Contractors for energy, offshore & engineering projects
Your project.
Our margin.
The agency's cut is the number nobody in technical contracting gets to see. Here it is the first thing you see: your rate kept in full, our fee on top.
- First 500 h · 500 h at 20%€9,500
- Next 1,000 h · 700 h at 15%€9,975
- Above 1,500 h · 0 h at 12%—
- 5% introduction bonus, paid to the professional€0
- YRproject keeps€19,475
The starting figures (€95 an hour, 1,200 hours) are an example to show the arithmetic, not a market rate. A day rate counts as 8 hours. Every rule and worked example: Open book.
Radar
The project world, live.
Where the work is, before it becomes a vacancy. Energy projects around the world from open, licence-checked data — who builds it, which phase it is in, what comes next. Every object carries its source; coverage differs per region and the map says where.
Radar · tender calendar
Next on the calendar.
Dated steps in tender, licensing and allocation rounds worldwide, as published by the authority that runs them. Dates can move; every row links to its source.
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France offshore wind tender AO10 (eleven projects, fixed and floating)
France · North Sea & NW Europe
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Netherlands SDE++ 2026 application round (incl. CCS categories)
Netherlands · North Sea & NW Europe
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Newfoundland and Labrador offshore Calls for Bids NL26-CFB01 / NL26-CFB02
Canada · Americas
Latest on the Radar.
Awards, tenders, start-ups and delays, each in our own words and linked to its source.
- 7 October 2026Arabian Drilling wins four-year contract for four jack-ups from Khafji Joint Operations
- 7 October 2026Valaris secures $220M in offshore drilling contracts
- 7 October 2026TechnipFMC wins Petrobras flexible pipe contract
- 7 October 2026All turbines installed at Poland's Baltic Power wind farm
- 6 October 2026Subsea Micropiles to handle anchor design and site surveys for Pentland floating wind
Everything in the RadarProjects being built worldwideThe tender calendar
Three steps. Nothing under the table.
The same numbers go to both sides. If the client knows the rate and the professional knows the invoice, there is nothing left to hide a margin in.
The professional names a rate.
And keeps it, in full. We have no reason to squeeze it: our fee is a percentage on top, so a lower rate would only lower our fee too.
100%of the rateOur fee goes on top, in public.
20% for the first 500 hours on the project, 15% up to 1,500, 12% after that. Shorter than three months or an executive role: 20% flat.
20 → 15 → 12%One invoice, both lines visible.
The client pays within 30 days. The professional is paid within five working days of that payment arriving.
5working days to payout
Same service. Different arithmetic.
What changes when the intermediary's margin stops being a secret.
| Question | YRproject | Traditional agency | Broker / MSP layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Is the margin visible? | To both sidesSame sheet, same invoice lines, for client and professional. | Usually to neitherTypically 15–25% per hour worked, undisclosed.1 In the UK, recruiters put client-set agency percentages at 10–35%.2 | Usually to neitherMargins stack when intermediaries chain: up to around 40%.1 |
| Who pays the fee? | The client, on topThe professional keeps 100% of the rate named. | The gap pays itThe difference between what the client pays and what the professional gets. Neither sees both numbers. | Several gapsEach layer takes its own share of the same hour.1 |
| Does the fee taper? | 20 → 15 → 12%Marginal, by hours on the project. Published. | Not that we could findNo published tapering scale in technical contracting.3 | Not that we could findSame review, same result.3 |
| Are the terms public? | YesFee table, payment terms and a terms summary are on Open book. The full contract text follows. | Not publishedOn the sites we reviewed.3 | Not publishedOn the sites we reviewed.3 |
- Director of Planet Interim, quoted on Consultancy.nl: intermediaries take “veelal tussen 15% en 25% marge per gewerkt uur”, stacking to roughly 40% when several are involved. consultancy.nl
- A City recruiter quoted by ContractorUK: the agency percentage is usually fixed by the client, normally somewhere between 10 and 35%. contractoruk.com — “Agency commission: how much do agents take?”
- Our own review of the public websites of around 30 staffing suppliers in technical and energy contracting, September 2026. None published a contractor margin or a tapering fee. If yours does, tell us and we will correct this table.
Why YRproject exists.
The market for independent professionals has become unnecessarily opaque. A professional names a rate. A client pays an invoice. In between, fees and margins are added that one side — and often both — cannot see.
YRproject thinks the intermediary has a role to play. Finding the right people, understanding the project, handling the process and bringing both sides together has value. But that value does not need a hidden price.
So YRproject works differently. The professional sets the rate. YRproject puts its fee on top and publishes how that fee works. Client and professional see the same numbers.
The intermediary stays. The hidden margin goes.
Where we work.
Engineers, supervisors, commissioning leads, planners, QA/QC, HSE and project managers — for the projects that build and run the energy system. What a role requires depends on the assignment, and is stated with it.
Three engines. Free to use.
The industry earns on what client and professional don't know: the margin, the market, where work is heading. We would rather give it away. AI proposes, people decide — and every answer shows its source.
The North Sea, live
Every project we can find in open data on one map: who builds it, which phase, what comes next. Each object carries its source.
Open book
The fee table, worked examples and the invoice both sides see. Every euro, both sides.
Ask the North Sea
Permits, supervision, safety rules, tenders — answered with citations, or not at all.
Margin Check
What is your current agency keeping? Anonymous, nothing stored.
Project Crew Forecast
A rough staffing curve for your project, and what each professional costs at the rate you enter.
Personal radar
Follow companies, yards and areas; a weekly digest with sources.
Certificate passport
Certificates checked against what each site requires. Not built yet. We will say so here when it is.