After announcing plans to hire 12,000 people by the end of 2015, Ford President, Joe Hinrichs states that there is a high probability they will surpass that number.
Hinrichs is at Ford’s retooled Kansas City plant, at Claycomo, Mo., today where almost 5,000 employees have started assembly of the 2015 Ford Transit that is being built and sold in the U.S. for the first time. The workforce includes an additional 2,000 employees, most of them new hires, to add a third crew to the plant.
Ford has invested $1.1 billion to add production of the full-size commercial van now and to prepare for production of the 2015 F-150 full-size pickup next year.
In 2014 alone, Ford will hire nearly 5,000 hourly and salaried employees in the U.S. to support overall growth. It’s possible even more jobs will be created, depending on demand for the product.