Build Your Career: Construction and Trades Job

Come meet employers and training providers to help you further your construction and trades career goals! You’ll have the opportunity to talk about your career interests and ask employers questions. We recommend bringing multiple copies of your resume and dressing in business casual or business attire. For resume help, view our resume webinar at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LBJRfdwPTM or schedule an appointment with a Fairfax County employment specialist at https://outlook.office365.com/book/FairfaxCountyEmploymentResourceCenters@fairfaxcounty.onmicrosoft.com/?ismsaljsauthenabled=true.

* Register Here * – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your-career-construction-and-trades-job-fair-march-26th-tickets-1984155041140?keep_tld=true

* * * PLEASE NOTE – PARKING IS LIMITED ONSITE. We highly recommend attendees park at our offsite parking location at Gum Springs Community Center, 8100 Fordson Rd, Alexandria, VA 22306. There will be a shuttle that will take attendees to and from Gum Springs Community Center and the WISH Center every 20 minutes. The first shuttle will depart at 12:00 PM. * * *

We’ll also host three workshops on:

• Financial Literacy: 12:45 PM – 1:15 PM
• Training and Workforce Programs and Services Available to You: 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
• AI and the Jobseeker : 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

List of Participating Employers with featured vacancies below (subject to change), Resource Tables, Workshop Presenters, and Host Organizations:

• ADI Construction – Construction Project Manager, Estimator, Superintendent
• AMERI-CANS – Plumber Technician, Routing Coordinator, Custodial Service Technician, Maintenance Technician, Jr. Recruiter
• Chesapeake Geosystems – Heavy Construction Equipment Mechanic Trainee
• DC Army National Guard – Horizontal Construction Engineer (heavy equipment operators), Carpentry and Masonry Specialist, Interior Electrician, Technical Engineering Specialist, Bridge Crewmember, Quarrying Specialist
• Dominion Energy – Assistant Renewable Energy Technician, Electrical Equipment Technician T1/T1, Military Fellowship (SkillBridge) – Electric Distribution Customer Projects Designer), Electric Ground Worker, Electric Service Worker, 1st Class, Electric Line Worker, Senior Renewable Energy Technician
• DPR – Superintendent (Concrete), Estimator, Superintendent (Various), Project Manager, Senior Data Engineer, Scheduler, MLOps Engineer
• Fairfax County Employment Services (Co-organizer and Resource Table)
• Fairfax County Facilities Management Department – Building Automation Systems Project Specialist (Engineer II), Construction/Maintenance Project Manager, Electrical Engineer, HVAC and Plumbing Quality Control Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, HVAC Technician
• Fairfax County Neighborhood and Community Services (Co-organizer and Workshop Presenter)
• Fairfax County Public Schools – Industrial Electrician Apprentice, Plumber I, Refrigeration Technician II, Industrial Electrician, Appliance and Equipment Technician I, HVAC Technician, and more
• FCPS Adult and Community Education (FCPS ACE) (Workshop Presenter and Resource Table)
• George Mason University Facilities & Campus Operations – Project Manager, Plumber II, General Maintenance Technician II, Construction Field Representative, Power Plant Operator, Senior Space Planner, Project Management Estimator & Closeout Specialist, Facilities Services Contract Manager, General Services Worker/Warehouse, Building Automation Technician, HVAC Technician
• Hines – The Emerson/The Heights at Goose Creek Village – search US-VA Centreville or Ashburn – Service Technician ($1,000 Sign-on Bonus)
• Iron Mountain Data Centers – Data Center Operations Technican and Service Delivery Technican (to be posted later)
• NPL – Northern Pipeline Construction – CDL Truck Driver, Fleet Mechanic, Senior Operations Manager-Utility Construction, Manager-Project Management, Heavy Equipment Operator, Gas Utility Fuser, Utility Flagger, Gas Utility Laborer,
• Northern Virginia Construction Careers Coalition (Co-organizer and Resource Table)
• PEG, LLC – Energy Analyst, Residential Electrical Designer, Junior Residential Mechanical Designer, Field Engineer in Training, Scheduling Administrative Coordinator, Accounting Coordinator, Account Manager
• Peoples Bank (Resource Table and Workshop Presenter)
• Professional Grounds, Inc. – Landscaping Laborer (Obrero de Paisajismo), Crew Member/Driver (Landscape), Landscape Crew Leader
• Vulcan Materials Company – Diesel Apprentice, General Laborer, Industrial Field Service Plant Mechanic, CDL Ready-Mix Truck Driver, Universal Heavy Equipment Operator, Lead Diesel Mechanic-Fleet Technician-Ready-Mix, Plant Maintenance Technician, CDL Truck Shuttler and General Support, Heavy Equipment Operator-Loader
• The WISH Center (Co-organizer and Host)

Hosted by Fairfax County Department of Family Services – Employment Services, Fairfax County Neighborhood and Community Services, Northern Virginia Construction Careers Coalition, and the WISH Center.