Problem / Goal

The client needed to efficiently allocate specialist consultants across multiple global energy projects, including offshore wind, offshore platform development, FPSO, and carbon capture. This involved mobilising personnel to the Far East (China) for a major CAPEX development, finding a suitable Employer of Record for consultants in territories where the client was not yet established, and working closely with the client to source project resources from a global/local candidate pool depending on location.

Service / Solution Provided by Applica

Applica delivered strategic resourcing solutions tailored to each project’s type and stage, from concept to execution.

This included:

• Mapping consultant expertise to offshore wind, offshore platform, FPSO, and carbon capture projects.
• Identifying skill requirements per package (SPS, SURF, Project Controls, FPSO & HSE/QA).
• Ensuring a balanced nationality mix to enhance skill collaboration.
• Applica maximized workforce efficiency across multiple international projects in UK, France, Germany, Azerbaijan, Angola, Suriname, the Netherlands, and China.

Results

• 33.3% of consultants effectively deployed to FPSO execution phases, the largest single allocation.
• 35% of consultants placed in Subsea Production Systems and 25% in SURF.
• Workforce diversity maintained with consultants from 10 nationalities, each contributing to global knowledge sharing, with UK and France making up 60% of total consultants.

Rapid growth trajectory

• 2023: 2 consultants onboarded (starting point)
• 2024: 17 consultants — 750% growth from the previous year
• 2025: 31 consultants — 82% growth from the previous year

Conclusion

Through targeted consultant allocation, mobilisation support, and Employer of Record solutions, Applica enabled the major operator based in France to deliver complex offshore wind, offshore platform, FPSO, and carbon capture projects worldwide, including in challenging new territories such as China, improving operational efficiency and fostering a highly collaborative multicultural workforce.