Role, location, time frame – that is all we need to get started.
Selection
You decide who comes
Duration
temporary, for as long as you want reinforcement
Models
Temporary agency work · service contract · direct placement
Academy
prepared specifically for your assignment on request
How staffing works with us
You choose. We bring the people.
We find the right specialists for your needs – you decide who comes and deploy them in your project.
The assignment runs as temporary agency work, as a service contract or as a direct placement if you want to hire the person permanently. You set the quality standard; line and disciplinary management stay with us. We remain available – to you and to the person on assignment – and if someone drops out, we provide a replacement from our network.
Swipe sideways to view →White is your team, mint the temporary reinforcement. It works within your organisation, not alongside it.
This is the difference from all other ep-cm services: there, we take on a defined service package, manage it ourselves and answer for the result – as Turnaround Management, as Scope Management, as Site Management or, flexibly scaled, as Project Controls on demand. In Staffing, we bring the right people; you set the quality standard.
Profiles
The roles we fill most often
Individually or as a well-rehearsed team – for turnarounds, capital projects and ongoing operations.
Turnaround manager
Planners/schedulers (Primavera / MS Project)
Cost controllers
Document controllers
Scope managers
Technical planners / work preparers
Site managers
E&I supervisors
Piping supervisors
Equipment supervisors
QA/QC inspectors
HSE specialists
Project engineers
Project managers
Contract & claims managers
Commissioning specialists
The list is not exhaustive. Our network goes beyond the disciplines we offer as services ourselves – feel free to ask about roles you do not find here.
What you can rely on
Every placement is vetted
Verified qualifications
Certificates, references and a technical interview – documented and traceable before a profile reaches you.
Fast availability
Thanks to our active network, we also fill short-notice needs – for example when the shutdown comes closer than planned.
Flexible scaling
From individual experts to a well-rehearsed team: capacity grows and shrinks with the course of your project.
Beyond our core business too
We do not only fill the roles we lead ourselves. Where our network reaches, we also place specialists from areas that ep-cm does not offer itself.
One contact person throughout
During the assignment too – for you and for the person on assignment. If someone drops out, we provide a replacement from our network.
Clear agreement in advance
Before anyone starts, we agree together what the task involves and what standard you expect. If a placement does not work out, you decide on the change – and we provide someone else.
Preparation in the ep-cm Academy
Working to your standard from day one.
On request, we prepare every person we find for you specifically for your assignment in our Academy in Gelsenkirchen – on the topics your task requires and on the rules your company works by.
Swipe sideways to view →White is the experience the person brings, mint is what we add specifically in the Academy – individual topics from the technical interview and, on request, your standard.
Topics we prepare for
Turnaround methodology
Scheduling
Project Controls
Scope and technical planning
Leadership in the shutdown
The preparation applies to all three models – temporary agency work, service contract and direct placement. It is a separate service: we agree its content and scope together, and it is invoiced separately.
If the technical interview shows that experience is still missing in a topic, we train exactly that topic before the assignment begins.
Prepared for your standard
With your approval, we work with your own documents – with the structures, reporting formats and processes of your company.
Wider choice, faster placement
Because we can prepare people, a placement does not depend on the one person who meets every criterion. That matters as the shutdown draws closer.
Our approach
Six steps to the right assignment
From the first conversation to the day your new colleague is productive – preparation in the Academy is the step you can choose.
01
Understanding the requirement
We do not take a job advert, we take down your task: role, qualifications, certificates, location, duration and team environment. Because our recruiters work with practitioners from our own projects, the result is a profile that matches the reality in your plant.
Your effort: one conversation of 30–60 minutes
02
Targeted search
We search where the process industry is at home: in a network of planners, site managers, supervisors and project specialists built up since 2005 – complemented by active direct search. Many candidates have already worked on ep-cm projects.
Reach: DACH, Benelux and the rest of Europe
03
Technical vetting
Before you see a name, our specialists have checked qualifications, certificates and references – and, in a technical interview, actual experience. With us, a scheduler is interviewed by a scheduler, not by a database.
Result: only suitable profiles on your desk
04
Introduce and decide
You get a compact shortlist with a clear recommendation instead of a flood of applicants. We organise the interviews, moderate the terms and ensure a swift conclusion – contractually as temporary agency work, as a service contract or as a direct placement.
Models: temporary agency work (licensed) · service contract · direct placement
05
Targeted preparation on request
On request, we prepare the person for your assignment in our Academy in Gelsenkirchen: on topics that remained open in the technical interview and – with your approval – on the standards and documents of your company.
Invoicing: separate service, agreed separately
06
Onboarding and support
Our work does not stop with the acceptance. We organise safety induction and site access, digitally with Onboarding Excellence if you wish, and remain the contact for both sides throughout the assignment – for you and for the person.
Support: throughout the assignment
Context
People or a service package?
Both routes are good – the difference lies not in quality but in who answers for the result.
Staffing
You need capacity and experience in your project. We find the people, you select them and deploy them – temporarily, within your processes.
Fits when your organisation is in place and needs targeted reinforcement.
A service package from ep-cm
You commission a result instead of individual people. An ep-cm team takes on a defined task; we manage it and answer for the result – whether Turnaround Management, Scope Management, Site Management, Project Management or Project Controls on demand.
Who is responsible for what during the assignment?
The split is clear: you set the quality standard, define the task and decide whether a person stays or changes. We keep line and disciplinary management – we are the employer, take care of the contract, deployment planning and replacements, and remain available to both sides. With direct placement, you hire the person yourself. A result that we answer for ourselves is something we take on in our service packages.
What difference does it make that you fill the same roles in your own teams?
We know from our own responsibility what the role demands. Our own teams control shutdowns and projects – we know the working day of a scheduler, a scope manager or a supervisor at first hand and assess candidates against exactly that.
Can you prepare the person for our requirements before the assignment?
Yes, on request in our Academy in Gelsenkirchen – for temporary agency work, service contracts and direct placement alike. If the technical interview shows that experience is still missing in a topic, we train it specifically; with your approval, also to your own standards and documents. The topics are the same as in the Academy: turnaround methodology, scheduling, project controls, scope and technical planning, and leadership during shutdowns. The preparation is a separate service; we agree its content and scope together.
Do you also place roles outside your core business?
Yes. Our network in the process industry reaches beyond the disciplines we offer as services ourselves. If we know someone who fits your task, we place them – and say so openly if an area is beyond our reach.
Temporary agency work or service contract – what do you offer?
All three routes: temporary agency work with a valid licence under the German Temporary Agency Work Act (AÜG), the service contract and direct placement. In all three, the aim is the right, vetted person for your task. We agree together in advance which model suits your assignment – and what applies if a placement does not work out.
How quickly can you fill a role?
We usually fill common turnaround roles within a few weeks from our existing network. For shutdown peaks, a lead time of two to three months is advisable – then the best people are not yet committed.
What happens if a placed person drops out?
We provide a replacement from the network. Because there is a point of contact with professional expertise behind every assignment, no project knowledge is lost in the handover.
What does staffing cost?
We charge by the hour, by day rates or at a fixed price – we agree together which model fits. We are rarely the cheapest offer – our aim is a different one: in a shutdown, what counts is not the lowest rate but whether the right person is in the plant on the right day. Poorly staffed scheduling costs you the start-up date; well-staffed scheduling secures it. The initial call is free of charge.
Terms such as temporary agency work are explained in our glossary – along with 58 other terms from the shutdown and project business.
From the blog
From the field.
Further reading: an article by our specialists on this topic.
Turnaround · Thomas Krischak
From foreman to planner: what operators gain when practitioners plan
No vocational training teaches technical planning and turnaround scheduling. We train practitioners to become our planners – for the entire turnaround.
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