Staffing for Maryville, Alcoa & Blount County.

Industries we staff in Blount County

From the Pellissippi Parkway corridor to the foothills of the Smokies, we staff them all.

Blount County has always been a working county. The city of Alcoa was literally built around aluminum production back in 1919, a planned industrial town named for the company, and that manufacturing backbone never went away. Today the county is home to well over a hundred manufacturing plants, and manufacturing is still its largest industry. The production floors near Alcoa and McGhee Tyson Airport keep assembly and material-handling jobs humming, the warehouses along Pellissippi Parkway need pickers and packers, and the steady run of commercial and residential construction across Maryville keeps job sites busy. Down toward Townsend, the peaceful side of the Smokies and the quiet gateway in to the national park, the hotels and restaurants have their own busy season. We send pre-screened W-2 workers, ready today, into all of it. Honestly, we love putting Blount County neighbors to work, and we have been doing it for East Tennessee businesses since Bill Peterson started this family company in 2012.

This is a different kind of place from the Smokies tourism towns up the road, and the staffing rhythm reflects it. Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg live and die by the visitor season. Blount County runs on year-round, steady production, and the demand here is less about a holiday weekend and more about keeping a line fully staffed shift after shift, hitting a build deadline, or covering a run that just got bigger. The county is also growing fast, with major employers expanding and new ones arriving, which keeps a steady pull on the local workforce. When you need dependable people who will show up and keep showing up, that is squarely what we do.

What drives demand in Blount County

You do not have to look far to see why this county keeps needing people. It is one of the busiest manufacturing corners of East Tennessee.

The names that anchor the local economy are familiar to anyone who lives here. Big employers like Clayton Homes, DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Arconic over in Alcoa, Newell, and Vanderbilt Mortgage have long been part of the fabric, alongside Blount Memorial, the county and city schools, and the McGhee Tyson Air National Guard base. And the county is not standing still. DENSO has announced a major investment in Maryville to build electric-vehicle components, Arconic has been expanding its Alcoa operations, and high-profile arrivals like Smith and Wesson moving its headquarters here and a large Amazon fulfillment center have put hundreds more jobs into the area. We are not claiming any of these companies as our customers. We are pointing out something simpler: when this much industry sits in one county, the pull on the local workforce is constant, and steady, reliable temporary help becomes part of how a lot of operations get through their week.

There is more to the picture than the big plants, too. McGhee Tyson Airport sits right inside the Alcoa city limits and is the main airport for all of East Tennessee, which brings its own service and support work. Maryville College, founded all the way back in 1819, and Pellissippi State Community College anchor the education side and keep training the next round of local workers. And the greenways, the foothills, and Townsend at the quiet edge of the Smokies remind you that this is a place people actually want to live, which is part of why it keeps growing. All of that adds up to a county that needs hands across a lot of different industries, and we are glad to be the local crew that helps fill them.

Roles we dispatch to Blount County

How it works

Same process, same speed — whether your facility is in Alcoa or Maryville.

Why a local crew matters in Maryville and Alcoa

We are not a franchise run from another state. We are your neighbors, 20 minutes up Pellissippi Parkway.

On a production floor or in a warehouse, one empty spot on the line slows everything down. A short crew on a construction deadline can push a whole project back a week. We answer those calls fast because we are close, just up the Parkway in South Knoxville, and because this is a relationship business for us, not a transaction. We know the difference a reliable person makes when a third shift is short or a build has to finish before the weather turns. When you call, you talk to our crew, the same people who will get workers headed your way.

Manufacturing and warehouse work also rewards consistency in a way tourism does not, and that is something we take seriously. A plant does not just need a warm body for a day, it needs someone who will be there for the run, learn the rhythm of the line, and pull their weight on a quality check or a material handoff. Because Pellissippi Parkway puts us about twenty minutes from most Blount County facilities, we can keep a steady crew flowing to you and step in quickly when someone calls out or a run ramps up overnight. We would rather build a working relationship with your operation than send a different stranger every shift, and honestly, that is how we like to put people to work anyway.

Every worker we dispatch to Blount County is a W-2 employee of ours, not a 1099 contractor. We carry the payroll, payroll taxes, workers’ comp, and screening, all folded into one simple rate per worker. You get one invoice and the right people on site, and you stay focused on running your operation instead of chasing paperwork. If a plant or job site needs a background check or a drug screen, tell us when you call and we will line it up before anyone shows up.

What to expect when you call us

A real person, the same day. No phone trees.

Call 865-247-4957 and you reach our team here in South Knoxville. We ask three simple things: where your facility is in Blount County, how many workers you need, and when. From there we can usually have you set up in under 15 minutes, with same-day dispatch during business hours. To put a worker on payroll, all it takes is two forms of ID for the I-9, the same as any new hire, and we take it from there. Tell us what you need. We will get the right people to you, ready to work.

Common questions

How fast can you get workers to Maryville or Alcoa?

Same-day during business hours. We are about 20 minutes up Pellissippi Parkway from our Knoxville office, so we can get pre-screened workers headed to your Blount County facility the same day you call.

Can you handle a steady, ongoing crew, not just a one-day job?

Yes. We do one-day projects, temp-to-hire, and ongoing placements that scale with your business. Ramp up for a busy run, scale back when it settles, with no layoffs or severance on your end.

Are the workers your employees or mine?

They are ours. Every worker is a W-2 employee of Labor Exchange. We cover payroll, payroll taxes, workers’ comp, and screening in one rate, and you simply approve the hours.

What does it take to get started?

A quick phone call. We confirm your rate and your site requirements, and a worker needs two forms of ID for the I-9 to begin. Background checks and drug screening are available on request, so let us know your plant or job-site rules up front.

Do you staff manufacturing plants and warehouses on shifts?

Yes. Assembly and production help, material handlers, quality control, pickers and packers, forklift operators, and loaders are some of our most common Blount County placements. We can cover a single shift that came up short or keep a steady crew flowing to your plant or distribution building day after day, including help on second and third shift.

Do you also cover Townsend and the Blount County hotels?

Yes. Townsend is the peaceful side of the Smokies, and the hotels and restaurants down that way have their own busy season. We dispatch housekeeping, dishwashers, and event help into Townsend, Walland, and the rest of the county right alongside our plant, warehouse, and construction work.

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