Title

Trades Job Fair

Date

10/22/24 - 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Event Location

Technical Building - Lower Level/Basement

Body

On-Campus Event

Description: Find HVAC, Machine Tool and WELD opportunities by engaging with employer partners for multiple opportunities

Employers attending the Trades Job Fair:

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Description: BNSF Railway is a top freight transportation company in North America with 32,500 miles of track in 28 US states and three Canadian provinces. We transport consumer goods, grain, coal, industrial goods, and more to power American homes and businesses. BNSF is known for its advanced technology, safety measures, and commitment to environmental benefits for customers and communities. BNSF Railway is an Equal Opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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Positions Available: Internship (any major), (FT)

Caterpillar Inc.

Description: IT’S YOUR CAREER. MAKE IT MATTER. At Caterpillar, you build what matters-whether it's the career you want, crucial work skills, strong relationships or new digital technologies. There are big jobs to be done worldwide-building critical infrastructure, bolstering local economies, meeting the demand for energy-and that work is powered by our people. Since 1925, we've been driving sustainable progress and helping customers build a better world through innovative products and services. With 2023 sales and revenues of $67.1 billion, Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives.

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Positions Available: (FT)

CenterPoint Energy

Description: CenterPoint Energy, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a domestic energy delivery company that includes electric transmission & distribution, natural gas distribution and energy services operations. With more than 14,000 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 140 years.

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Positions Available: Full-Time, Part-Time

DSG

Description: At DSG, we are dedicated to building futures one job at a time. Starting with yours. As an ESOP, we are a community of peers, first and foremost. And we focus on cultivating an environment of respect, teamwork and growth.

Where your career path is rich with possibilities. Where every success is shared. And where every challenge is overcome together.

For more than a century, we’ve delivered more than supplies, we’ve offered true partnership and valuable solutions. By continuing to empower the future of our vendors and customers, we will empower a future of ongoing success for all of us.

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Positions Available: Job, Internship (FT+PT)

Graco Inc.

Description: Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. We pump peanut butter into your jar, and the oil in your car. We glue the soles of your shoes, the glass in your windows and pump the ink onto your bills. We spray the finish on your vehicle, coatings on your pills, the paint on your house and texture on your walls. We've been a part of your daily life for more than 90 years.

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Positions Available: Internship (any major), Machinist Intern (FT & PT)

Johnson Controls

Description: Johnson Controls is a world leader in smart buildings, creating safe, healthy and sustainable spaces. We’re using artificial intelligence and data driven solutions to give our customers deeper insight into their building’s health, sustainability and performance. It’s changing the way we design, operate and maintain indoor environments and driving to a new era of autonomous buildings.

We deliver the blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums, hotels, manufacturing and beyond through our comprehensive suite of connected solutions. Johnson Controls offers the world’s largest portfolio of building technology, software and services.

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Positions Available: (FT)

Lube-Tech

Description: Lube-Tech is a family-owned company and was voted a Great Place to Work (2022-2024) that provides advanced energy, fluid technology, lubricants and services to OEMs and customers within the automotive, fleet and manufacturing industries. Lube-Tech operates Reliable Plus, a vehicle wash company who provides product and service solutions to customers within the c-store, grocery, fleet and automotive industries as well as private investors.

Lube-Tech is a people-first company who offers an environment where everyone can make a difference, love what they do and support the company’s purpose to make tomorrow a little bit better than today.

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Positions Available: Full-Time, Part-Time

Minneapolis Pipefitters JAC

Description:

The Best Training, The Best Jobs

The Pipefitters LU 539 Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee provides the best training available in the Pipefitting and HVAC/R Service Industry. We have state-of-the-art equipment and industry-certified instructors, and offer two apprenticeship training programs, Construction Pipefitting and HVAC/R Service Technician.

Our five-year program apprenticeship programs combine intensive technical classroom instruction at the school’s state-of-the-art facility with on-the-job training. Our apprentices gain the skills needed to enter a high-wage industry.

Learn more about why an apprenticeship with UA Local 539 will provide the high-quality training you need to ensure a high-paying career.

Earn While You Learn

Apprentices get paid while they train on the job and attend day classes. This can be a highly rewarding career path. Previous on-the-job experience or welding school may earn you credit towards your five-year apprenticeship.

Apprentices start at 62% of the Journeyman wage rate. The total wage package includes fringe benefits such as medical, dental and optical insurance plans, retirement plans and more.

The apprenticeship program is for a 5-year period and requires 8,750 on-the-job hours of work. Additionally, all apprentices attend 216 hours of related classroom instruction for each year while in the program.

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Positions Available: Full-Time

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Owens Companies, Inc.

Description: Owens Companies is the early pioneer and long-standing leader of fully integrated, single-source mechanical contracting services in the Minneapolis metro area. Founded in 1957, Owens helped establish the commercial HVAC model by defining a basic need for preventive maintenance in the harsh Minnesota climate.

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Positions Available: Commercial HVAC Service Technician, Outside Sales - HVAC, Project Manager - HVAC, Parts Runner/Warehouse Assistant (FT & PT)

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Tennant Company

Description: Tennant Company is a recognized leader of the cleaning industry. We are passionate about developing innovative and sustainable solutions that help our customers clean more spaces more effectively, addressing indoor and outdoor cleaning challenges. We invite you to join us — as we lead our industry globally and fulfill our vision to bring to market sustainable cleaning innovations that empower others to create a cleaner, safer, healthier world. See how you can help us — and we can help you — change the way the world cleans.

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Positions Available: (FT)

Tolomatic, Inc.

Description: Since 1954, Tolomatic has been manufacturing innovative automation components. From gearboxes and brakes to pneumatic actuators and complete electrical linear motion systems, our motion solutions are moving businesses forward.

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Positions Available: Internship (any major), Machinist, Machine Operator, Machine Shop Intern, Assembler, Materials Associate (FT & PT)

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2024-10-22T13:00:00 ! 2024-10-22T15:00:00