Ford Motor Co. announced the addition of 2,000 jobs in its Kentucky Truck Plant in line with the switch to, and production of, aluminum-body Super Duty trucks. The company will invest $1.3 billion to make the expansion a reality.
This move deepens the relationship of the automaker with the state, where it already has two other large production facilities. Workers and local politicians seem pleased about the investment, as it offers local citizens more work opportunities. The 2,000 jobs are among 8,500 positions that Ford promised to add as part of its latest labor contract with the United Auto Workers union, according to CNN Money.
The contract also includes a $600 million investment on the next generation of the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator, both also produced at the Kentucky Truck Plant, according USA Today.
The company is hiring now and expects all positions filled by second quarter of 2016. The new workers will be mostly assigned on the final assembly line for the all-new 2017 F-Series Super Duty Trucks, which is expected to have a strong demand when it is released late 2016.
"We definitely want to and expect to make more product in the future here at KTP," said Joe Hinrichs, Ford's president of the Americas, according to Yahoo Finance.
Interested applicants must make a personal appearance at the Kentucky Career Center in downtown Louisville.
