The Permian Basin is the hardest market in Texas to staff, and it is where the subcontractor network is most active. Mayer Security Services subcontracts oilfield, yard, and industrial posts across Midland, Ector, and Martin counties to licensed local security companies who already know the lease roads and can actually get officers to a remote site.
No security company carries a bench big enough for its own peak weeks. Subcontracting is how the industry covers the gap between what has been sold and what can be staffed on a given Tuesday.
Copper, tooling, and equipment theft from remote sites is the single largest driver of demand in the Basin, and remote posts are the hardest in Texas to staff.
Contracts here are frequently awarded to firms headquartered hundreds of miles away who then have to find local officers – which is the entire reason the subcontractor network exists.
Drilling and completion activity moves demand between counties on short notice, so a fixed local bench is rarely the efficient answer.
Assignments follow the contracts Mayer Security Services holds in this market. These are the categories that come up most.
Every company in the network is an independent licensed business. You keep your license, your insurance, your officers, and your own clients. These are the requirements to be assigned work.
A Class B or Class C license issued under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1702, showing Active status. Verified against the Texas Online Private Security (TOPS) public portal before any assignment.
Commercial general liability coverage held by your company, with Mayer Security Services named as an additional insured on the certificate. Required limits vary by end client and are stated per assignment.
Coverage for every officer your company places on a post. Subcontractors are independent employers and remain responsible for their own personnel.
Level II non-commissioned officers for unarmed posts, Level III commissioned officers for armed posts, and Level IV personal protection officers where a detail calls for it. Registration current with DPS.
A completed W-9, your business entity information, and a named dispatch contact reachable outside business hours.
Incident reports filed the same shift, documented post orders, and officers who arrive on time in correct uniform. This is the requirement that actually determines whether assignments repeat.
Mayer Security Services does not sponsor, lend, or subcontract under its own license. Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1702 requires the company providing the service to be licensed in its own name.
Submit your DPS license number, certificates of insurance, workers' compensation, W-9, coverage areas, and officer headcount through the subcontractor portal.
Your license is checked as Active against the Texas Online Private Security portal and your insurance endorsements are reviewed. This is the step that takes the longest, and incomplete certificates are the usual reason it stalls.
Once approved you are added to the dispatch list for the coverage areas and post types you selected, with a named point of contact on both sides.
Posts are offered through the portal with the site, schedule, officer level, and any client-specific requirements stated up front. You accept what fits your bench and decline what does not.
Select the areas your officers can genuinely reach when you apply. Overstating coverage to appear on more lists is the fastest way off the dispatch list.
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Yes, and the Permian Basin is one of the most active markets in the network. Mayer Security Services subcontracts oilfield site security, tank battery and saltwater disposal coverage, equipment and pipe yard posts, pipeline facility patrols, and industrial construction across Midland, Ector, Martin, and Andrews counties. Subcontractors must hold a current Texas DPS Class B or Class C license and carry their own general liability and workers' compensation coverage.
Because local knowledge and local officers beat a crew driving in from six hours away, and honesty about that is why the network works. Contracts in the Basin are regularly awarded to firms headquartered in Houston, Dallas, or out of state who then have to solve the staffing problem after the fact. A company already operating in Midland or Odessa knows the lease roads, knows which sites need high-clearance vehicles, and can put an officer on location the same day.
Most Permian posts are remote, long-shift, and vehicle-dependent. Practically, that means officers who can work a twelve-hour shift alone at an unmanned location, a reliable vehicle capable of lease roads, and coverage that does not evaporate when the weather turns. Some operator sites additionally require site-specific safety orientation or a current SafeLand or similar credential; where that applies it is stated in the assignment before you commit.
Volume in the Basin follows drilling and completion activity, so it moves between counties and is less steady than a downtown office contract. What it lacks in predictability it makes up in scarcity – there are far fewer licensed companies able to reliably staff a remote Permian post than there are companies chasing commercial work in the major metros. Companies that can cover remote locations tend to see repeat assignments.
The network runs across five Texas markets. If your company covers more than one, select every area you genuinely operate in when you apply.
Licensed, insured, and able to staff a post reliably? Apply once and you are considered for every assignment in the coverage areas you select.
Applications are checked against the Texas DPS public licence register before any post is assigned. There is no account to create — approved companies receive assignment invitations by email.