We become the legal employer of the pipefitters, boilermakers, welders and scaffold crews you bring through the gate for a turnaround. Weekly W-2 payroll at turnaround volume, TWIC and site access administration, process safety training records, and the ability to stand up several hundred craft in one state and stand them down with no termination fees. Houston and Mobile offices on the Gulf Coast refining corridor.
BOOK A CONSULTATIONA refinery turnaround compresses a year of employment into a few weeks. Several hundred craft arrive at once, work sixty and seventy hour weeks, and leave when the unit comes back up. Every one of them needs a TWIC, a current drug screen, site specific safety orientation and a verified craft certification before the badge prints.
The employer behind that crew absorbs the onboarding surge, the overtime math, the per diem, the comp exposure of hot work in a process unit, and then the release of the entire headcount in a week. A platform that charges setup or termination fees, or cannot onboard at volume, turns a profitable turnaround into an administrative loss. Revelation was built on the Gulf Coast for exactly this rhythm.
Revelation operates from Houston and Mobile, inside the corridor that runs from Corpus Christi to Pascagoula. We have onboarded turnaround crews at the volumes a spring or fall season demands.
You decide who works, on which unit, under whose supervision. Revelation becomes the legal employer and absorbs every obligation behind that decision.
These are the obligations that separate refinery employment from desk employment. A single mobilization touches all four.
Most Gulf Coast refineries sit inside regulated maritime facilities, so a Transportation Worker Identification Credential is a condition of entry. Owners layer their own programs on top: consortium drug testing, contractor safety statistics in ISNetworld or Avetta, and site specific orientation. A single lapsed credential removes a craft worker from the crew on the morning of the event. Revelation tracks all of it as part of employment.
Process safety management rules require the owner to evaluate contractor safety performance and require the contractor to document that each employee has been trained in the hazards of the unit and the facility's safe work practices. Those records are audited. Revelation maintains training documentation per employee so your crew clears the PSM contractor review.
Boilermaker, pipefitter and scaffold classifications in a process unit carry high workers compensation rates, and a single serious incident on one turnaround raises your cost of labour for three years. Revelation classifies by craft, manages claims to closure and runs return to work programs to protect the modification rate that decides what your next bid costs. See risk and insurance →
The temptation to run turnaround labour as independent contractors is strongest when headcount spikes. It is also when reclassification exposure is largest: hundreds of workers, heavy overtime, and an owner that increasingly demands proof of W-2 employment from every contractor on site. On an EOR, every worker is W-2 with comp in force from the first shift.
Software led EOR platforms are built to onboard a knowledge worker in a new jurisdiction. A turnaround asks for things their model does not contain.
| Turnaround Requirement | Global Hiring Platform | Revelation |
|---|---|---|
| Onboard Hundreds in Days | Individual Hires | Surge Onboarding |
| Weekly Pay with Heavy Overtime and Per Diem | Monthly or Semi Monthly | Weekly, Standard |
| TWIC, DISA and Owner Programs | Not in Scope | Administered |
| PSM Training Records | Not in Scope | Maintained |
| Craft Comp Classification | Office Class Codes | By Craft, EMR Managed |
| Umbrella Liability | $1M to $2M | $5M |
| Release Entire Crew at Completion | Termination Fees | $0 |
Comparison reflects the standard published service scope of global remote hiring platforms. Individual providers vary, and we recommend confirming coverage directly with any provider you evaluate.
Turnarounds, outages, capital projects and routine maintenance across refining and petrochemical sites.
You own the owner relationship and the invoicing. Revelation runs as your back office employment engine: surge onboarding, weekly payroll, workers compensation, site access programs, benefits and HR, under white labelled documentation carrying your branding. Built for turnaround contractors and industrial staffing firms that hold the relationships and need compliant employment behind them.
Revelation operates as a full employment partner: contracts, terms, certificates of insurance, client billing and accounts receivable, with consultative support on safety, pricing and contract structure. Built for firms taking on a larger event than they have run before and want the full operational stack and the receivable risk carried for them.
“We believe great partnerships build great businesses, and every relationship we enter is one we invest in for the long term.”
The EOR becomes the legal employer of your craft crew. It onboards at volume, runs weekly payroll with overtime and per diem, withholds and files taxes in every state involved, carries workers compensation matched to craft classifications, administers benefits, and maintains the site access and training records owners audit. You keep full control of who works, on which unit, and under whose supervision.
Hundreds. Digital onboarding handles tax forms, I-9 verification, credential upload, drug screen scheduling and orientation tracking in parallel, and most employees complete it in under an hour. Revelation already operates in all 50 states, so a crew assembled from several states does not wait on entity registration.
TWIC status is tracked at onboarding, employees are enrolled in DISA consortium testing, and the employment side of your ISNetworld or Avetta submissions is supported with the records owners ask for.
The crew is released. There are no termination fees, no minimums and no entity to unwind. When the next event is awarded, the same craft can be re employed in days with their records intact.
Yes. Weekly payroll handles sixty and seventy hour weeks, shift differentials, per diem under accountable plan rules, travel pay and multi state withholding for craft who live in one state and work the event in another.
No. A staffing agency finds and supplies craft. An Employer of Record employs craft you have already identified and carries the payroll, tax, insurance and compliance obligations of employing them. Revelation is an EOR and is often engaged alongside a contractor's existing recruiting function.
Tell us the site, the crafts and the schedule. We will walk you through what moves onto us and how fast the crew can be badged.
BOOK A CONSULTATIONComplete the form to schedule a consultation, or call 1-800-436-1746 to discuss how Revelation Workforce Solutions can simplify workforce management and support your company’s growth.
With over 30 years of experience and more than half a billion dollars in payroll funded, Revelation Workforce Solutions is a trusted Employer of Record partner built on relationships, not just technology. We deliver fully compliant EOR services, including payroll administration, tax compliance, HR management, benefits, risk mitigation, and workforce technology across all 50 U.S. states. What truly sets us apart is our people providing a hands-on, personal approach that protects your brand, supports your employees, and keeps your business compliant at every level.
