Technical specialists

Specialists were assigned for the ramp. Local successors were searched before permits ended, then exit filings.

Project background

The ramp needed several specialists on site for a short period. Headquarters wanted a chain of visitor visas. Locally, on-site technical work sits on work permits.

Each person received a permit matching the stay. Key seats had a local successor search before exit — not another visitor rotation.

Profile

Specialists accept a written number of weeks on site, not a default extension.
Key seats have a local successor before the permit ends.
Hours match the permit. Commissioning overtime does not sit on a visitor status.
Visa rotation is not a skills transfer.

Search timeline

First gate

First permits in 3 weeks

Second gate

Successors before exit

First permits took about three weeks. Time on site followed the permit. Local successors for key seats were interviewed and offered before exit.

CVs presented

Presented

Landed

Four specialists assigned; eight local CVs on successor seats; four local hires.

What we took from it

At the end of the ramp, key skills sat on local headcount. The next wave did not depend on visitor rotations.

Rotating visas looks cheap until inspection and a gap. Permit weeks in the brief are what lets successors and exits line up.

For the next brief: which seats must leave a local successor, and which may end with the permit.

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