Honda Starts Hiring Workers For Its Indiana Plant

The new plant will cost as much as $550 million and will provide employment for the residents of the said area. In connection with the construction of a new plant, Honda will also start hiring a limited number of people for the non-production department.Non-production positions are available for automotive engineering, purchasing, information technology, and administration fields. While non-production positions will be filled in as soon as this week, production positions will be filled sometime later this year. Aside from ads that will appear on newspapers, Honda will also offer information for the positions online. "This is a small but significant step in hiring Honda associates for our Greensburg plant. This begins an exciting aspect of establishing a Honda manufacturing operation - reaching into communities for future associates who want to lean our unique culture and product-quality processes".The Asian car maker announced that they will be running employment ads on newspapers that are published in the Indiana area.
"We are committed to recruiting candidates from diverse backgrounds to become part of our team," McCoy stated in his announcement. This proclamation shows that true to its image, the car maker is an equal opportunity employer.Vehicles that will be produced at the said plant will be for the 2009 model year. The construction of the vehicles, which up to now Honda has yet to name, will start in fall of 2008. So far, the only information they have given which pertains to the vehicles is that they will be producing cars equipped with fuel-efficient four-cylinder engines.The assembly plant is being constructed on a 1,700 acre site in Decatur County, found on the northwest part of Greensburg. This will be the sixth plant in the United States of the Asian auto manufacturer.