Ford (F), the prominent position holder in the auto space, yet again shows its prominence by flagging off its recruitment drive in Kansas City to fuel its plans of stepping up in the auto sector by 2015.
Ford has unwaveringly been one of the leading employers on the U.S. soil, and it lives up to its reputation yet again through its new recruitment drive – thus surpassing its pledge to the UAW in 2011 to create 12,000 new hourly U.S. jobs by 2015. The automaker says it has created 14,000 hourly jobs over the period. Let's walk through the details of this new recruitment initiative of Ford.
Whys and whats of the recruitment drive
Ford Motor Co. said today it is adding 1,200 new jobs and a second shift at its Kansas City Assembly Plant to support additional production of the Ford Transit van. Ford will add 1,200 jobs at the plant in Claycomo, Mo., through the end of this year to start a second shift to support demand of the Transit. The facility also produces the Ford F-150 Regular, SuperCab and SuperCrew pickups.
In a statement given by Joe Hinrichs, president of Ford America said, "Adding a second shift to Kansas City assembly facility not only adds more jobs to this community, it also helps deliver more Transits to more customers throughout North America."
The automaker had added 2,800 jobs at the same plant in 2012 and 2013 after investing $1.1 billion to expand the facility in 2011. This year's new recruitment will take the plant's headcount to a total of more than 6,000 workers. The commitment, by Fords management, of creating 12,000 hourly jobs in the country by 2015 was part of the 2011 UAW-Ford contract negotiations. Ford has added jobs in eight other locations, with the Louisville assembly plant gaining 3,600 headcount, the maximum number of new jobs in a single location.
"I am very pleased that we are able to add 1,200 new jobs to KCAP which will strengthen this community and continue our efforts to grow good paying middle class manufacturing jobs," Jimmy Settles, UAW vice president for its Ford department, said in a statement. He further added, "This is possible because of the collective bargaining process and the partnership between UAW and Ford."
Ford's roadmap for the new recruitment drive
In the month of August, the Transit segment of Ford marked its third consecutive month of sales growth, selling 1,099 vans, Transit sales in the U.S. began in June, and Ford has sold 2,085 units of them so far, this year. The Transit van is replacing the Ford E-Series van, which was first sold in 1961 as the Ford Econoline.
Ford marked the successful completion of its first volume order for Transit vans in August. Charter Communications, one of the leading cable operators in U.S., ordered more than 800 low-roof, regular-wheelbase Transit vans for its technicians in 29 states. The new workforce addition to its Kansas City facility will enhance its production capacity by running assembly activity at the facility in two shifts per day. Thus, they will be
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