Time to Hit the Road
If you’re open to travel and new opportunities, you can grow your income and your career.
Time to Hit the Road
If you’re open to travel and new opportunities, you can grow your income and your career.
Why Consider Traveling Contract Work?
Nationwide Travel   •   Higher Income   •   Professional Growth
We’ve been placing traveling contract workforces nationwide since 1992 and have a diverse range of clients from publicly traded Fortune 100 organizations to smaller privately held companies. They’re looking for help because they need experienced workforces quickly or because they’re unable to hire the workers they need locally around their facilities.
What is a Traveling Contractor?
A traveling contractor is hired to work in a specific location for a particular amount of time. They’re typically hired for a minimum of 2-3 months, but projects may last for a year or more. Because the demand for skilled trades and production workers is so high, there are often labor shortages so companies hire experienced workforces from around the country that can step in, acclimate quickly and help them get caught up on production backlogs, help during busy seasons, or bridge the gap until full-time employees are hired locally.
Will I Have Flexibility in Choosing Assignments?
As a traveling contractor, you're in charge of your career and can pick and choose your projects. Just let us know your availability, project preferences and any other details that are important to you.
What Qualities Do I Need to Be Successful?
A traveling skilled trades or production worker should have the following characteristics:
- Enjoys experiencing new cities, towns and traveling in general
- Enjoys the experience of working in new organizations
- Is inquisitive and thrives on challenges and learning new things
- Is able to live a flexible lifestyle and enjoys being able to pick and choose where to work and for what type of projects and companies
What are the Certifications and Requirements?
Most companies are looking for experienced talent—not people fresh out of trade school—in the industry and role they’re looking to fill.
For example: certified Boiler Operators, Welders and CNC Machinists with many years of experience. Experience with traveling contract work is preferred but not required.
The Three Main Components of Travel Contracts
Tips for Travel Contracts
We have a few tips to help your resume get noticed:
Most staffing firms and companies use Applicant Tracking Systems [ATS] for hiring workers, making the right keywords essential. Applicant Tracking Systems look for keywords related to the job opening and industry. It’s also suggested to submit your resume as a Word document and not a PDF because some computer systems have a hard time reading resumes in PDF format.
For traveling contract jobs specifically, you’ll want to make sure:
- Your most recent project is at the top of your resume.
- Your licenses and certifications are clearly written at the top of your resume.
- Each project has start and end dates.
- To enhance your resume, take the OSHA 10-hr or even the OSHA 30-hr course, available online.
Hear Directly from MADI Team Members
Open Positions
From manufacturers to service businesses, MADI works closely with organizations of all sizes to solve labor shortages, resolve production backlogs and find highly talented workers to fill open positions.
Our clients include Fortune 500 companies in industries such as utilities, chemicals, aerospace and defense, automotive, paper and plastics, food, pharmaceuticals, machinery manufacturers, metal fabricators and more.
We place thousands of temporary personnel each year, and we can find the right project for you.
We Currently Fill Positions Including:
- Assemblers
- Boiler Operator
- CNC Machinists
- CNC Programmers and Operators
- Control Room Operators
- Crane Operators
- Diesel Mechanics
- Electricians
- Fabricators
- Facility Maintenance
- Fleet Maintenance
- Forklift Operators
- Foundry Workers
- Heat Treat Personnel
- Heavy Equipment Operators
- Hi-Lo Operators
- HVAC Technicians
- Injection Mold Operators
- Instrumentation Techs
- I&C Technicians
- Machinists
- Machine Operators
- Material Handlers
- Mechanics
- Millwrights
- Painters
- Pipefitters
- Press Operators
- Tool & Die Makers
- Order Selectors
- Security Officers
- Welders (TIG, MIG, Stick)