Your employment at Premier Manufacturing, Premier Copper & Brass/Pacific or Valco Piping Products will be rewarding. If you are the type of individual who possesses good basic skills and a strong commitment to work values and self-improvement, we can provide you the environment for long term job satisfaction.

Valco/Premier supports traditional values when it comes to the employee/employer relationship – it should be mutually beneficial - a productive employee makes for a solid company and a viable company provides growth for its employees. Employees at all levels should commit to do their part and each should receive benefits from their efforts as a member of the company team. Using this strategy, Valco/Premier has successfully positioned itself as a leading supplier of piping system components within the dynamic Navy ship building arena.

Valco/Premier focuses on three ideas defining the working environment – Progressive, Professional and Personal.

Valco/Premier is operated as a progressive company. Since its start in 1989 in Norfolk to its new modern, air-conditioned 35,000 square foot facility in Portsmouth, steady growth has been a hallmark at Premier. Purposeful and incremental growth in both facilities and human resources has allowed continuous and steady economic growth. Each person is viewed as a key building block to achieving output or expansion in a strategic business area. Each person has an equal opportunity to express ideas on improving the business and the work environment. In 2003 and 2004, Valco/Premier was recognized as one of the 40 top growth companies of the region by the Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance.

Valco/Premier prides itself for the professional way it promotes itself in the business community as well as within its organization. From shop uniforms to standards of business conduct, the companies demand and promote only the best of and for their people. Shop management is very experienced in trade skills as well as interpersonal skills. Sales, Engineering and Operations Management all seek to empower employees to think and act on their own, within the guidlines laid down.  

Valco/Premier conducts regular appraisals of personal performance as well as holding monthly all hands meetings so all employees know the company’s performance. Quarterly and annual bonuses based on company performance are part of the employee’s compensation package.

Valco/Premier will make great efforts to support employee well-being and personal growth. A competitive medical insurance plan and comprehensive 401k savings/investment plan is part of being on the Valco/Premier team. Continuing education in degreed, professional or specialized programs is supported.

If you have the drive to work hard, have the desire to grow and you care about where your future will take you, Premier Manufacturing, Premier Copper and Brass/Pacific and Valco Piping Products can be your opportunity to succeed.