Active mapping
We identify employed and available talent across the regional value chain. The person you need is rarely looking at job ads: they are working in the basin.
Oil & Gas operators
Oil & Gas recruitment: critical positions, filled in Vaca Muerta.
Estudio Sánchez Salas, based in Neuquén since 1987 and a member of the Cluster Vaca Muerta, recruits HSE, plant, engineering and technical management staff for oil and gas operators, applying the psychometric protocol of your head office.
Talk to a manager →About your specific search: scope, timeline and fee structure. We reply within 24 hours.
Shortlist in 14 to 21 daysMethodical Search90-day guarantee
The record
Have we already recruited for this role?
Type the role or tap one of these. We will tell you how many times we have run it, with the job ad for each search.
The record lists the searches published on our job portal: each one links to its ad. Searches filled without publishing an ad do not appear here. Job titles and ads are in Spanish, the language they were published in; you can still search in English.
How we deliver
Recruitment with regional expertise
and a corporate process.
Technical validation
Certifications, background, rotation (such as 14x14), references and entry requirements, all verified before the candidate reaches your desk.
Adaptable protocol
We integrate the psychometric battery and the report template your organisation requires, and we load the candidates into your ATS if you use one.
Scope
Timelines and roles: what the operation demands.
14-21
Days to the shortlist
30
Days to a filled search
3 to 5
Finalists per search
90
Days of guarantee
The timelines of the Methodical Search are regional averages for operational and technical profiles. Middle management roles take around 60 days and management positions around 90. If the urgency justifies it, we can speed up the process.
See the roles we fill for operators
This is not a closed catalogue: it is what we have been asked for most in recent years. If yours is not here, we have probably run it too — look it up in the record. The full Human Resources search record also includes roles in drilling, well completion and well intervention, gas and oil production and treatment, upstream maintenance and the digital oilfield. For volume staffing, see recruitment for Vaca Muerta contractors.
Operations & plant
- Plant supervisors
- Specialised operators
- Electromechanical technicians
- Instrument technicians
- Certified welders
- Maintenance
HSE & quality
- HSE supervisors
- Safety coordinators
- H&S technicians
- Quality leads
- Environment
- Site inspectors
Engineering & projects
- Petroleum engineers
- Process engineers
- Project managers
- Planners
- Cost controllers
- Document controllers
Management & leadership
- Operations managers
- Technical managers
- Plant directors
- HR managers
- Regional managers
- Confidential replacements
Questions
Questions from oil and gas operators.
Can you adapt to our head office's assessment protocol and ATS?
Yes. We adapt the test battery and the report template to the protocol your company requires, and we deliver in the format your headquarters expects. If you work with an ATS, we load the candidates into it.
Do you handle confidential replacements, while the position is still occupied?
It is a regular part of the work. We handle it through headhunting: a direct approach to each candidate, no published ad and only the minimum team aware of the search, with the confidentiality agreement signed before the briefing. That is why those searches do not appear in the record: they never had an ad.
How long does a critical technical position take?
The shortlist is presented within 14 to 21 days, and the search is filled end to end in around 30 days for operational and technical profiles. A middle manager takes around 60 days and a management role around 90. If the salary band is below the market the timeline stretches, and we tell you so at the start, not two months in.
Do you verify certifications and background?
Yes, it is built into the process: identity, ANSES records (Argentina's social security agency), financial standing, litigation and degrees (the same checks as our Job Ad Management System), plus the technical certifications and the entry requirements of the role. Employment references are taken by a member of our team.
Are you a local supplier or do you work from Buenos Aires?
A local supplier, with people who live here: the Estudio Sánchez Salas office is at Belgrano 1216, in Neuquén, and we have worked in the region since 1987. The firm's accreditations include Proveedor Neuquino Certificado status (certified Neuquén supplier under Provincial Law 3338) and membership of the Cluster Vaca Muerta and of ADINEU, the association of industrial companies of Neuquén.
How is a search billed?
With an advance to start and the balance, which is the bulk of the fee, when the person actually joins your operation. The amount depends on the profile, the scope and the number of positions, according to the Human Resources fee structure. If the person leaves within 90 days, we run the process again at no additional fee.
Can you give us references from other operators?
Yes, by phone and once the conversation moves forward: we put you in touch with companies of your own sector and size, so that they can tell you themselves how we work. We do not publish logos or testimonials, because a search reveals an operator's internal moves: it is the Human Resources confidentiality policy.
Next step
Your next search can start today.
Tell us which role you need to fill. One of our managers reviews what you need and replies with scope, timeline and fees. Free of charge and with no obligation.
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Daniel Sánchez Salas
Head of the Human Resources practice · Founding partner of the firm · In the region since 1987
LinkedIn profile ↗ Sales WhatsApp ↗ +54 299 575-9377Tell us about the search
The role and one way to reach you are enough. We can talk through the rest.
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The current openings and the CV upload are on our candidate portal.