Oil & Gas Recruiters in Houston
Clayton Services has been placing oil and gas professionals with Houston energy companies since 1984 — through oil booms, busts, mergers, and market cycles that reshaped the industry. We staff across the full energy value chain: upstream exploration and production, midstream pipelines and gathering systems, downstream refining and petrochemicals, oilfield services, and energy services companies operating throughout the Houston Ship Channel, Energy Corridor, and surrounding industrial corridors.
Our recruiters understand the difference between a JIB accountant and a revenue accountant, between a turnaround planner and a capital project manager, and between a controls engineer for a refinery and one for a pipeline compression station. That specificity is why Houston energy companies have trusted us to fill critical roles — fast, quietly, and with candidates who can hit the ground running — for over four decades.
Oil & Gas Roles We Place in Houston
Engineering & Technical
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Chemical Engineer
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Civil / Structural Engineer
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Controls & Instrumentation Engineer
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Electrical Engineer
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Environmental Engineer
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Mechanical Engineer
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Petroleum Engineer
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Pipeline Engineer
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Process Engineer
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Project Engineer
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Reliability Engineer
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Rotating Equipment Engineer
Project Management
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Project Manager
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Construction Manager
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Project Controls Specialist
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Project Manager — EPC
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Scheduler / Planner (Primavera P6)
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Turnaround Manager
Leadership
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Asset Manager
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Director of Operations — Upstream / Midstream
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VP of Engineering
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VP of Operations
Operations & Field
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Completions Supervisor
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Drilling Engineer
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Field Service Technician
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Instrument & Electrical (I&E) Technician
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Operations Superintendent
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Pipeline Operations Technician
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Plant Operator
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Production Foreman
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Production Superintendent
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Turnaround Planner / Scheduler
HSE & Compliance
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Environmental Compliance Specialist
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HSE Coordinator
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HSE Manager
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Safety Supervisor
Administrative & Operations Support
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Contracts Administrator
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Document Control Specialist
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Land Title Analyst
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Operations Administrative Coordinator
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Supply Chain & Procurement Specialist
Oil & Gas Staffing Solutions in Houston
Direct Hire Recruiting
Permanent placements for energy roles where technical expertise, safety awareness, and long-term fit matter.
Temporary & Project Staffing
Flexible staffing for turnarounds, shutdowns, capital projects, and peak workload periods.
Payrolling Services
Place energy professionals and contractors on payroll while Clayton Services manages employment administration and compliance.
Temp-to-Hire Staffing
Evaluate performance, safety compliance, and team fit on the job before converting to full-time employment.
Executive Search
Targeted, confidential searches for senior energy leadership and specialized technical roles.
How We Fill Oil & Gas Roles Faster Than Generalist Firms
Generalist staffing firms can find you a project engineer. What they can't do is tell you whether that engineer has Primavera P6 experience, has worked a refinery turnaround, understands HAZOP methodology, or knows the difference between AFE-based capital projects and expense-based maintenance work. Clayton Services recruiters have spent 40 years building relationships inside Houston's energy community — with engineers at ExxonMobil and Chevron Phillips, accountants at Kinder Morgan and Plains All American, and HSE professionals across the Ship Channel refinery corridor. When you open a search with us, we're already in conversation with qualified candidates. We don't start from scratch.
Why Houston Energy Companies Choose Clayton Services
40 Years in Houston's Energy Community (Since 1984)
We've placed oil and gas professionals through every cycle the Houston energy market has seen — the 1980s bust, the 1990s consolidation, the shale revolution, and post-pandemic recovery. That history means deep candidate relationships at E&P companies, midstream operators, refineries, EPC firms, and oilfield services companies across the Energy Corridor, Ship Channel, and surrounding areas.
Technical Depth That Generalist Firms Don't Have
We understand oil and gas accounting — JIB, AFE, revenue accounting, production accounting. We understand energy engineering — process, controls, rotating equipment, pipeline. We screen candidates for energy-specific software: Enertia, Quorum, WolfePak, Maximo, SAP Plant Maintenance, and Primavera P6. You won't spend time explaining your business to us.
Contract, Interim, and Project Staffing for Turnarounds and Shutdowns
Energy companies need flexible workforce solutions — turnaround contractors, interim accounting professionals during system conversions, project engineers for capital builds. We staff contract and interim energy professionals who are available quickly, pre-screened for your environment, and ready to work without a long ramp-up.
Houston's Longest Placement Guarantee — 180 Days
Every direct hire placement is backed by up to a 180-day replacement guarantee — the longest offered by any Houston energy staffing firm. If a placed professional doesn't work out within 180 days, we conduct a full replacement search at no additional fee.