Former Maintenance Managers
We’ve owned the maintenance budget, the PM schedule and the 2 a.m. downtime call. We know what a strong department looks like.
Manufacturing Direct Hire & Executive Search
We Recruit the Manufacturing Professionals Other Recruiters Can’t.
EAS specializes exclusively in Maintenance, Controls, PLC, Automation, Reliability, Engineering and Plant Leadership.
Former maintenance leaders. Manufacturing experts. Direct hire only.
- Manufacturing Only
- Direct Hire Only
- Nationwide Search
- 6-Month Placement Guarantee
- We’ve Worked the Floor
Why EAS?
Most recruiters have never touched a production line. We have.
That’s the difference. We’ve been the maintenance technician troubleshooting a line at 2 a.m. We’ve managed maintenance departments. We know the difference between someone who can talk about PLCs and someone who can actually diagnose one.
Former PLC Technicians
We’ve stood at the panel with a laptop and a deadline. We can tell who can actually diagnose a PLC and who only talks about it.
Former Controls Engineers
We’ve commissioned lines, written the logic and chased the intermittent fault. We screen for real automation skill.
Former Maintenance Leaders
We’ve built and led the teams we now recruit. We understand reliability, CMMS, TPM and predictive maintenance first-hand.
- We understand electrical troubleshooting, PLCs, automation, CMMS, TPM, predictive maintenance and reliability.
- We interview candidates technically — not just from a résumé.
- We recruit direct hire only, exclusively for manufacturing. That focus is why we’re good at it.
Built around a real advantage
The McKinsey of manufacturing recruiting
We don’t feel like a staffing company because we aren’t one. EAS is the manufacturing talent authority — built by people who ran the maintenance and automation teams we now recruit.
- We recruit only manufacturing.
- We recruit only direct hire.
- We understand maintenance and automation because we’ve done it ourselves.
- We guarantee our placements and follow a proven process.
- We specialize in the hardest-to-fill technical roles.
Positions We Recruit
The hardest technical seats to fill — filled
We don’t recruit for everything. We go deep on the maintenance, controls, automation and leadership roles that keep manufacturing plants running.
6-Mo
Placement Guarantee
We stand behind every hire
100%
Manufacturing Focus
Maintenance & automation only
Nationwide
Search Reach
U.S. & Canada coverage
Direct Hire
Only
No temp, no staff aug
Industries We Serve
Specialists in your kind of plant
Generalists rank for nothing. We build deep expertise — and dedicated search practices — by industry, so we already know your equipment before the first call.
Food Manufacturing
Food recruiting
Dairy
Dairy recruiting
Bakery
Bakery recruiting
Packaging
Packaging recruiting
Beverage
Beverage recruiting
Cold Storage
Cold Storage recruiting
Plastics
Plastics recruitingCan Manufacturing
Cans recruiting
Paper Manufacturing
Paper recruiting
Chemical Manufacturing
Chemical recruiting
Our Process
A proven, technical search process
Companies want to know how the work gets done. Here is exactly how we run every search — from the plant floor to follow-up.
Discovery
We walk your floor (in person or virtually), learn your equipment, shift structure, and what “good” actually looks like for the role.
Technical Recruiting
We tap our manufacturing network and target the passive technicians and engineers who never apply to job boards.
Candidate Screening
Every candidate is vetted for stability, motivation, shift fit, and the practical skills the role demands.
Technical Interview
We interview on PLCs, controls, troubleshooting and reliability — because we’ve done the work ourselves.
Client Interview
We present a short list of qualified, interested candidates and coordinate the entire interview loop for you.
Offer
We manage the offer, counter-offer and resignation conversation so your hire actually shows up on day one.
Follow-Up
We check in through onboarding and the full guarantee period to make sure the placement sticks.
Success Stories
Trusted by the people who run the plant
Nothing builds trust faster than results. Here’s what plant managers, maintenance leaders and placed candidates say.
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EAS sent us three maintenance techs who could actually read a ladder logic program. Our agency before them sent resumes; EAS sent technicians.
Food Manufacturing · Midwest
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They understood the difference between a controls engineer who can talk about PLCs and one who can stand at the panel and fix it at 2 a.m. That changed our hiring.
Packaging · Southeast
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We had a reliability engineer seat open for eight months. EAS filled it in five weeks with someone who was never going to answer a job posting.
Beverage · Northeast
This is manufacturing
It should feel like the floor — because that’s where we come from
Resources
Hire smarter with the manufacturing talent authority
Practical guidance from people who’ve hired, managed and been the technical talent you’re trying to find.
How to Hire Maintenance Technicians Who Actually Stay
The real reasons your maintenance reqs sit open for months — and a practical playbook for sourcing, screening and closing technicians in a tight market.
Read articleWhy Good PLC Technicians Are So Hard to Find
Supply, retirements, and the skills gap between “talks about PLCs” and “can diagnose one.” What’s driving the shortage and how to compete for the few who can.
Read article20 Maintenance Manager Interview Questions That Reveal the Real Ones
Go beyond the resume. Technical, leadership and reliability questions that separate maintenance managers who manage from those who only supervise.
Read article
Tell us what you need
Need a maintenance technician?
Need a maintenance technician?
A PLC engineer? A maintenance manager?
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