schedule does not, and the two need to be the same document.
Site Launch and Team Build
Staff the launch against the schedule.
Site launches fail on hiring sequence, not hiring effort. We build the launch plan, publish a workforce risk register, and report per seat against your commissioning and turnover dates.
Why launch hiring slips
Requisitions are typically opened when the org chart is signed, which is often after the market needed to be engaged. Commissioning and controls talent is booked against other projects, technicians need training and badging time, and relocation adds risk nobody budgeted. Sequencing backwards from turnover fixes most of it.
What we run
A milestone hiring program tied to your construction schedule: role definitions per bench, market reality per discipline and metro, a published risk register with owners, and weekly per-seat reporting that escalates a bench before it becomes a turnover problem.
Sequence
From early planning to stabilized operations.
Early planning
Leadership & commissioning
Site lead, facilities manager and commissioning coverage identified. Comp bands validated against the local market before requisitions open.
Engineering planning
Engineering & controls
Electrical, mechanical and controls/BMS engineers engaged. Workforce risk register published and reviewed with the project team.
Commissioning setup
Operations bench
Chief engineers and shift leads in process. Relocation strategy confirmed for disciplines the metro cannot supply.
Operations bench
Technicians & scale hiring
Technician cohorts sequenced so training and badging complete before turnover. Adjacent pools activated where local supply is thin.
Final readiness
Coverage validation
Per-seat status against IST and turnover dates. Gaps escalated with contract or vendor coverage options attached.
Stabilize and transfer
Stabilize & transfer
Retention check-ins, backfill readiness, and handover of the full research and pipeline set to your internal team.
Triggers
When a launch program makes sense.
Entering an unfamiliar metro
You need local supply reality and a relocation strategy before headcount is committed.
Multiple benches, one deadline
Commissioning, engineering and operations all compete for attention. Sequencing decides which slips.
Leadership needs per-seat visibility
Aggregate progress hides the one discipline that will delay turnover.
Commercials
How scope and completion are defined.
- Time box
- Custom milestone schedule, scoped from your construction and turnover dates.
- Commercial structure
- Engagement scope aligned to the milestone plan.
- Investment
- See homepage engagement scopes for current pricing.
- Complete when
- Complete when the agreed milestone deliverables, workforce plan, active-search work and pipeline handoff have been completed.
Reporting
Per seat, not per percentage.
Example launch milestone report
Example milestone-report structure. No client or candidate information shown.
| Report field | What it records each week |
|---|---|
| Seats in program | Every seat in the plan, grouped by discipline and bench. |
| Sequence position | Where each seat sits against the construction and commissioning schedule. |
| Search status | Calibrated, mapped, in outreach, in interview, in offer, or filled. |
| Local supply read | What the metro can supply for that discipline, and what it cannot. |
| Relocation dependency | Which seats require relocation and whether a package is confirmed. |
| Compensation feedback | Expectations heard in live conversations against the approved band. |
| Risk register entries | Named risks per discipline with an owner and a mitigation. |
| Escalations | Benches that need a scope, band, geography or vendor-coverage decision. |
| Next milestone | The next schedule checkpoint and what must be true to meet it. |
What the engagement requires from you
- A named project sponsor tied to the construction schedule
- Approved comp bands per discipline before outreach
- Feedback on submissions within 48 hours during ramp
- Relocation policy confirmed before offers go out
- Access to milestone dates as the schedule changes
We commit to delivery standards, research depth, outreach volume, reporting cadence and response times. Outcomes depend on market conditions, scope, compensation and process speed.
FAQ
Buyer questions.
- How should hiring start before a site goes live?
- Leadership and commissioning coverage should move first, followed by operations and technician benches so people are trained and badged before turnover. Exact sequencing comes from your construction and IST schedule, not a template.
- What is a workforce risk register?
- A per-discipline list of the hiring risks on a launch: thin local supply, competing builds in the same metro, travel or shift constraints, clearance requirements and relocation dependency, each with an owner and a mitigation.
- How do you handle thin local labor markets?
- Three levers, in order: adjacent-industry pools with transferable plant discipline, relocation with a real package and local onboarding support, and scope changes such as splitting a senior seat into two or extending vendor coverage during ramp.
- Can you support multiple sites at once?
- Yes, with a milestone schedule per site. Reporting stays per-seat so leadership can see which bench is behind rather than an aggregate percentage.
- Do you handle relocation logistics?
- We advise on package structure and manage candidate-side expectations and timing. Contracting relocation vendors stays with your mobility or HR team.
- Do you guarantee every seat is filled by go-live?
- No. We commit to the sequence, the research depth and the reporting cadence, and we escalate early when a bench is at risk so you can re-plan with vendor coverage or contract support.
Have milestone dates and open benches?
Send the schedule. You'll get a sequencing recommendation and the risks worth escalating now.