Background
- Service: Global mobility
- Industry: Power plant
- Country: France
Our client, a Danish equipment manufacturer specializing in power plant solutions, secured a contract to deliver and install their state-of-the-art equipment on a biomass plant in France. As part of the commissioning phase, they planned to deploy two engineers from their own workforce – one based in Denmark and one from the Philippines.
Initially, the client intended to handle the entire deployment process in-house, relying on previous experience from a similar project in France two years earlier. However, they encountered complex challenges that required Plant Supervision to take over the process in full.
Challenge
Since their last project in France, the regulatory environment had changed significantly:
- Stricter audits of A1 certificates and declarations, with higher fines
- Longer processing times and more documentation required
- Conflicting information from sources, creating confusion
Although the client had experience managing Danish compliance, deploying a Philippine engineer introduced additional complexity, involving labor law rules in both France and the Philippines.
After trying to decipher the requirements and with handover deadlines approaching, the client realized the process had become too time-consuming and high-risk to manage internally.
At this point, they turned to Plant Supervision to take over the deployment proces completely, ensuring everything would be handled effectively and in full compliance.
Our solution
Our global mobility team immediately took charge of the entire process. Leveraging our experience supporting projects in France.
We prepared a complete document package for the Philippine engineer and arranged his French Embassy appointment in Manila. The package included records such as fiche de post, CV, employment contract in compliance with French labour laws and standards, degree certificate and documentation of medical visit.
Compliance tasks
Registrations and declarations
Profiling and mapping
Assesment of each engineer’s qualifications, employment terms and project scope
Regulatory planning
Coordinating requirements across France, Denmark, and the Philippines
Travel and logistics
Flights from both home countries, local housing near site and daily transport to the facility
Results
From the initial request, the Danish engineer was fully compliant and ready on-site within one week.
The Philippine engineer was deployed to site after 90 days, only due to processing delays at the French Embassy in Manila.
Despite these external delays, the project continued with minimal disruption, and the commissioning phase was completed successfully and in compliance despite multiple on-site audits.
After the project handover, both engineers returned home ready for their next assignments.
