Skilled Trades · Light Industrial · Workforce Solutions

Skilled trades for
operations that
cannot afford to
stand still.

Contract, contract to hire, direct placement and employer of record. Certified, pre-screened workers for manufacturing, construction, energy and logistics across the United States.

3.8M
Unfilled by 2031
US skilled-trade jobs projected to go unfilled by 2031 (Deloitte and ManpowerGroup).
54%
Near Retirement
Of tradespeople are over 45 and approaching retirement age.
74%
Hard to Source
Of contractors report difficulty sourcing qualified field workers (AGC of America).
6wk
Time to Fill
Average to fill a CNC machinist role at a small manufacturer. We target well below it.
Talent

Contract, contract to hire, direct placement or EOR.
One accountable partner.

01.
No employment liability
Contract
You direct the work on site. We employ the workforce.

Short or long term placements. We handle employment, payroll, workers’ compensation, tax and compliance. Headcount that flexes with your volume, and no employment liability on your side.

Typically engaged by
Plant Managers · Site Superintendents · Operations Directors
Hourly billedFind out more
02.
Trial first
Contract to Hire
Prove the fit on site before the permanent offer.

Trial the worker in your environment before committing to a permanent hire. The right de-risking model for safety critical and specialist roles where a resume alone does not tell you enough.

Typically engaged by
HR Directors · Maintenance Managers · Production Leads
Convert on your termsFind out more
03.
Success fee only
Direct Placement
We find and screen. You hire directly.

Permanent search for skilled and supervisory roles. We source, verify credentials and present a clean shortlist. Our fee is charged on successful placement only.

Typically engaged by
Owners · HR Directors · Hiring Managers
Fee on placementFind out more
04.
Multi-state and global
Employer of Record
We carry the employment. You run the work.

We act as the legal employer for workers across multiple US states or internationally. Payroll, benefits and statutory compliance handled without you building the infrastructure.

Typically engaged by
CFOs · COOs · Program Directors
Per worker per monthFind out more
Solutions

Or we take the scope, not the timesheet.

Everything above bills by the hour and you direct the work. This is the version where you hand over the work package instead. A SkySys project office holds the schedule, the service levels and the safety record, so you are managing one accountable partner rather than supervising a crew.

01

Managed crews

Your site, our crew, our supervision.

We recruit, credential, induct and supervise the crew, and a named site lead owns the daily schedule against your work package. You brief the outcome rather than the individual, and the supervision overhead moves off your org chart and onto our contract.

Scope based, SOW · Plant managers, site superintendents, operations directors
02

A project office on the account

Somebody whose actual job is the schedule.

A PMO that runs the plan, the reporting and the agreed service levels: attendance, first time fix, rework rate and safety performance, reported on the cadence you set rather than when you chase. When a number moves the wrong way you hear it from us before you notice it yourself.

Monthly governance · Operations directors, COOs
03

Site services

Recurring work on a standing contract.

Maintenance cover, shutdown and turnaround support, and the recurring site work that does not justify permanent heads but cannot be left to whoever is free. Priced as a standing service against agreed coverage rather than per body per hour.

Standing contract · Facilities, maintenance and plant leads
Sectors We Serve

Four sectors.
One delivery standard.

Discuss your sector
Manufacturing
CNC machinists · Welders · Quality inspectors · Maintenance technicians
Construction
Journeyman electricians · Pipefitters · Ironworkers · Site supervisors
Oil, Gas and Energy
Plant operators · E&I technicians · NDT inspectors · Rig hands
Warehousing and Logistics
Forklift operators · Inventory specialists · Shift supervisors · Dispatchers
Trusted by Global Brands
Client brands including GlobalLogic, CAI, Concentrix, Mass General Brigham, Tech Mahindra, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Siemens, Parsons, Novartis, Wipro, Kforce and the State of Louisiana
Where We Work

Seven regional hubs. Eighty-four countries.

Permanently embedded in seven regional hubs. Trades delivery focused on the United States, with recruitment reach across 84 countries.

Recruitment coverageRegional hubs shown as pulsing markers
Regional Hubs
SkySys HQ, Raleigh
United States.
SkySys HQ
8801 Fast Park Drive, Suite 201, Raleigh, NC 27617
SkySys Canada, Vancouver
Canada.
SkySys Canada
1285 West Broadway, Suite 600, Vancouver, BC V6H 3X8
SkySys E.U., Dublin
Ireland.
SkySys E.U.
Q House, 76 Furze Rd, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18, D18 F4E0
SkySys Ltd, London
United Kingdom.
SkySys Ltd
71-75 Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9JQ
SkySys AG, Basel
Switzerland.
SkySys AG
Steinenring 53, Basel, 4051
SkySys Spain SL, Madrid
Spain.
SkySys Spain SL
Calle de Serrano 69, 28006 Madrid
India.
SkySys India · Bengaluru
Offshore and nearshore technology delivery, 24 hour recruitment coverage into the US and UK desks, and engineering capacity for managed delivery and custom software.
7
Regional hubs
84
Recruitment countries
24/7
Follow-the-sun delivery
4
Currencies billed
Why SkySys

What makes the difference
when the line cannot stop.

01.
Certified before they reach you

Trade qualifications, safety certifications, background checks and references are verified before any candidate is submitted. You do not onboard risk, and you do not pay to find that out.

02.
Recruiters who know the floor

Our sector recruiters place into manufacturing, construction, energy and logistics every week. They understand the roles, the shift patterns, the environments and what good looks like on day one.

03.
Mobilisation measured in days

The industry average time to fill is six weeks. Our pre-built, continuously refreshed talent pool lets us target a fraction of that, with a rapid replacement guarantee behind every placement.

04.
Compliance carried by us

Payroll, workers’ compensation, insurance and employment tax sit with SkySys. As a certified minority-owned business we also support your supplier diversity commitments. Your team stays focused on production.

Our Process

Structured from intake to aftercare.

Start an intake
01.
Requirement Intake

A full brief on the role, environment, shift pattern, start date and the certifications required, taken by a recruiter who knows your sector.

02.
Targeted Sourcing

We activate our pre-screened trades talent pool and sector networks to build a relevant candidate longlist fast.

03.
Credential Verification

Trade qualifications, safety certifications and background checks are confirmed before any candidate advances.

04.
Skills Assessment

Technical screening matched to the role. For hands-on trades we interview critically against your requisition and align with your own site assessment.

05.
Shortlist and Submission

Only candidates who have cleared every prior step are submitted. No filler profiles and no surprises.

06.
Placement and Aftercare

Day one check-in, ongoing contractor support and a rapid replacement guarantee if a placement does not work out.

From the Field

What we are seeing on site.

All articles
WorkforceManufacturing
The retirement cliff: what an ageing trades workforce means for plant operators

More than half of tradespeople are over 45. The operators who keep production stable are building their pipeline now, not when the resignations land.

Read more
TurnaroundsOil and Gas
Turnaround season: mobilising certified crews at short notice without cutting corners

Shutdown windows do not move. The difference between a clean turnaround and an overrun is how quickly verified, certified workers can be on site.

Read more
ComplianceConstruction
Why unverified hires are the most expensive labor on a construction site

OSHA exposure, bonding requirements and penalty clauses make a bad hire a commercial problem, not an HR one. Verification is the cheapest insurance available.

Read more
Certifications and compliance standards we screen and verify against
OSHA 10 / 30H2S AliveConfined SpaceAWS WeldingNDT Level IIEPA 608Forklift CB / ReachFirst Aid / CPRTWICDOT
Let’s Talk

Tell us the role, the volume
and the timeline.

We will have screened, certified candidates in front of you within 48 hours. The conversation starts with your requirement, not our pitch.