DETROIT, Jan. 10, 2011 – Ford Motor Company today announced it will
add 7,000 new hourly and salaried jobs between this year and next in
the United States.
This year alone, Ford is adding nearly 4,000 hourly jobs at several
of its U.S. plants, including 1,800 at Louisville Assembly Plant, which
is preparing to launch the next-generation Ford Escape late in the
year. Ford also will add 750 salaried engineering jobs in product
development and manufacturing. Next year, Ford expects to add at least
2,500 more new manufacturing positions.
“Ford is committed to American manufacturing, and we are on a path
to add more than 7,000 American workers over the next two years as we
continue to grow our product lineup,” said Mark Fields, Ford president
of The Americas. “Working with our partners, including the UAW, Ford
is finding competitive ways to engineer and build even more
high-quality, fuel-efficient vehicles with technologies American
consumers really want.”
Ford is recruiting salaried engineers specializing in batteries,
system controls, software and energy storage to work on electric
vehicles in Detroit and eight other cities including Boston; Chicago;
Cincinnati; Columbus, Ohio; Milwaukee; Raleigh and Durham, N.C.; and San
Jose, Calif. This recruitment launches at the 2011 North American
International Auto Show during industry preview days on Jan. 12 and Jan.
13.
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