Team - Torrance
Workforce History:
Torrance based, Team Industrial Services, Inc. is a leading provider of specialty industrial services, including inspection and assessment required in maintaining and installing high-temperature and high-pressure piping systems related refining, petrochemical, power, pipeline and other heavy industries. Team offers these services across its 220 branch locations and more than 20 countries throughout the world and found itself in need of qualified technicians.
Workforce Challenge:
Working in partnership with South Bay One-Stop Business & Career Centers- Inglewood and its training partners, TEAM launched very specific hiring initiatives. The immediate goal was to train, recruit, and screen qualified and motivated individuals to fill entry level and mid positions in the region. According to Justin Hilterman, Operations Manager for TEAM “Our continued growth equates to tremendous opportunities for candidates in all career stages. You bring your skills and passion, and we will equip you with the tools you need to succeed.”
Outcomes & Benefits:
Working with WIOA-funded business solutions including recruitment and candidate screening, this Torrance based employer has successfully filled approximately a dozen technician positions this year with hourly wages ranging from $22 to $40. This year the strategic alignment with industry partners like TEAM Industrial Services Inc. and sector-based career pathways models has resulted in numerous employment opportunities for South Bay residents including Low Income adults, Dislocated Workers, and Veterans. Working closely with their recruiting and operations team, TEAM is committed to a continued industry partnership, ongoing career pathway efforts, and work-based learning initiatives for South Bay residents.
According to Hilterman, "as a result of aging infrastructure, vastly publicized industrial disasters throughout the world, as well as growing investment in new infrastructure projects and technologies, demand for more technicians with updated skills has increased incrementally. However, this demand is not being met as leaving companies like TEAM at risk of losing out on key projects."