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Industrial Maintenance
Maintenance technicians, mechanics, multi-craft technicians and plant maintenance talent.
MANUFACTURING & SKILLED TRADES RECRUITING
Hard-to-find talent.
Focused recruiting.
Kilnstone Talent Solutions helps employers connect with skilled candidates through targeted sourcing, direct outreach and a recruiting process built around the roles that keep industry moving.
15%Standard contingency placement fee
30-DayReplacement guarantee*
16+ YearsRecruiting & HR experience
FOR CANDIDATES
Ready for your next opportunity?
Send us your resume and tell us what type of manufacturing or skilled-trades position you are looking for.
WHAT WE RECRUIT
Built for difficult-to-fill roles.
Specialized recruiting for technical and skilled positions essential to manufacturing and industrial operations.
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Electrical & Controls
Industrial electricians, controls technicians, automation talent and related technical roles.
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Machining & Fabrication
CNC machinists, welders, fabricators and skilled production talent.
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Mechanical Trades
Millwrights, industrial mechanics and other hands-on skilled trades professionals.
STAFFING OPTIONS
Flexible support for the way you hire.
Choose the hiring model that fits your workforce needs, from permanent placements to flexible staffing support.
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Direct Hire
Focused recruiting for permanent positions with a standard 15% contingency placement fee and no upfront recruiting cost.
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Temporary & Temp-to-Hire
Flexible staffing support for short-term, ongoing and temp-to-hire workforce needs. Hourly bill rates are customized based on the role, pay rate, location, assignment length and hiring volume.
Explore temp-to-hire staffing →
Manufacturing RecruitingRecruiting for industrial operations and production environments.
Skilled-Trades RecruitingFocused searches for technical and hands-on trades talent.
Kansas City RecruitingLocal expertise with nationwide recruiting reach.
Nationwide RecruitingFocused recruiting support for employers across the United States.
SPECIALIZED SEARCHES
PRACTICAL HIRING RESOURCES
Useful information for real hiring decisions.
Explore Kansas City wage benchmarks, skilled-trades hiring guidance and a focused option for the one position your team has been unable to fill.
PAY GUIDE2026 Kansas City Manufacturing Pay GuideLocal wage benchmarks for maintenance, CNC, welding, quality, engineering and production leadership roles.
HIRING GUIDEWhy Your Maintenance Position Is Still OpenSeven practical areas to examine when a critical industrial-maintenance search has stalled.
FOR EMPLOYERSOne-Position Recruiting RescueFocused contingency recruiting for one manufacturing or skilled-trades position that remains difficult to fill.
WHY KILNSTONE
Recruiting that goes beyond the applicant inbox.
Passive candidate outreach
We proactively identify and engage qualified people, including candidates who may never apply to a job posting.
Contingency-based
No retainer or upfront recruiting fee. Our standard direct-hire placement fee is 15% of first-year base salary, subject to the executed client agreement.
30-day protection
Our standard agreement includes one replacement search when a qualifying separation occurs within 30 days, subject to agreement terms.
HOW IT WORKS
A straightforward recruiting process.
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Define
We learn the role, requirements and what makes the opportunity compelling.
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Source
We identify and directly engage qualified talent.
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Present
You receive candidates aligned to the search requirements.
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Hire
We support the process through a successful placement.
MEET THE FOUNDER
Recruiting experience behind every search.
Danessa RenoFounder, Kilnstone Talent Solutions
Kilnstone Talent Solutions is a specialized recruiting firm serving employers with manufacturing and skilled-trades hiring needs.
With more than 16 years of recruiting and HR experience across manufacturing, construction, corporate, healthcare and high-volume environments, Danessa built Kilnstone around a simple idea: employers paying an agency fee should receive recruiting work that reaches beyond the same applicants they can already find themselves.
Kilnstone's approach centers on targeted sourcing, direct candidate outreach and focused support for positions that are genuinely difficult to fill.
Work with Kilnstone →FOR RECRUITING AGENCIES
Interested in partnering with Kilnstone?
We selectively collaborate with independent recruiters and recruiting or staffing firms on split-fee searches, sourcing support and other defined recruiting engagements.
LET'S TALK TALENT
Have a role that's been difficult to fill?
Tell us what you're hiring for. We can discuss the search, recruiting approach and next steps with your team.
Kilnstone Talent Solutions
Manufacturing & Skilled Trades Recruiting
Business mailing addressKilnstone Talent Solutions LLC
215 W Pershing Rd, Ste 403 PMB 1251
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-991-0581
danessa@kilnstonetalent.com
215 W Pershing Rd, Ste 403 PMB 1251
Kansas City, MO 64108
Mailing address only; recruiting services are provided remotely and nationwide.
Serving employers nationwide
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