Trades Job Fair
- On-campus event
- Wednesday | February 11, 2026 | Basement of Technical Building
- 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
- Description: Find HVAC, Machine Tool, Welding, Bicycle Assembly & Repair, and Aircraft Maintenance opportunities by engaging with employer partners
View the employers attending the Trades Job Fair:
Angry Catfish Bicycle
Description: Angry Catfish was cultivated by the vibrant Minneapolis bicycle culture that lives on the streets, dirt, gravel, and snow that surround us. We are a collective of individuals with a like mind - bicycles are an amazing form of transportation, recreation, and fitness. And when you add fantastic coffee, well, all the better.
Positions Available: Jobs @ ACF - Angry Catfish | Minneapolis Bike Shop + Coffee Bar
Design Ready Controls
Description: Design Ready Controls (DRC) and Design Ready Fabrication (DRF) build the control panels, wire harnesses, and metal parts that power modern equipment. We offer hands-on roles with modern technology, growth opportunities, and a team-focused, safety-first culture for people who like solving problems and building real products every day.
Positions Available: Visit Careers
DSG
Description: DSG is proudly 100% employee owned and committed to building futures by serving the people and the industries dedicated to building our communities. As one of the most diverse independent wholesale distributors in the Midwest, DSG supplies a broad range of products and solutions from leading manufacturers to professionals in the Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC, Waterworks, On-site sewer and well, and Industrial automation industries.
Positions Available: DSG Careers | DSG Supply
Enclave
Description: As a unified real estate investment firm, Enclave's development, construction and management teams create spaces where our partners, team members and communities thrive.
Positions Available: Visit Careers
FedEx Freight
Description: FedEx Freight is the first and only nationwide LTL (less-than-truckload) carrier to offer pallet-level tracking and visibility for your multiple-pallet shipments and domestic shipping without a paper Bill of Lading. Freight is changing the LTL industry by making it easy to ship fast-transit and economical freight within one streamlined LTL network. With all-points coverage, one Bill , one invoice statement and one pickup and delivery, FedEx Freight is creating a whole new future for LTL.
Positions Available: Visit the Freight webpage
Herc Rentals Corporation
Description: Herc Rentals Inc. (NYSE: HRI) is an equipment rental firm committed to providing its customers with unparalleled service and expert solutions needed to take on the most demanding jobs. With more than 50 years of equipment rental expertise, our growing team consists of more than 11,000 employees and 610 company-owned branches.
Positions Available: Visit the Careers website
Lime
Description: Lime is the world’s largest shared electric vehicle company. We operate shared e-bikes and e-scooters in more than 30 countries across five continents. Our mission is to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free. Since 2017, our riders have taken over 750 million trips, replacing an estimated 150+ million car trips and preventing an estimated 77+ million kgs of carbon emissions.
Positions Available: Careers at Lime | Lime Micromobility
Metro Transit
Description: Metro Transit is the transportation resource for the Twin Cities, offering an integrated network of buses and light rail trains, as well as resources for those who carpool, vanpool, walk or bike. It added a light-rail link between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul in mid-2014 and is developing enhanced transitways throughout the region.
Positions Available: Mechanic Technician
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Description: The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is accredited by the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies. The MPRB is a diverse system of land and water spanning 6,790 acres of parkland and water featuring 251 park properties including the 55-mile Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway, 200+ miles of biking and walking paths, 22 lakes, 12 formal gardens, seven golf courses and 47 recreation centers. Together these properties annually receive approximately 21 million visits.
Positions Available: Visit the Jobs website
Minneapolis Pipefitters JAC
Description: Journeyman and Apprentice Pipefitter Training
Positions Available: Journeyman, Apprentice
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Description: We are driven to find talented, innovative employees for Minnesota’s nationally recognized transportation system. We work to build the best team in the transportation industry. You will be surrounded by a diverse community of experts, each driven by challenging work and motivated by the greater good. You will understand the impact of the work you are doing and be able to see the benefit you are providing to the citizens of Minnesota.
Positions Available: Bridge Maintenance, General Repair Worker, HVAC, Refrigeration Mechanic, Student Worker, Internship, and many more!
MIRATECH
Description: We are passionate about global environmental impact and pollution control. Do you want to make a difference? Do you have a passion for excellence? Do you want to be involved in pollution control and environmental initiatives? Then, we invite you to explore everything MIRATECH stands for and to make your goals possible when you join the MIRATECH team.
Positions Available: Visit the Our Careers website
Mission Filtration
Description: Mission Filtration, a subsidiary of Filter Services Inc. (FSI), is a distributor of filtration products and services with locations in Brooklyn Center, MN; Indianapolis, IN; and St. Louis, MO. Headquartered in Des Plaines, IL, FSI specializes in HVAC and industrial filtration products, filter change-out services, and condenser coil cleaning. The team is committed to high-quality service, flexible maintenance schedules, and customer satisfaction.
Positions Available: Visit the Employment webpage
Productivity, Inc.
Description: Based in the Twin Cities Metro area, Productivity is a leading distributor of CNC machine tools and related products for the Midwest headquartered in Plymouth, MN and branch offices in Denver, Salt Lake City, Cedar Rapids and Omaha. We provide manufacturing businesses with the most productive means of operation through the application, sale and service of state-of-the-art metal-working equipment. Our employees are our first customers with each team member critical to achieving success.
Positions Available: Choose a Career at Productivity | Productivity is A Great Place To Work
PURIS
Description: PURIS cultivates a spectrum of pure, plant-based foods and ingredients from U.S.-based organic and non-GMO sources. PURIS™ is a family-owned company founded in 1985 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Built with intention over 30 years, our plant-based food system benefits every link in the chain of production: flavorful and nutritious choices for people, profitable opportunities for growers, flexible ingredients for food makers, and practices that nourish soil, the environment, and life on earth.
Positions Available: Visit the Careers webpage
Quality Refrigeration
Description: Non-union commercial HVAC / Refrigeration company providing preventative maintenance, service, and installation for our twin cities metro customers.
Positions Available: Careers - Quality Refrigeration
Sanco Enterprises
Description: As an authorized Thermo King dealership, we offer quality products from the leader in transport refrigeration. In addition to sales and rentals, at Thermo King Sales and Service we provide our customers support throughout the life of their equipment through our parts and service departments.
Positions Available: Diesel Service Technician, Service Technician, Installer
South-Town Refrigeration
Description: SCR is the Midwest’s leader in commercial refrigeration, HVAC, building automation, and food service design, installation, and maintenance. Family-owned and operated since 1957, SCR’s multiple divisions serve all of Minnesota, parts of Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and beyond. Our customer focus and commitment to quality are second to none.
Positions Available: SCR Careers | Commercial Refrigeration and HVAC Job Openings | Paid Internships and Scholarships | Minnesota
Tolomatic
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.
Positions Available: Machinist, Machine Operator, Machine Shop Intern, Assembler, Materials Associate
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
Description: The TCHFH AmeriCorps members serve full-time, building strength and stability alongside homebuyers, all while gaining real-world experience. AmeriCorps members engage with volunteers throughout the year and are integral to our mission. You can serve in a leadership role on an active build site assisting volunteers, and staff in the homebuilding process giving an opportunity to learn, grow, and have some fun along the way.
Positions Available: AmeriCorps - Onsite Volunteer Facilitator
United States Steel Corporation
Description: Since 1901, U. S. Steel has been a recognized leader in steel production. Today, as the first North American steel company to have declared a 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal, we remain as innovative as ever, leading transformation across our industry while continuing to make products for everyday life - automotive, construction, containers and packaging, appliances, and energy.
Positions Available: Visit the Careers webpage
Westinghouse Electric Company
Description: Westinghouse Electric Company is the world’s leading nuclear company, delivering safe, innovative technology and shaping the future of carbon-free energy solutions. Here at the Shoreview, MN site, we engineer and manufacture fuel handling equipment for reactors around the world.
Positions Available: Visit the Careers webpage