Amazon Continues Investment and Growth in Ohio with New West Jefferson Fulfillment Center
May 14 2018 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
New facility will employ more than 1,500
full-time associates
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced plans to open
its sixth Ohio fulfillment center in West Jefferson, which will
create more than 1,500 full-time positions by the end of 2019. In
addition to the company’s fulfillment centers that are currently
operating in Etna and Obetz, Amazon will launch operations at
previously announced fulfillment centers in North Randall and
Monroe by the end of 2018, and in Euclid in 2019.
“We are excited to open a new, state-of-the-art fulfillment
center in West Jefferson, and to continue innovating in Ohio – a
state committed to providing great opportunities for jobs and
customer experience,” said Mark Stewart, Amazon’s Vice President of
North America Customer Fulfillment. “Amazon is committed to
providing great opportunities for employment and creating a
positive economic impact for the region. Our growth in Ohio is the
result of an outstanding workforce and incredible customers and we
are proud to be adding 1,500 new jobs to the more than 6,000
Amazonians already working in the state.”
“Amazon has been an outstanding partner in Ohio, and the West
Jefferson investment demonstrates the company’s ongoing confidence
in this state’s talent and logistical advantages,” said Ted
Griffith, JobsOhio managing director for logistics and
distribution. “Its newest fulfillment center will be Amazon’s
fourth in the Central Ohio region and will bring 1,500 new jobs
that will provide health care on day one.”
Full-time employees at Amazon receive competitive hourly wages
and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, 401(k)
and company stock awards starting on day one. Amazon also offers
generous maternity and parental leave benefits and access to
innovative programs like Career Choice, where it will pre-pay up to
95 percent of tuition for courses related to in-demand fields,
regardless of whether the skills are relevant to a career at
Amazon. Since the program’s launch, more than 16,000 employees have
pursued degrees in game design and visual communications, nursing,
IT programming and radiology, to name a few.
“We’re excited that Amazon is building a new fulfillment center
in West Jefferson, which will help us build a stronger community
for all,” said West Jefferson Mayor Ray Martin. “We’re proud of the
business climate we have in West Jefferson, which is very
attractive to industry leaders like Amazon.”
Amazon has created more than 6,000 full-time jobs in Ohio and
invested over $2 billion in the state since 2011, both in customer
fulfillment infrastructure and compensation to its employees in the
state. Using methodology developed by the U.S. Bureau of Economic
Analysis, Amazon estimates its investments in Ohio have created an
additional 9,000 indirect jobs on top of the company’s direct
hires.
“Amazon is quickly becoming one of the Columbus Region’s largest
and most important employers,” said Kenny McDonald, president and
CEO, Columbus 2020. “This project underscores how our strategic
location and infrastructure helps the company fulfill their
customers’ needs. Congrats to Amazon, the Village of West Jefferson
and Madison County.”
Associates at the 855,000-square-foot facility will pick, pack
and ship customer items such as electronics, books, housewares and
toys.
To learn more about working at an Amazon fulfillment center,
visit www.amazondelivers.jobs.
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