VP Total Solutions is a direct-hire staffing partner for Michigan and the surrounding Midwest. We place skilled trades, manufacturing operators, automotive technicians, logistics leads and industrial maintenance staff into the plants, shops and warehouses that keep the region moving.
Most of our placements happen inside a 200-mile radius of Flint, but the desk runs reqs across the wider Midwest manufacturing belt.
We work the Midwest the way the Midwest works - direct, paperworked, no-spin. Talented hands and skilled crew, vetted before they walk on site.
We place permanent staff into the roles plant managers care most about: skilled trades, line leads, maintenance techs, journeymen, supervisors. The kinds of hires that have to stick.
Right-to-work, references, background checks and drug screens completed to your spec before a candidate is introduced. The shortlist is what you act on, not what you start triaging.
The recruiter who picks up your call is the recruiter who runs the search end to end. They know your shift patterns, your wage bands, your union status. Nothing gets handed off.
We are deliberate about where we run reqs. The list below covers roughly 95% of our active searches across Michigan and the Midwest.
Production operators, shift supervisors, plant managers, manufacturing engineers, quality techs, line leads, machine operators.
Industrial electricians, journeyman plumbers, pipe fitters, millwrights, welders (MIG/TIG), machinists, CNC operators, sheet metal workers.
Automotive techs, OEM supervisors, plant team leaders, Tier 1 supplier operators, body-shop and paint-shop leads, line maintenance, tooling specialists.
Industrial maintenance techs, reliability engineers, PLC technicians, controls specialists, predictive maintenance leads, vibration analysts.
Warehouse supervisors, distribution managers, forklift operators (sit-down, stand-up, reach), shipping/receiving leads, inventory control, dispatchers.
Tool & die makers, mold makers, EDM operators, fabrication leads, fixture builders, CNC programmers, prototype builders.
QA / QC managers, ISO and IATF auditors, Six Sigma black/green belts, lean specialists, CMM operators, calibration techs, layered process audit leads.
EHS managers, plant safety coordinators, OSHA compliance leads, environmental engineers, health & safety techs, ergonomics specialists.
Mechanical, electrical and manufacturing engineers, process engineers, project engineers, controls engineers, automation specialists, robotics integrators.
Assembly line workers, sub-assembly leads, light industrial supervisors, packaging operators, labelers, kitting specialists.
Plant managers, operations directors, production planners, materials managers, scheduling leads, business unit managers, ops controllers.
Plant HR managers, HR business partners, payroll administrators, training coordinators, recruiters, ER specialists, union liaisons.
The req goes from your desk to a vetted shortlist in two weeks or less for most roles. Here is how.
One call to lock the role, shift pattern, wage band, drug-test policy, union status and the make-or-break qualities. We come prepared, not script-reading.
We work our Michigan / Midwest network first - the journeymen, techs and supervisors we have placed before - then run targeted outreach. Always referenced first.
Phone screen, in-person or video interview, references checked, background and drug screens initiated. Each candidate scored against the brief before they reach you.
We coordinate the offer, manage counter-offers, line up the start date, walk the candidate through onboarding, and check in at week 2, 6 and 12.
The Midwest workfloor is not the same as a coastal tech office, and a recruiter who has never walked a plant cannot help you fill it. We have. The team has placed welders into Tier 1 auto plants, journeyman electricians into food-and-beverage facilities, and reliability engineers into stamping operations across the region.
That experience translates into searches that close. We know the difference between a 3rd-shift role on a continuous-operations line and one on a 5-day plant. We know what a fair wage looks like for a journeyman electrician in Genesee County versus Wayne County. And we know which questions a serious tradesperson asks before they accept a role - so we have the answers ready.
Plant managers and HR leaders at Tier 1 automotive suppliers, mid-sized OEMs, food-and-beverage manufacturers, metal fabrication shops, plastics plants and logistics operators across Michigan and the broader Midwest. Companies who would rather have one named recruiter who knows their site than a national agency that treats every req as a ticket.
Senior corporate executive search above $200k base, healthcare clinical, legal, and pure white-collar tech recruiting sit best with sector specialists. We will tell you within one call if a req is not a good fit so you can place it where it will land fastest.