Becoming ExxonMobil's longstanding, top performing PSL partner
ExxonMobil have a 140-year heritage as one of the largest integrated fuels, lubricants and chemical companies in the world. As part of their UK business, they own and operate the Fawley refinery, the Fife Ethylene Plant and five midstream fuel terminals. Finding high-quality personnel is integral to their operations and Matchtech are proud to have supported them in delivering their vital technical talent since 1999.
ExxonMobil realised they needed help...
In 1999, ExxonMobil sourced and payrolled temporary agency workers directly. At this time, the temporary workforce landscape was beginning to see significant legislative changes, meaning that agency workers could be deemed as ‘employed’, thereby potentially causing tax complications for them. To mitigate these risks, they needed an organisation to payroll their temporary workforce.
ExxonMobil required high volumes of agency workers with flexibility to meet the rise and fall in line with their business demand. In addition to their high volumes of worker requirements, they faced a shortage of the required niche skills due to an ageing STEM workforce. ExxonMobil were finding it difficult to source the number of agency workers they required to supplement their permanent members of staff and sought the support of specialist recruitment agencies to satisfy their requirements.
Our solution to form an ongoing partnership...
In 1999, ExxonMobil appointed Matchtech as a payroll provider. We offered a unique added benefit at this time of being able to source future temporary talent too - something that a majority of other payroll providers weren't offering. Alongside compliantly payrolling ExxonMobil’s agency workers and mitigating any associated risk, Matchtech became an integral recruitment partner, performing as one of their leading suppliers for UK technical temporary talent for the last 25 years. We provided a dedicated Account Manager, Iain Howard, who has ensured a consistent level of delivery throughout the entire partnership, including:
Utilising our deep understanding of ExxonMobil to exceed our KPIs. Throughout our partnership, we've developed thorough knowledge of their organisation, company culture and values. We use this experience to positively advertise ExxonMobil's opportunities to the candidate market and ensure we outperform other agencies on their PSL.
Providing numerous added value initiatives, to support ExxonMobil through an ever-changing landscape. We have offered assistance with IR35, consistent feedback on market rates and conditions, security screening for all new starters and arranged pre-start and annual alcohol & drugs tests to maintain a compliant workforce.
Providing a wide range of STEM skills, delivering into ExxonMobil's engineering, maintenance, turnaround and operations teams. We cover their full portfolio of engineering roles from FEED through to detailed design and engineering, installation, commissioning and start up, supporting a broad variety of vacancies including:
Electrical Engineer
Planning Engineer
Process Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Contracts Engineer
Pipeline Engineer
Cost Engineer
Safety Advisor
Instrumentation & Controls Engineer
Construction Superintendent
Mechanical Technician
Laboratory Technician
The results of our longstanding partnership...
Matchtech are currently part of ExxonMobil's multi-supplier PSL, yet still manage to exceed our agreed performance targets by supplying a high percentage of their requirements against other suppliers, cementing our position as their number one technical recruitment provider in the UK. Key results of the partnership so far include:
Speak to the expert...
Iain Howard, our Senior Recruitment Client Partner within our Energy division, made his first placement with ExxonMobil in 1999 and still spearheads Matchtech's partnership with them today. If you have any questions regarding our capability within the Energy sector, you can reach him using the contact details below:
