The US Department of Energy is holding another job fair to fill thousands of new positions at a former nuclear weapons complex in South Carolina. Employment agencies are at the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia today, meeting with applicants. The positions at the Savannah River Site will be funded by $1.6 billion in federal stimulus money. The [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 26, 2009
The Savannah River Site in South Carolina, which is hiring 3,000 new workers, hosted a job fair this week in Allendale to fill the remaining 2,400 jobs. Through the American Recovery Act, the SRS is receiving $1.6 billion in stimulus dollars for job creation. Over 8,000 people have applied for jobs with Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 18, 2009
Nuclear power plant operator Exelon will cut 500 support staff positions. The cuts will include 100 managers at Exelon’s ComEd utility in Illinois. The firm will also freeze executive salaries and reduce compensation plans. Exelon has just under 20,000 employees. Exelon Corporation is an electricity generating and distributing company headquartered in Chicago. It was created in 2000 by [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The Savannah River Site will hire 3,000 new workers. The Obama Administration is giving the SRS $1.6 billion from the stimulus funds. Thousands of new employees will be put to work to reduce the site’s environmental footprint, and accelerating the completion of planned projects. A majority of the jobs are temporary, providing work for 30 months. A [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Church Falls, Virginia’s Toshiba America Nuclear Energy will open a project-management and engineering center in Charlotte, North Carolina, creating 194 jobs over five years. The positions are for trained nuclear engineers and construction managers. The average wage will be $122,000 a year. The center will open in August. Toshiba will get a $4.9 million job development grant [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 20, 2009
The Energy Department projects that $2 billion from the federal stimulus package will create 4,400 jobs at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington State. The Energy Department projects that $2 billion from the federal stimulus package will create 4,400 jobs at Hanford. The Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council plans to start hiring about 1,000 workers as [...]
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Monday, July 20, 2009
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