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Employer mobilisation guide
Mobilisation is the controlled handoff from an approved workforce scope to a ready site and an authorized first shift. The checklist should have named owners, evidence and dates; a worker arrival list alone does not prove the site or assignment is ready.
Reviewed 9 October 2026: this is an employer-readiness update, not an announcement of a new Iqama law. Establishment eligibility and each individual record must be checked through the applicable official platforms.
Identify direct employment, recruitment for an employer role, a defined outsourced service or a temporary assignment. Name the employing entity, receiving establishment and actual beneficiary. Determine which official process governs the arrangement before treating a supply quotation or shortlist as permission to deploy.
Have the authorised employer reviewer reconcile the profession and proposed duties with the employment arrangement. Review the employer, contract status, occupation and relevant work-location record, and resolve outstanding acceptance or transfer actions. A screenshot, verbal assurance or expired record should not clear a conflicting assignment.
HRSD identifies the work permit as a condition for issuing or renewing regular residence. Its service guidance says an establishment must issue the expatriate employee’s permit within the first 90 days after entry. This administrative timeframe is not a general permission to work without the required authorisation. Record validity, the responsible reviewer and unresolved renewal or issuance steps.
Verify the current residence record through the appropriate authorised channel and compare its expiry with the proposed assignment period. Record review status and due dates in the coordination register. Do not circulate identity copies in a general quotation thread or treat an Iqama alone as evidence that any role at any establishment is permitted.
HRSD describes an Ajeer permit as authorisation for work at a specified establishment for a defined temporary period. Check the relevant service’s eligibility, parties, dates and scope. An Ajeer permit is a separate authorisation layer; it is not recruitment, a quotation or proof of unrestricted deployment. Use <a href="https://ajeer.qiwa.sa/landing/services">current Ajeer service guidance</a> for the actual arrangement.
Match the receiving establishment and exact site to the reviewed scope. Assign transport, accommodation where agreed, PPE, tools, supervision, attendance, access and induction to named owners. Record what is verified and which decision remains open. Do not silently change worksite or duties to work around an unresolved prerequisite.
Article 40 assigns specified non-Saudi recruitment, Iqama and work-permit issuance and renewal costs, and applicable transfer costs, to the employer. Confirm the particular arrangement through the responsible employer reviewer. The initial enquiry should request operating details rather than passports, medical records or unnecessary identity data. Keep later verification documents in controlled channels.
The responsible employer owner should confirm the following before a first shift is treated as ready. An open legal or safety prerequisite should block deployment rather than be bypassed by a target start date.
Reviewed 9 October 2026. References: <a href="https://www.hrsd.gov.sa/en/ministry-services/services/إصدار-و-تجديد-رخص-العمل">HRSD work-permit issuance and renewal</a>, <a href="https://www.hrsd.gov.sa/ministry-services/services/إصدار-تصاريح-أجير">HRSD Ajeer permits</a>, <a href="https://www.hrsd.gov.sa/en/knowledge-centre/articles/64434-0">HRSD employer costs under Article 40</a> and <a href="https://www.qiwa.sa/">Qiwa</a>. Compare <a href="/temporary-manpower-supply-company-jeddah/">temporary manpower</a>, <a href="/manpower-supply/">monthly workforce supply</a> and <a href="/industrial-manpower-supply-jeddah/">industrial manpower</a>. <a href="/contact-hire-workers/">Submit worker categories, quantities, shifts, contract period and the Jeddah worksite for a scope review</a>.
Confirm role names, quantities, duties, location, shifts, duration, reporting line and exclusions. Record the approved commercial and service assumptions through the applicable contracting process.
Changes after approval should have an owner and documented impact on selection, training, transport, equipment and start timing.
List the lawful identity, eligibility, experience, document, interview, trade-test or medical checks applicable to each role. Mark who verifies them and whether site authorization is still required.
Do not treat one role's evidence as approval for a different task, machine, system or worksite.
Confirm released work areas, access badges, permits, lockers, welfare, meal arrangements, drinking water, prayer access, storage and emergency information. State where workers report and who receives them.
A delayed badge, unavailable workfront or missing supervisor should be escalated before a crew is sent into an uncontrolled waiting period.
List transport routes and times, accommodation responsibility where applicable, uniforms, PPE, tools, machines, devices, system accounts, consumables and materials. Assign each item to the employer, service provider or another authorized party.
Verify that equipment quantities and sizes match the crew and that controlled equipment has a separate authorization process.
Schedule site and task induction, emergency briefing, work demonstration, attendance registration and the first team allocation. Name the employer contact and frontline supervisor for questions and stop-work decisions.
Use a first-shift check covering attendance, access, task understanding, equipment, PPE, workfront readiness and immediate issues.
Record outstanding actions, accepted deviations, replaced candidates and confirmed start status. Hand the live roster, responsibility matrix and escalation contacts to the operational team.
After the first operating period, review only the evidence needed to correct readiness gaps without rewriting the agreed scope informally.
Turn the checklist into a register with the requirement, responsible party, evidence reference, review date and status. Use separate rows for role verification, released work areas, receiving contacts, access, transport, induction, equipment and instructions. Name the person who can confirm each item instead of assigning the entire checklist to a department without a decision owner.
Distinguish requested, arranged and verified status. A requested badge is different from confirmed entry, and booked transport is different from a confirmed receiving point. Keep the evidence proportionate to the requirement. Use status references in a general coordination record; restrict personal documents and credentials to the approved verification route rather than copying them into broad circulation.
For a mixed team, prepare joining phases that match the worksite’s released areas and available supervision. Record the profession, quantity, reporting point, work period and receiving supervisor in each phase. Helpers, document staff and specialist technicians may have different prerequisites, so one confirmed group should not automatically clear the remaining groups.
Check shared resources across phases. Transport, induction space, equipment issue and supervisors must support the planned arrivals without double allocation. If an area is unavailable, identify which confirmed tasks remain usable and which joining arrangements need revision. Obtain the employer’s decision before changing assigned duties or sending a group to a different location.
For an open item, record the affected profession, work area, dependency and next decision. An unavailable receiving supervisor, missing task instruction or unresolved access requirement has a different remedy from a transport delay. Escalate it to the party able to resolve that dependency. Additional workers cannot substitute for a prerequisite the employer has not completed.
The authorised employer contact should confirm what may proceed under the actual site requirements. Keep any revised joining plan explicit, with the affected rows and responsible contacts. Do not describe a blocked assignment as ready merely because its commercial proposal was accepted. Communicate the confirmed decision to the provider and operating supervisors before workers receive revised reporting instructions.
At arrival, reconcile the expected professions with the people received and record access, induction, issued resources and first allocations. Confirm that the receiving supervisor understands the approved duties and escalation contacts. Check that workers can identify their assigned area and instructions before the team is treated as operational coverage.
Hand the operating owner the current roster, duty schedule, resource responsibilities and unresolved readiness actions. Keep task acceptance separate from attendance and from commercial approval. Review early exceptions with their evidence and correction owner. Provide AL AHAD GROUP with the approved scope and current readiness register for the actual manpower supply requirement; selection or requested start timing alone does not confirm mobilisation.
Employer questions
Selection identifies a proposed role fit. Mobilisation also requires assignment checks, site readiness, logistics, access, induction and a controlled start.
The requirement should name the responsible employer or site contact and every input needed before badges or entry are approved.
Only through an authorized decision that records the open action, risk, owner, temporary control and due date. Blocking safety or legal requirements should not be bypassed.
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