“When they decide to add a new line, they have to move very, very fast to fill that line,” said Mark Anderson, spokesman for the Montgomery County office of Ohio Means Jobs.
Doors at the plant off Encrete Lane in Moraine were opened to applicants for four hours Friday. They were invited to sit down at computers to apply online and many were to be interviewed on the spot. Assessments and drug tests will continue next week, Anderson said.
Normally, the process can take two to three weeks or longer, he said.
New employees work for staffing firm Staffmark for 90 days at a starting wage of $12 an hour. New workers can expect job evaluations at 30, 60 and 80 days.
If Fuyao hires them permanently, they will make at least $12.84 an hour, with three health care plans to choose from, a 401K plan with company matching contributions, 10 holidays and other benefits.
More than 90 percent of probationary employees become full-fledged hires, said John Gauthier, president of Fuyao Glass America.
“We’re still bringing up production lines, and we’re still staffing those,” Gauthier said. “This is just another strategy in trying to generate interest in the community.”
He said the plant, which has about 1,400 workers today, is preparing to start “several” production lines. It will have more than 2,000 employees when fully operational, company leaders say.
Todd Bishop, a Trotwood resident who applied Friday, said he has heard good things about the plant from other workers.
“I heard they were hiring,” Bishop said. “I know a few people who work here. They said it was a good company, a growing company … I want to be part of a good organization. That’s why I’m here.”
Applicant Darcy Shepherd, Miamisburg, is looking to step away from work at restaurants.
“I’m just looking to do something different, make a little better money, have more of a future for me and my kids,” she said.
The job fair ends at 2 p.m. Friday.
Fuyao leaders have said the Moraine plant will become the world’s largest automotive glass manufacturing facility.
A Chinese industrialist, Cho Tak Wong, bought much of the former General Motors plant in May 2014.
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