ThyssenKrupp Steel USA LLC on June 5 announced that an area Satsuma resident from the Alabama Industrial Development Training (AIDT) pre-employment training program was offered and accepted the first of roughly 1,000 hourly positions expected to be filled over the next year as the carbon steel processing company moves closer to its scheduled production startup in spring of 2010. The first hired hourly team members will not only assist with operations when the plant begins production, but will more immediately help the company train new hires as they join the company over the next year.
“This is just as important a milestone for us as erecting the first structural steel on our hot strip mill,” said Andy Ritter, vice president of human resources. “For the past year and a half, with the help of Alabama Industrial Development Training, we’ve been recruiting and interviewing hundreds of talented applicants to fill the positions that will operate and maintain this state-of-the-art facility we’re building. It’s been a long process, and we’re glad to reach the point where it’s time to bring these new team members into the family.”
During the next 18 months, in addition to salaried positions, the company expects to fill approximately 1,000 hourly positions in operations and maintenance.
Communications director Scott Posey added that the company also expects that a majority of these positions will be filled by other area applicants.
“Along with the business we’ve been able to give to hundreds of local and state companies, we’re putting local people to work. The fact that there will be an additional 1,000 long-term, well paying, safe and challenging jobs in this region in spite of the current economic climate is one positive impact of this project we are especially proud of,” Posey said.
Online applications for hourly employment with ThyssenKrupp Steel USA are currently being taken online through AIDT at www.aidt.edu, and the company is encouraging those that have not yet applied, but are interested in doing so, to submit their information. Applicants interested in salaried positions may submit their resumes to the company online at the company’s website, www.thyssenkruppsteelusa.com.
The ThyssenKrupp Group, based in Duesseldorf, Germany, is a global technology company which consists of five business segments – Steel, Stainless, Technologies, Elevator and Services. The company has annual sales of approximately €53 billion and employs more than 199,000 employees in over 70 countries worldwide.
ThyssenKrupp Steel, based in Duisburg, Germany, is the holding company for the carbon steel activities of the Group. It is the largest single entity of ThyssenKrupp. Last year, it produced approximately 14 million metric tons of crude steel and generated sales of €14.3 billion. This business segment is focused on high-quality carbon steel flat products and is one of the world’s leading producers, ranking second in Europe. The segment employs approximately 41,300 people. Its subsidiaries are active in processing, coating and steel services. Subsidiaries include Rasselstein GmbH, the world’s largest tinplate production site in Andernach, Germany, and Duisburg-based ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks GmbH, world market and technology leader in laser-welded blanks for the auto industry.
ThyssenKrupp operations can be found in every state in the U.S. There are 70 ThyssenKrupp companies in more than 400 locations accounting for 25,000 employees and more than US$9.7 billion in annual sales. Through its predecessor companies, ThyssenKrupp has been part of the U.S. historical landscape for 170 years, dating back to 1837 when Alfred Krupp, founder of predecessor company Krupp, provided coin minting machine prototypes to the U.S.
