Contractors Employment Service

Contractors Employment Service is a locally owned staffing agency that has supplied skilled and general labour in the Portland Metro area and south-west Washington since 1988. It acts as the employer of record for the workers it places, covering short-term and long-term needs from general labourers to journey-level tradespeople.

Services

• Temporary construction and maintenance staff: carpenters, remodellers, landscapers and clean-up crews.
• Specialist trades: hotel renovation, fire and water mitigation, windows and siding, tile and flooring, pavers, masonry restoration and HVAC support.
• Crew building: specialised recruiting to put together crews for companies.
• Direct hire and temp-to-perm: workers who join the client's payroll, with an option to trial them first.
• Prevailing wage compliance: certified payroll handling for prevailing wage projects.
• Office staff: office and data processing workers.

Customers and markets

The agency serves construction, maintenance and landscaping businesses around Portland, Oregon and south-west Washington, and also recruits trainees keen to learn a trade.

Key facts

• Based in: Milwaukie, Oregon
• Founded: 1988
• Ownership: family owned; an Oregon state-registered Women's Business Enterprise under its parent company, N.L. Jacobsen Enterprises, Inc.