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Wichita Business Journal - 9:48 AM CDT Tuesday
Cessna hiring 500 sheet metal assemblers
Ken Vandruff [font=Times New Roman,Times,Serif]
Cessna Aircraft Co. needs another 500 sheet metal assemblers by the end of the year to meet its forecasted demand for business jets.
The hiring announcement is in addition to the company's announcement at last year's National Business Aviation Association convention that it planned to hire 600 workers across the board during 2005.
"We're building more airplanes this year, and also because of attrition," says Jessica Myers, Cessna spokeswoman.
Most of the new hires will go to work on Cessna's Citation business jet assembly lines. Cessna is planning to deliver 235 jets this year, up from its original projection of 225. In 2004, Cessna delivered 181 jets.
The company sent letters to sheet metal assemblers laid off from all of the aircraft plants over the last couple of years, giving them the opportunity to apply at Cessna.
The company is also working with the Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas to set up a training program for inexperienced applicants.
Myers says experienced sheet-metal workers can contact Cessna for an application. People who do not have sheet-metal experience need to contact the Wichita Workforce Center at (316) 266-8600.
Cessna has 8,700 employees in its Wichita plant. The company is owned by Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT).
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© 2005 American City Business Journals Inc.
Wichita Business Journal - 9:48 AM CDT Tuesday
Cessna hiring 500 sheet metal assemblers
Ken Vandruff [font=Times New Roman,Times,Serif]
Cessna Aircraft Co. needs another 500 sheet metal assemblers by the end of the year to meet its forecasted demand for business jets.
The hiring announcement is in addition to the company's announcement at last year's National Business Aviation Association convention that it planned to hire 600 workers across the board during 2005.
"We're building more airplanes this year, and also because of attrition," says Jessica Myers, Cessna spokeswoman.
Most of the new hires will go to work on Cessna's Citation business jet assembly lines. Cessna is planning to deliver 235 jets this year, up from its original projection of 225. In 2004, Cessna delivered 181 jets.
The company sent letters to sheet metal assemblers laid off from all of the aircraft plants over the last couple of years, giving them the opportunity to apply at Cessna.
The company is also working with the Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas to set up a training program for inexperienced applicants.
Myers says experienced sheet-metal workers can contact Cessna for an application. People who do not have sheet-metal experience need to contact the Wichita Workforce Center at (316) 266-8600.
Cessna has 8,700 employees in its Wichita plant. The company is owned by Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT).
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© 2005 American City Business Journals Inc.