Employers can find hiring for some positions difficult.

The Tulsa Regional Chamber wants to ease that pain.

At its third and final HR Forum of the year, the Chamber’s Workforce and Talent Strategies team announced that through its Tulsa’s Future website, it is adding industrial machinery mechanics to the talent recruitment landing page.

“Not only are we building the early talent, but we are recruiting experienced talent,” said Rue Ramsey, the Chamber’s vice president of Workforce and Talent Strategies. “We are targeting them (industrial machinery mechanics) because it is a hard-to-fill role in Tulsa.

“If you could find them here, you would have found them, already. So, we’re working hard to make sure you do have that seasoned professional that we need.”

The Chamber unveiled the talent pipeline program in late September by posting engineering jobs. Using targeted advertising, the platform enables job seekers to directly access openings with Tulsa companies.

Industrial machinery mechanics maintain and repair factory equipment and other industrial machinery, such as conveying systems, production machinery and packaging equipment.

The median pay for industrial machinery mechanics in 2024 was $63,510, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Their salary in the next decade is expected to grow 13%, much faster than the average for all occupations.

“I want every company who’s hiring for these industrial mechanics to get on this website,” Ramsey said. “We have Bama, Whirlpool and PepsiCo, but we want your company on this website, too, because we want to be able to recruit early career and experienced workers.”

Held before more than 30 attendees on the Lemley Campus of Tulsa Tech, Thursday’s HR Forum was presented by Luxa Enterprises.

The audience also heard from Tulsa Tech Client Services Coordinator Anita Carwile, who spoke about the institution’s advanced mobility training course that immerses students into the world of autonomous vehicles, drones and rovers.