PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: NMS Employee Leasing has the expertise to find the right people for its Alaska clients

NMS employees have excellent benefits — medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, 401Ks, holiday pay, training, and paid time off

Q. When was the company founded, who founded it, and what was its original name?

A. It was founded in 1991 by Joe Mathis with NANA Development Corp. and was known as NANA Corporate Services. NMS Employee Leasing is a wholly owned subsidiary of NANA Management Services LLC. NMS is jointly owned by NANA Development Corp. and Sodexho USA.

Q. Who heads up your company and who is on its senior management team?

A. Mary Quin is president of NMS LLC, Angela Moody is general manager, and Matt Fagnani is vice president of operations and workforce development. Charlene Hudson and Tina Willis are NMS Employee Leasing recruiters.

Q. Where is your company located?

A. Our headquarters is at 3230 C Street, Suite 200, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Q. Describe any partnership arrangements and when they became effective.

A. We currently partner with our largest clients, BP (1991), Pioneer (2006), and MWH Constructors (2007). By partner we mean partner throughout the relationship of our contract staffing arrangements.

Q. What services does the company offer?

A. NMS Employee Leasing is a client-focused contract and temporary staffing organization that uses a comprehensive method of computer-based testing, reference checks, physical assessment, drug testing, and 10-year criminal background checks in its hiring process. Our experienced recruiters seek out, interview and hire the best candidates for our clients each and every day. We provide short-term project-based, 90-day temporary, and permanent or long-term benefited employees. We partner with our clients throughout the recruiting, hiring and duration of employment to ensure we meet their needs as well as the potential candidate’s career goals.

NANA Development Corp.’s unique perspective of understanding the needs and requirements of Alaska’s remote environments provides the expertise to deliver unsurpassed service to our clients. Sodexho USA, with revenues of over $5.8 billion, employs more than 120,000 people within the United States and offers a full range of outsourcing solutions. NMS combines the talents of these two reputable corporations to provide services and benefits unmatched by any other company in Alaska.

Q. Who are the company’s main clients?

A. Our primary clients are oil field companies, related oil field industries, engineering firms, accounting firms and non-profit organizations.

Q. How many employees does your company have?

A. We have four permanent employees who work at our headquarters. We have more than 100 employees contracted throughout Alaska.

Q. Is your company expanding any of its operations and/or locations?

A. Yes, we are evaluating opening an office in the Mat-Su Borough to provide services to businesses there.

Q. Is the company changing any of its services?

A. Yes, we are currently looking to expand our occupation base to include more professional-level positions.

Q. What is your company’s main strength, i.e. its edge over the competition?

A. We are an Alaska Native-owned corporation that has the capability to function throughout the state, and especially in remote areas such as the North Slope. Our employees share in the same benefits as all of NANA’s 2,000-plus employees. We are client-based and focus our hiring process as a long-term partnership.

Q. What new markets, clients and/or projects did your company attract in the last year?

A. We succeeded in supplying employees to Frontier Drilling as well as MWH Constructors which is working on the Fort Rich project.

Q. Has the company invested in any new technology in the last two years?

A. We are in the process of instituting CyberRecruiter. This Web-based tool streamlines the entire recruiting process and will help us more efficiently track and update our candidates and their experience.

Q. What is the most challenging job the company has undertaken?

A. That has been learning all the complex aspects of the drilling rig industry.

Q. What are the biggest obstacles to completing work the company undertakes?

A. The biggest challenge is finding qualified candidates that meet all needs for special fields of employment. We work very hard to accomplish this.

Q. What do you see as your company’s biggest challenge in the next five years?

A. The biggest challenge over the next five years will be to continue to expand into new markets and learn the trades so as to find the best candidates for our clients.

Q. What do you see as future trends or opportunities for your company from, say, political events or long-term weather fluctuations?

A. Assuming the gas pipeline will be built, there will eventually be a shortage of qualified candidates to fill out the workforce across Alaska. Also, our business is closely tied to oil prices and oil exploration. As long as the exploration trend continues our company will flourish.

Q. What is your company’s safety record?

A. We have an excellent safety record with zero recordable accidents during 2006 and 2007.

Q. Does your company have a Web site?

A. Yes we do. Check us out at www.nmsemployeeleasing.com.