Case Studies
Client: Global Leading Service Company for the Energy/Natural Resources Markets
Client Requirement: Global Head HR, £150k+ position. Aberdeen based, international experience including Middle East, strategic but hands-on practical expertise.
Critical Issues
- Several key competitors had struggled to fill the same role
- Very specific personal brief for the role;
- O&G market / culture knowledge
- International experience including Middle East
- Proven HR strategist
- Proven HR deliverer at operational level
- Excellent experience in change management
Johnson Knight Solution
- Specific Personal Competencies identified with the Client
- Proactive head-hunt and industry referrals
- Identification of Aberdeen experienced HR O&G professionals who had relocated overseas. Conversations to attract them back to the UK
- Very targeted and detailed candidate qualification interviews
Project Results
- Short-list presented and accepted and individuals invited to interview
- Offer made fitting all Client requirements and within budget. Candidate accepted
Client: Global Oil & Gas Operator
Client Requirement: Manager of Project Controls, Syria. £150k+ base salary. Syria based but internationally mobile. Arabic speaking and Middle or Far East experience.
Critical Issues
- Very specific requirements;
- International experience including Middle East / Far East
- Arabic speaking
- Full project life-cycle experience in project controls
- Gas development project experience
- Had originally tried to fill with contract role but decided they needed to increase the number of permanent staff for company stability
Johnson Knight Solution
- Client chose to work with JKI because of our specific and proven focus and sole working experience in the Energy Markets sector with significant proven successes in international project roles with their key competitors
- Identification of Candidates from key competitors with gas development project experience in Middle East
- Proactive head-hunting
- Structured search plan agreed with Client including SLA and delivery timeframes
Project Results
- Presented a short-list of 3 fully qualified and selected individuals who were both interviewed to advanced stage. Both Arabic speaking with all required experience
- The selected candidate not only filled all experience and skills requirements but also had dual nationality status, one of which was local to Syria, providing an excellent cultural fit
Client: Independent Oil/Gas Operator in the South North Sea
Client Requirement: 4 x board level roles across Finance, Commercial Management, Head of Resevoir Engineering & Technical Director. All roles based in Den Haag, Holland.
Critical Issues
- Must have had South North Sea Experience
- Specific skill sets and experience
- Very specific cultural match
- Experience working in a small to mid sized Operator but previously within a global operator
Johnson Knight Solution
- Client chose to work with JKI because of our specific ability of identificantion, capture and redeployment of global talent as this required experience of a location whereby due to its historic nature required vast global search and relocation
- Proactive head-hunting
- Structured search plan agreed across all 4 roles
Project Results
- Presented a short-list of 3 fully qualified and selected individuals per role
- All positions filled on time and to budget