The Industrial Trades Career Fair is held to match skilled job seekers with employers in South Louisiana from the manufacturing, construction, transportation, and distribution/warehousing industries.
This event is FREE and open to the public.
When: Tuesday, August 12th, 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon
Where: Cajundome Convention Center, 444 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette, LA
Business Registration
(Event has reached capacity for business registration, any future registrations received will be placed on the event waiting list incase additional exhibit tables open up)
Job Seekers Click Here to pre-register!
This information is updated regularly. Please check back often. Updated 07/29/2025
- Acadiana Bottling Company - loading swingman, merchandiser, drivers
- American Pollution Control Corp. - industrial technician, supervisor, CDL drivers
- Atmos Energy Corporation - service technicians, construction technicians
- B&B Oilfield Services - machinist, welder
- Bank-Tec South - service technicians
- Blueline Manufacturing - machinists, dimensional inspector
- Bottomline Equipment - technicians, salesman
- Bow 2 Stern Services Inc - service techs
- C-Dive LLC, dba Champagne Energy & Environmental - master, master of towing, mate of towing, AB seaman, engineers, unlicensed engineers, ordinary seaman, deckhand/ oilers, cooks, dive supervisors, divers, tenders, chief mechanics, crane operators, rigger, welder
- CleanBlast, LLC - land and offshore coating, sandblaster, painter, helper, UHP/ water jet blaster
- Compliance EnviroSystems, LLC - field technicians
- D&S Marine Service - deckhands, wheelman, tankerman
- Danos - deepwater/ shelf operators, measurement technicians, I&E technicians, automation technicians, deepwater/ shelf mechanics, ballast control operators
- EIU - electrician, apprentice, journeyman, foreman, superintendents
- Enviro Resources LLC/ EMC - operatores
- Ernest P. Breaux Electrical - laborer, electrical apprentice
- First Solar - production technician, maintenance technician, manufacturing engineering technician
- FMOLHS - Our Lady of Lourdes - maintenance, construction, facilities management, security
- Grand Isle Shipyard (GIS) - civil engineer, construction superintendent, crane operator, E&I electrician, E&I commercial superintendent, electrical engineer, estimator, environmental technician, equipment mechanic, riggers, rigger foreman, rope access welder, SCADA engineer, solar project manager, survey technician, welders, and more
- Gulf Coast Marine Fabricators - fitters and welders
- HPC Industrial, powered by Clean Harbors - hydroblasting technicians, tank cleaning technicians (traveling)
- International Paper - general helper
- Kenworth of Louisiana - diesel technicians, mechanics
- Koch Specialty Plant Services - tower mechanics, welders, pipefitters, rigger, QC, safety
- Lofton Corporation - electricians, carpenters, HVAC, welders, maintenance technicians, machinists, mechanics
- Logic Control Systems - electrical technician, automation technician
- Marquette Transportation - captains, deckhands
- Merrick LLC - drivers, laborers, welders, machine operators
- Moncla - welders, drillers, supervisors, drivers
- Morton Salt - mechanics/ electricians
- Noble Plastics - maintenance technician, production operator
- Palfinger Marine USA LLC - field service engineer
- Peppers Unlimited of Louisiana - maintenance technicians
- RIGID Constructors - heavy equipment operator, foreman, superintendent, estimator, off road haul truck operators, dump truck operator
- SafeSource Direct - packaging, maintenance, quality engineer, production engineer, SMS manufacturing team member
- SONOCO - offshore cook and offshore galleyhand
- Southern Organizations - welders, plumbers, carpenters, electricians, operators, construction workers
- Staffmark - warehouse, production, welding, machining
- Storer Services - licensed plumbers and journeyman HVAC technicians
- System Services - technicians (skilled and unskilled), linetechs, fiber splicers, HDD bore rig operators, fusers
- Taylors International Services - riggers and utility hands
- Turner Industries - certified combo welders, pipefitters, millwrights, painters, insulators, scaffold builder
- United States Army - variety of career fields including mechanics, constructions, and much more.
- United States Army Corps of Engineers - mechanics, machinists, maritime, lock & dam operators
- United States Navy - military and a various career fields
- Zachry Industrial - boilermaker, machinist, millwright, painter, welder, helper
Resource Service Providers
- Louisiana Dept. of Children and Family Services - resource information about the wrap around support services available from the state DCFS
- Louisiana Workforce Commission/ Acadiana Workforce Solutions - provide assistance through a variety of services for individuals to find employment and access workforce education.
- Skill Up for Economic Resilience - Partnership between LEDA and SoLAcc to enhance and expand the high wage / high demand career training programs in aviation technology, precision machining, and industrial maintenance
- South Louisiana Community College Adult Education - Service to assist individuals continue education to achieve HiSET / high school equivalency
- South Louisiana Community College - Short-term programs - enrollment into a variety of short-term training programs that lead to careers
Hosted by:
Lafayette Economic Development Authority (LEDA)
Louisiana Workforce Commission
South Louisiana Community College
