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Could Your Company Benefit from Hiring OE 324 Employees?

Contractors

Could Your Company Benefit

from Hiring OE 324 Employees?

The simple answer is YES. Operating Engineers 324 provides Contractor Partners with a highly trained, skilled and productive workforce. Contractors and Members alike must prosper in our industries, which is why OE 324 Members are trained to work with efficiency and safety on the job site. They are certified and drug tested. They take pride in their careers and aspire to the highest level of quality and craftsmanship. Sound good to you? There’s more.

The simple answer is YES. Operating Engineers 324 provides Contractor Partners with a highly trained, skilled and productive workforce. Contractors and Members alike must prosper in our industries, which is why OE 324 Members are trained to work with efficiency and safety on the job site. They are certified and drug tested. They take pride in their careers and aspire to the highest level of quality and craftsmanship. Sound good to you? There’s more.

How Does a Contractor Feel About

Working With OE 324?

How Does a Contractor

Feel About Working

With OE 324?

Watch the following video, as David Ruhle from Toebe Construction discusses the value of working with Operating Engineers on a historic project in Detroit.

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Why become an OE 324 Contractor?

Becoming a signatory contractor with OE 324 has obvious benefits

Why become an OE 324 Contractor?

Becoming a signatory contractor with OE 324 has obvious benefits

  • There are more than 14,000 OE 324 Members in the state of Michigan. We are committed to helping your business grow through workforce development. We operate a nationally recognized apprenticeship program to ensure Members and Business Partners have the competitive edge in our industries.

 

  • OE 324 Members are provided with best-in-class training to ensure they master their craft and bring the utmost value to employers. A highly skilled, productive and safe workforce saves employers time and money.

 

  • Having the skilled help you need is crucial to running a successful business. OE 324 Members are available when and where you need them, which has been proven to lower labor costs. The OE 324 Hiring Hall will assist contractors to be sure the right workers are available for the job, helping contractors to scale their workforce up or down as needs change.

 

  • OE 324 builds careers. Members are dedicated to their trade, which lowers turnover rates. Contractors who hire OE 324 Members can rest assured they will be motivated and qualified employees.

 

  • Collective Bargaining Agreements outline benefits and define conditions and procedures, which eliminates on the job concerns. Benefits are administered by the OE 324 Fund offices, which saves employers time and money.

 

  • Contractor Partners maintain the right to bid the jobs they want and employ the workers of their choosing. The Management Rights put forth in contracts ensure that owners and management maintain control of their companies.

 

  • OE 324 Signatory Contractors have a competitive advantage over non-signatory contractors when bidding Public Works projects. Signatory Contractors save by paying fringe benefits rather than the higher cost of putting all compensation in wages, and the OE 324 workforce is more productive than their non-union counterparts.

 

  • OE 324 knows that workforce development is important to your bottom line, but economic development is also key to a successful construction business enterprise. OE 324 utilizes resources to develop strategic relationships with key users of construction services in this state and those that develop policy locally and at the state level.

OE 324 Contractor Advantages

OE 324 Contractor Advantages

Dedicated Workforce
Apprentice & Journeyman Training
Productivity, Quality & Safety
Benefit Administration
Predictable Labor Costs
Eliminate Hiring or Recruitment Costs
Strategic Relationships with Major Customers
OE 324 Actively Promotes the Industry, Driving Infrastructure & Economic Development
OE 324 Works to Shape Public Policy to Promote Economic Development
Dedicated Workforce
Apprentice & Journeyman Training
Productivity, Quality & Safety
Benefit Administration
Predictable Labor Costs
Eliminate Hiring or Recruitment Costs
Strategic Relationships with Major Customers
OE 324 Actively Promotes the Industry, Driving Infrastructure & Economic Development
OE 324 Works to Shape Public Policy to Promote Economic Development

The Right Person for the Job

We make opportunities

The Right Person for the Job

We make opportunities

We know the challenges of each project, and we know the people you need in place to succeed. Not only do we scout them, we train them. At our state-of-the-art training facilities, OE 324 Members hone specific skills that prepare them to conquer the challenges of your job site – not only today’s challenges – but those of tomorrow as well.
We know the challenges of each project, and we know the people you need in place to succeed. Not only do we scout them, we train them. At our state-of-the-art training facilities, OE 324 Members hone specific skills that prepare them to conquer the challenges of your job site – not only today’s challenges – but those of tomorrow as well.
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Safety is Always Our

1st

Priority

Productivity. Quality. Safety.

Excellence is a habit

Productivity. Quality. Safety.

Excellence is a habit

We hold our Operating Engineers to a standard unmatched by any other source. OE 324 provides apprenticeship and journeyman training that gives you the smartest, safest, most productive and most loyal workforce possible. Your projects matter most to the men and women you hire to build them. That’s your advantage.

We hold our Operating Engineers to a standard unmatched by any other source. OE 324 provides apprenticeship and journeyman training that gives you the smartest, safest, most productive and most loyal workforce possible. Your projects matter most to the men and women you hire to build them. That’s your advantage.

Become a Signatory Contractor!

Opportunities don't happen, you create them

Become a Signatory Contractor!

Opportunities don't happen, you create them

If you’re interested in gaining the advantages of an OE 324 contractor, here’s where it all begins:

If you’re interested in gaining the advantages of an OE 324 contractor, here’s where it all begins: