First Energy Support Solutions (FESS) is a Texas-based staffing and placement company dedicated to providing top entry level and junior candidates to inspection and maintenance businesses in the energy sector. Our primary goal, through the prescreening, evaluation, training, and education of interested job seekers, is to provide our customers with candidates that have a solid introduction to the energy industry’s safety, quality, and performance expectations, and who exhibit good character and a passion to grow and advance in their chosen career path.
At FESS we are primarily focused on job seekers. Hiring the best candidates for positions our employers are trying to fill means we have achieved success for all, so that means starting with you and spending the time and effort upfront to ensure we have the right fit for you. We specialize in placement into entry-level positions for inspection, non-destructive testing, engineering, and maintenance for the oil and gas, chemical, power, and wind energy sectors. Career directions include:
NDT is a rewarding career path that allows for continued growth and greater pay as you accumulate class time hours and work time experience in each discipline. In addition to adding to your career growth laterally by qualifying in different NDT disciplines you can also grow vertically through your certification level within a particular NDT discipline (Trainee, Level I, Level II and Level III).
Certification as an API inspector of pressure equipment in the oil, gas, petrochemical and power industries also requires you to obtain a combination of theoretical classroom training and on the job inter-disciplinary work time experience.
The need for rope access qualified and certified technicians in the inspection and maintenance energy sector has exploded over the past 10 years. Multi-disciplined and specialized inspectors and maintenance personnel are in high demand and are a key part in providing energy companies more economical options (as opposed to expensive scaffolding options).
One of the fastest growing energy industries in the US over the past 10 years is the renewable wind energy industry. A career path here can be very diverse and allow for a lot of career growth and greater pay opportunities.
Our passion is in finding the right people with the right skills and aptitudes to set both you and our candidates up for success. We are selective in the companies we partner with and spend time with you to ensure we will have a successful long-term business relationship. We take the time up front to get to know our employer’s safety and quality programs and senior management’s commitment to its employees and customers. Types of placements include Temporary, Temporary to Hire, and Direct Hire