What Melben does
Melben is a direct-hire and contract recruitment agency for the industrial skilled trades. For manufacturers and industrial facilities across all 50 states, we place six of them: CNC machinists and programmers, industrial maintenance technicians, millwrights, welders and fabricators, industrial HVAC technicians, and industrial electricians.
Plants post a critical maintenance role and get landscaper resumes, and generalist staffing firms send whoever is in their database. Meanwhile, an open skilled-trades seat costs output on every shift.
The same plant hires all six trades, on direct hire or contract. A recruiter who knows these trades can tell a real five-axis machinist from a button pusher, and a verified EPA 608 card from a resume claim.
Now recruiting for Trucking & Fleet
Alongside our manufacturing division, we place diesel technicians, fleet mechanics, reefer and trailer technicians, shop foremen, fleet managers, and fleet directors. We bring the same credential checks and contingency terms to the maintenance shop and the fleet yard.
Explore Trucking & FleetHow we work
Verification before submission
We check certifications and licenses against documented proof. If we cannot verify a credential, we do not submit the candidate.
Pay only on results
Employers pay one fee, only when they hire. Candidates never pay anything.
90-day replacement guarantee
If a placement leaves within 90 days, we refill the role at no additional fee.
Four-hour response
We answer every employer inquiry within four business hours.