Founded in 1988 out of a desire to do good in our community, Skookum has carried forward our social mission "creating opportunities for people with disabilities" in all that we aspire to be. From our humble beginnings in small-town America, we have grown to be the best value provider of choice in the defense industrial complex and aerospace manufacturing sectors. Skookum does this by first investing in our people.

Skookum’s customers rely on Skookum to consistently deliver a quality product on time so that the customer in turn can accomplish their jobs. This drives Skookum’s core value proposition – We meet our mission when our customer meets their mission.

This philosophy is critical to our success as a team. At Skookum, we work diligently to sharpen our leaders’ skills so they can provide exceptional client support. Skookum is dedicated to ensuring specialized recruitment, career advancement, and job training methods are employed across the nation. Skookum is a national leader in Disability and Veteran recruitment, hiring, and retention.

Internal Quality Systems

ISO 9001:2015 and 14001:2015
Certified CARF Accredited

Skookum is ISO 9001:2015 and 14001:2015 certified and CARF accredited. The discipline required to obtain these certifications resulted in well-documented processes that our employees adhere to in order to routinely deliver exceptional service to our clients. Quality is built into our processes – not inspected after the fact. Skookum employs an ISO 9001:2015 and 14001:2004 auditor who routinely performs self-checks of our ISO processes and document control system. Our commitment is to continually improve the value we deliver to our customers and we have adopted the ISO 9001:2015 philosophy of Plan-Do-Check-Act as a mechanism to constantly move us forward.

Our Goal: Provide the safest work sites in the nation.

We deliver the next level of safety, environmental responsibility and safety leadership to our teams. We are all accountable for our actions - accountable to each other and accountable for our workplace.