A ramp-up has a date that does not move — SOP — and a curve that does: pilot shift, pre-series, launch, full rate. We plan waves to the curve and size them to the one thing we cannot recruit around: how many people you can house, induct and supervise each week.
Housing for 200 ready for 80; inductions written for locals; one permit batch decided in one week; a first wave housed badly that the second wave hears about. We plan housing before the first test, write the induction with your supervisors, stagger filings, and treat the pilot shift as the reference the whole programme is judged by.
Which automotive roles can come depends on the country. Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Lithuania and Croatia sponsor assembly and production operators on national permits; Germany and Austria sponsor qualified trades only — mechatronics, machinists, welders, maintenance electricians, vehicle mechanics — through the experience, recognition or shortage-occupation routes; Flanders and the Netherlands do not admit low-skilled production roles; Australia sponsors motor and diesel mechanics and trades on the Core Skills list, operators only under a DAMA; the Gulf sponsors the full mix. We map every line of a plant brief to that rule before quoting.
Recruitment runs through our own DMW-licensed agency, Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc. in Makati (licence DMW-027-LB-11182024): your company is accredited at the Migrant Workers Office for the destination, the job order is registered with the DMW, and every worker leaves Manila with a verified contract, medical clearance, pre-departure orientation and an Overseas Employment Certificate. The Philippine ban on direct hiring applies; the employer is always your company, directly.
Everything here is subject to the permit, qualification and licensing requirements of the destination country.
The same plan with a cleanroom screen and electrode/cell-assembly operator tests; Hungary and Poland sponsor the operators.
Waves are re-timed and selected workers kept warm with a confirmed later date; honest dates keep them.
Yes — one pipeline, two permit tracks, waves per site.
General information for employers, not legal or migration advice. Rules change; we re-verify before each hire.