GE Aviation To Potentially Add 300-400 Aviation Jobs In Alabama

[AeroSpace News]

GE Aviation, a producer of jet engines and aircraft systems, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its new jet engine components factory in Auburn, Alabama, 31 October 2011. The site may end up creating some 300-400 new aviation jobs in Alabama by the end of the decade if all goes well.

According to GE, the 300,000 square-foot advanced manufacturing plant will produce precision, super-alloy machined parts for GE jet engines that will power future commercial and military aircraft, and also to support the fleet of GE jet engines already in service.

Following the start of construction, the facility is scheduled to open in late 2012. Limited hiring will begin next year. Additional hiring is slated for 2013 as production begins to ramp up.  GE Aviation's goal is to employ 300 to 400 people when the plant is at full
ramp-up later this decade.

GE Aviation Employment
GE Aviation employs approximately 17,000 workers in manufacturing in the U.S., says the aerospace firm, and over 1,400 people in Alabama. GE Aviation employs approximately 37,000 employees and operates more than 50 manufacturing and service facilities around the world.

Source: GE