Building Iraq’s workforce since 2010
UNION — Al-Etehad Company is an HR solutions and manpower provider based in Basra, serving oilfield, gas-field and construction companies across Iraq.
A message from our founders
Since we founded UNION in 2010, our purpose has stayed the same: to give every client the right team at the right time.
Iraq’s oil, gas and construction sectors depend on people — people who are skilled, cleared and ready to work. We built UNION around a strong HR strategy, a disciplined recruitment procedure and one simple quality objective: executing every job diligently and on time.
Our people are our greatest asset, and we look after them as carefully as we look after our clients. We earn trust through friendliness, fairness and openness — with every client, every candidate and every crew.
Thank you for taking the time to get to know us. We look forward to building your team together.
One team, side by side with our clients
UNION — Al-Etehad Company is an HR solutions and manpower provider based in Basra. We plan, recruit, vet, train and deploy professional, skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers for oilfield, gas-field and construction companies across Iraq.
Collaboration creates an effective, well-trained workforce and a real sense of community — we consider it essential to success. We work together as one team, and side by side with our clients and candidates, to achieve the best possible result.
Founded in Basra
Workforce levels
Oil & gas trades
Security coordination
- Head officeAl-Abbasiya, Basra, Iraq
- Core sectorsOil & gas · Construction · Infrastructure
- WorkforceProfessional, skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled
- CoverageJobs at many locations across Iraq
- SecurityPersonnel cleared with the Ministry of Interior
- DevelopmentOrientation, safety training and HR courses
A strategy built for the future
In 2010, Safa’a Al Salih and Mahmoud Al Mahmoud laid the foundation of UNION’s HR business — with a strong HR strategy focused on future goals and a vision to forge ahead.
2010 · The beginning
A strong HR strategy focused on future goals and a vision to forge ahead.
Responsibility
Today UNION manages jobs at many locations in Iraq for different companies, including oilfield and gas-field operators and construction companies.
The road ahead
We keep moving forward by innovating our HR business processes alongside the ever-changing requirements of our customers — to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction.
Our quality objective
Executing every job diligently and on time.
- 2010 · Founded
HR strategy built around future goals.
- Today · Across Iraq
Teams on oilfield, gas-field and construction sites.
- Next · Always improving
New HR processes for changing client needs.
What drives us
Our vision
To provide quality, tailored and cost-effective support services for our clients — enhancing their productivity and helping them meet their goals.
Our mission
To deliver specialised, trained and professional teams — at the right time, for the right goals.
As an HR solutions provider, UNION is committed to
- 01
Human resources planning
Defining the right headcount, skills and timing for each project.
- 02
Recruitment & deployment
Recruiting the right people and sending them to the client’s site.
- 03
Security checks
Checking and coordinating with the Ministry of Interior (MOI) where needed.
- 04
Training & development
Orientation, safety induction and skills development.
- 05
Social security & health insurance
Designing cover and benefit schemes for deployed staff.
- 06
Performance & employee relations
Handling low performance and employee issues quickly and fairly.
People are our greatest asset
Our success depends on impeccable customer service — and it is our people who make it happen. Employees are our greatest asset and our best investment.
How we invest in our people
Fair employment
Clear terms, fair treatment and open communication.
Training & development
Courses that build skills, safety and careers.
Social security & health insurance
Protection for every worker we deploy.
Incentive plans
Motivation programmes that reward commitment.
Safe workplaces
Induction, PPE and supervision on every site.
Our culture
We strive to exceed our customers’ expectations.
Values that travel to site
Our culture is simple: we strive to exceed our customers’ expectations. These six values guide how we recruit, how we look after our people and how we serve our clients.
Our people
Our success depends on impeccable service, and our people make it happen. Employees are our greatest asset and our best investment.
Our customers
We value every customer and their requirements, and we earn their trust through friendliness, fairness and openness.
Collaboration
One team — internally and side by side with clients and candidates — working towards the best result.
Quality
Every job executed diligently and on time, from the first brief to the last shift.
Integrity
Every worker we deploy is screened, checked and cleared before reaching site.
Continuous improvement
We keep refining our HR processes as our clients’ requirements change.
Safety first. Always.
The right people change everything
People are the foundation of every project. Here is why a professional staffing partner makes the difference.
- 01
Key to every management function
Planning, organising, directing and controlling all depend on people. Staffing is the key that makes every one of them work.
- 02
Efficient utilisation
Large-scale enterprises need large-scale manpower. A professional staffing function manages it efficiently.
- 03
Motivation
Staffing is more than the right person in the right job. It includes incentive plans that keep people engaged and committed.
- 04
Better human relations
Clear communication, effective supervision, leadership and training build co-operation and stable teams.
- 05
Higher productivity
Appraisal, training and fair remuneration cut wasted time, money and effort — and raise output.
Planning the workforce Iraq needs
UNION analyses the human resources available to an organisation, matches them to its objectives and supplies skilled, productive labour — putting under-used manpower to work for the economy and for national development.
Sound manpower planning avoids duplicated effort, and surpluses in one area with shortages in another. That is why we select talents and abilities carefully, so our clients can make the best use of their people.
One stroke.
One gap.
One bond.
Our symbol — two U’s linked as one — stands for the partnership between UNION, our people and our clients.
From analysis to results
Analyse
The people you have and the people you need.
Plan
Numbers, skills and timing — without waste.
Select
The right talents and abilities for each role.
Deliver
Productive teams that meet your goals.
Rooted in Basra. Working across Iraq.
Our head office in Al-Abbasiya, Basra, and a proactive national network let us recruit and deploy wherever your projects are.
Head office
Al-Abbasiya, Basra — close to Iraq’s major oil and gas fields and its Gulf ports.
Across Iraq
Jobs at many locations in Iraq with oilfield, gas-field and construction companies.
National network
A proactive network that reaches candidates and trades in every region.
Let’s build
your team
Tell us about your project — the roles, the timing and the site — and we will put the right team in place.
- Head officeAl-Abbasiya, Basra, Iraq
- Phone+964 781 733 8000
- Emailinfo@unionco-iq.com
- Websiteunionco-iq.com