Align labor strategy with business growth - on time and on budget.
Whether you’re launching a new facility, expanding production, or ramping up operations to meet increased demand, having the right workforce in place can determine how quickly and successfully you reach your goals.
HTI helps align workforce labor strategies with business growth through workforce planning, talent acquisition, recruitment marketing, compliance support, and hiring execution.
From greenfield start-ups and facility expansions to large-scale production ramp-ups, we provide the experience, resources, and execution needed to help you stay on schedule, control costs, and build the workforce required to support your operation from day one and beyond.
Years supporting employers throughout the Southeast
Start-Up & Expansion Projects
Annual Skilled, Professional & Hourly Placements
Expansion projects often move faster than workforce plans.
As production requirements increase and timelines accelerate, workforce readiness can quickly become a critical factor in whether an operation stays on schedule.
You may be balancing:
- Agressive hiring timelines
- Tight or competitive labor markets
- Wage and benefit competitiveness
- Training and onboarding requirements
- Production launch deadlines
- HR compliance and policy development
- Retention during periods of rapid growth and change
Without the right workforce strategy in place, hiring delays can quickly become production delays—putting schedules, budgets, and customer commitments at risk.
HTI helps identify and address workforce challenges early, allowing you to build the people, processes, and labor strategy needed to support growth before workforce issues become operational problems.
How We Help
Workforce availability analysis, wage benchmarking, competitor research, commute studies, and hiring feasibility assessments.
Headcount forecasting, phase-based hiring plans, ramp-up schedules, labor planning, and staffing strategy development.
High-volume recruiting, candidate sourcing, hiring events, screening programs, onboarding support, and hiring process management.
Localized marketing campaigns, community outreach, hiring communications, and employer-of-choice positioning.
Policy development, HR administration support, payroll coordination, benefits guidance, and workforce compliance readiness.
Collaboration with workforce boards, training providers, and local incentive stakeholders to strengthen hiring outcomes.
Why HTI
Launching a facility or preparing for significant growth requires more than recruiting.
HTI serves as a strategic workforce partner, helping manufacturers navigate every stage of workforce readiness, from labor planning and attraction strategies to hiring execution and workforce stabilization.
Our team works alongside operations, HR, economic development, and leadership teams to ensure workforce plans support production goals and business objectives.
A proven workforce strategy for growth
Assess labor availability, wage competitiveness, workforce trends, and local talent pools.
Develop hiring forecasts, staffing models, onboarding timelines, and ramp-up milestones.
Activate recruitment marketing, community outreach, hiring events, and candidate engagement campaigns.
Identify sourcing channels, workforce partners, training resources, and recruiting strategies.
Manage recruiting activity, hiring workflows, reporting, onboarding, and workforce optimization throughout the ramp-up.
Case studies
PROVEN PARTNERSHIPS IN START-UPS, EXPANSIONS, AND RAMP-UPS
