01 / Automotive
Automotive and mobility
Michigan is where C3 started, and the supplier base is where we learned the trade. Since 2010 we have staffed Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, stamping plants, machining shops, sequencing centers and assembly operations along the I 96 and I 275 corridor around Livonia. As we followed clients into new markets, starting with the I 85 supplier network that feeds BMW Spartanburg, we brought the same approach with us.
Roles we fill
AssemblyPress operatorsMaterial handlersQuality inspectorsSort and containmentTool and dieMaintenance techsControls techsQuality engineersControls engineersManufacturing engineers
02 / Aerospace and defense
Aerospace and defense
Aerospace is where our direct placement practice has grown fastest. Our recruiters place structures assemblers, A&P mechanics, avionics technicians, NDT inspectors, CNC machinists and quality engineers with airframe, engine and defense programs. We place with airframe, engine, MRO and defense programs in multiple markets across the country, and with the supplier base of machining, castings, tooling and harness shops that feeds them.
Roles we fill
Structures assemblersA&P mechanicsAvionics techsNDT inspectorsCNC machinistsCNC programmersComposite techsHarness assemblersQuality engineersManufacturing engineers
03 / AI and technology
AI and technology
Artificial intelligence is the fastest growing hiring category in the country. AI now appears in more than six percent of all US job postings, and employers report AI and machine learning roles are as hard to fill as cybersecurity. It needs two kinds of people. The engineers who build and deploy the models: machine learning engineers, AI engineers, data engineers, data scientists, MLOps and AI infrastructure engineers, computer vision and robotics engineers. And the people who build and run the physical side: data center technicians, critical facilities technicians, electricians, HVAC and controls technicians, and the automation and robotics technicians who keep AI driven equipment on a plant floor working.
Roles we fill
AI engineersMachine learning engineersData engineersData scientistsMLOps engineersAI infrastructure engineersComputer vision engineersRobotics engineersAI product managersData center techniciansCritical facilities techsElectriciansControls techniciansRobotics technicians
04 / Food manufacturing
Food manufacturing
Food plants run around the clock, and the people who work in them need to understand things a general labor pool does not: GMP, HACCP, allergen changeovers, lockout procedures on a packaging line and why sanitation shift is the shift that keeps the plant licensed. We staff production, sanitation, packaging, quality assurance, maintenance and warehouse roles for food and beverage manufacturers across the country.
Roles we fill
Production associatesLine operatorsPackagingSanitationQA techniciansQuality inspectorsMaintenance techsForklift operatorsShipping and receivingShift leads
05 / Warehouse and logistics
Warehouse and logistics
Distribution centers, fulfillment operations and third party logistics providers are where staffing volume runs highest, and forklift operators, material handlers and order fillers are the three roles we fill most. We staff them year round and we staff them at peak, for distribution centers, fulfillment operations and 3PLs in markets across the country.
Roles we fill
Hi lo operatorsReach truckPickers and packersShipping and receivingInventory controlCycle countersSort and reworkReturns processingShift leads
06 / Skilled trades
Skilled trades and advanced manufacturing
Welders, machinists, maintenance technicians, industrial electricians, tool and die makers, CNC programmers and millwrights. These are the hardest seats in any plant to fill and the ones where a bad hire costs the most. We recruit them for temp to hire, contract and direct placement across manufacturing, automotive, aerospace and food, and for the data center and energy projects now pulling tradespeople out of every other sector.
Roles we fill
Welders and fabricatorsMachinistsCNC operators and programmersMaintenance techniciansIndustrial electriciansTool and die makersMillwrightsPLC and controls techs
07 / Quality and rework
Quality inspection and rework
Quality inspection and rework is a specialty for us, not a side line. When a customer puts a shipment on hold, a plant needs people who can read a print, use a caliper or a gauge, follow a sort instruction exactly and document what they found. It needs them in numbers, on short notice, for a job that may last three days or three months. That is a staffing problem most agencies are not built for. We are.
Roles we fill
Quality inspectorsSortersContainment crewsRework techniciansReceiving inspectionCMM operatorsQuality techniciansQuality engineersSupplier quality
08 / Engineering and technical
Engineering and technical
Contract and direct hire engineering completes the floor to front office range. We place manufacturing, quality, controls, automation, robotics and industrial engineers, plus the technicians who keep the automation running: controls technicians, robotics technicians, automation maintenance and PLC troubleshooters.
Roles we fill
Manufacturing engineersQuality engineersControls engineersAutomation engineersRobotics engineersIndustrial engineersControls techniciansRobotics techniciansAutomation maintenance
