Full-Time

Field Operator

Updated on 8/1/2026

Traba

Traba

201-500 employees

On-demand staffing for light industrial workers

Compensation Overview

$22 - $26/hr

Aston Township, PA, USA

In Person

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Required Skills
Public Speaking
CRM

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Requirements
  • A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
  • At least 1 year of experience in operations or customer-facing environments, including staffing, manufacturing, warehouse, retail, food service, teaching, or on-site coordination.
  • Demonstrated ability to source, screen, and convert candidates.
  • Ability to run large group onboarding sessions and present in front of workers.
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills for email and in-person interactions.
  • Professional demeanor and ability to represent Traba with workers, partners, and client stakeholders.
  • Ability to shift priorities and locations as market needs evolve.
  • Organized, detail-oriented, and proactive problem-solving ability.
  • Ability to work in fast-paced, dynamic warehouse and field environments.
Responsibilities
  • Build relationships with workers across the market, owning their experience from recruiting through placement and providing timely updates, feedback, and support.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with workforce centers, community organizations, and local partners to drive the worker pipeline and brand presence in the market.
  • Oversee worker vetting, drug testing, and onboarding end-to-end, including running large group onboarding sessions when volume requires it.
  • Manage the full worker funnel, including sourcing, screening, scheduling, and converting applicants into placement-ready workers.
  • Coordinate interviews and start schedules for new hires across customer sites, ensuring workers are matched to appropriate opportunities.
  • Distribute and manage personal protective equipment and provide on-site presence at customer facilities as needed for new starts, escalations, or peak coverage.
  • Maintain proactive feedback loops with Traba headquarters by flagging market trends, funnel issues, and coverage risks early.
Desired Qualifications
  • An associate's or bachelor's degree is preferred.
  • Bilingual communication in English and Spanish is preferred.

Traba connects local light industrial workers with businesses that need flexible labor on a per-shift basis. It uses a digital platform where companies request workers for specific shifts, and Traba provides vetted, insured personnel such as lumpers, picker packers, and warehouse associates to meet demand. Workers can take on flexible shifts to increase their earnings. Traba earns revenue by charging businesses for staffing services per shift or through a subscription model. The platform focuses on seamless shift requests, worker vetting, and scalable labor by demand, setting it apart from traditional staffing by combining verification, insurance, and on-demand scalability to deliver the right number of workers quickly. Its goal is to help businesses access reliable temporary labor efficiently while giving workers flexible, higher-earning shift opportunities.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$45.6M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2021

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Neo already claims 20% lower administrative labor costs per order.
  • ShipSmarter reclaimed eight hours weekly and gained margin visibility within 30 days.
  • Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures backing support product expansion and sales execution.

What critics are saying

  • Legacy staffing firms can copy pricing and compress Traba's take rate.
  • Operators may reject another software layer, slowing Neo adoption.
  • Worker quality issues, no-shows, or fraud directly damage repeat bookings and fill rates.

What makes Traba unique

  • Built for light industrial shifts, not general white-collar staffing.
  • Combines worker vetting, insurance, and shift-level fulfillment in one platform.
  • Neo extends Traba from staffing into operations intelligence across siloed systems.

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Benefits

Competitive salary & compensation

Equity

In-person office

Health, dental, & vision

Breakfast, lunch, dinner & snacks

Leadership development

Ongoing learning opportunities

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

7%

1 year growth

7%

2 year growth

8%
Pulse 2.0
Nov 2nd, 2023
Traba: $22 Million Raised For Light Industrial Staffing Marketplace Platform

Traba - a leading marketplace platform for light industrial staffing - recently announced a $22 million funding round led by Founders Fund, with a sizable increase in valuation from last year. The funding round - which includes participation from returning investor Khosla Ventures - comes at a time of robust growth and customer adoption for the company.

Refresh Miami
Oct 30th, 2023
Traba raises $22M led by Founders Fund; more expansion on the way - Refresh Miami

Traba, the Miami-based marketplace startup for light industrial staffing, today announced a $22 million funding round led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.

The Business Journals
Oct 30th, 2023
Billionaire Peter Thiel's Founders Fund behind $22 million funding for Miami startup

The funding was led by Founders Fund, the venture capital firm led by billionaire Peter Thiel and OpenStore founder Keith Rabois.

FinSMEs
Oct 26th, 2023
Traba Raises $22M in Funding

Traba, a Miami, FL- and NYC-based marketplace platform for light industrial staffing, raised $22M in funding