IPS Group is an international network of recruitment offices and agencies. We have carefully created a professional team of qualified personnel of several ranks for among others tunnel building projects. IPS Group offers the possibility to draw upon a wider range of talent and provides the opportunity to bring new experience and ideas into your business.

Established in 1988, IPS Group has developed a professional team of qualified personnel for the tunnelling, maritime, dredging and offshore industry. The project nature and the dynamic of these industries require a flexible workforce. In addition to a fixed workforce, this flexible part of the workforce enables our clients to optimise the cost efficient operation of their project by deploying temporary staff.

Throughout the world we are continuously searching for the quality personnel to support our clients on a long- or short-term basis. Our vast experience of management and staff enables us to identify, locate and attract tunnelling professionals.

The foundation of our tunnel department in 1997 has had a major impact on the worldwide tunnelling industry. Companies recruit their tunnel personnel, but also contact our tunnel consultants for skilled candidates. Nowadays, IPS Group is a renowned supplier of tunnel personnel.

The IPS Group database contains highly trained and professional personnel. Most of them have overseas experience covering all aspects of tunnelling: supervision, electrical and technical maintenance, TBM assembly and disassembly, troubleshooting, training, shaftsinking, TBM drives, handwork and NATM, safety and inspecting. Requirements from a single specialist to a complete crew for assembly, maintenance or operation can be quickly and economically arranged.

Each Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) is unique and the right man on the right machine is crucial for the production. IPS Group can supply a team of experienced tunnel specialists for every type of machine, including hard rock, EPB, mixed shield or slurry shield machines. These specialists are experienced in working with all kinds of TBMs and other tunnelling equipment in different ground conditions. The supply of personnel can range from a single professional, whether at short notice or planned, to complete TBM shifts.

Due to the international structure of IPS Group, we are able to organise the most cost effective crew for the client. IPS Group’s cross border activities also enables it to arrange such necessities as accommodation, transport taxes, working permits and social security matters. Our specific services include coordinating and/or conducting interviews.

Next to the core business of personnel supply, IPS Group is also your partner with regard to specific consultancy services. The Group has the expertise and track record to assist clients in all phases of a tunnel project. From the bidding and negotiation phase to the final opening of the tunnel, in-house expertise can be provided to machine manufacturers, contractors and final clients.

IPS Group is a privately owned company and acts independently.

tunneljobs.com is a website that finds its origin in the successful cooperation between IPS Group and tunnelbuilder ltd. The concept and working principle of the tunneljobs.com website is unique for the tunnelling industry because of its advanced way of matching a person with a certain background to the most suitable job function, and vice versa. The concept matches criteria completed by job seekers and companies on this website.

IPS Group's flexible approach can often meet the individual needs of employees within the salary scales given by the client. Our finance division provides different payroll administration systems, and we ensure that all legal and legislative demands regarding taxes and social security are met. Due to IPS Group’s international character and extensive experience in the field of cross-border activities, we are able to advise on taxes, insurances, work permits, social security obligations and union regulations in foreign countries.





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