Posted on 08/06/2019 5:05:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Guardian Machine Protection, a spinoff of a local company that provides preventive maintenance service for manufacturing equipment, will hire 170 new workers. An announcement from Greater Fort Wayne Inc. says the company at 6015 Highview Drive will need mechanical engineering technicians to support growth.
The company will be hiring in upcoming weeks and during the next five years, said Yan Wall, Guardian's founder and chief executive officer.
Wall said Guardian was created out of some of the services provided by Wall Control Services, which started in 2011.
Guardian plans to offer manufacturers a subscription-based, flexible model that allows it to respond to companies “when their maintenance staffs are too busy attending to urgent issues,” Wall said.
The company also offers monthly preventive maintenance plans to keep industrial companies running at top efficiency and maintenance costs down, she said. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. has offered Guardian $1 million in tax credits, conditional on the company's hiring plans.
The incentives are performance-based, meaning that until people are hired, the company cannot claim the incentives, according to the IEDC.
The Fort Wayne City Council will consider tax phase-ins for Guardian's eligible real estate and business equipment investments, Wall said, but added that it's too soon to know to what extent or when that will take place. Northeast Indiana Works will provide the company with additional hiring and training assistance.
Wall said Guardian's services were previously provided by contract workers and the new company hoped to use state-based hiring assistance programs but found it difficult to find enough appropriately skilled workers.
A four-year mechanical engineering technician degree or a two-year degree with appropriate experience is needed for the jobs, she said.
People can email résumés to HR@guardianmp.com or apply at IndianaCareerConnect.com.
Elaine Bedel, IEDC president, praised the company's investment in a statement as advancing Indiana's reputation as a leader in manufacturing.
Bedel said the new jobs in northeast Indiana will support “even more quality career opportunities for Hoosiers.” Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry said in a statement that city officials appreciate Guardian's commitment to the city because it makes the community “stronger” and “more vibrant.”
“I'm encouraged by the growth and success that Guardian Machine Protection is experiencing,” he said.
“A four-year mechanical engineering technician degree or a two-year degree with appropriate experience is needed for the jobs, she said.” Good luck filling any of your job openings. Finding Mechanical or Industrial Engineers is close to impossible. We are talking to Engineering Majors in their Senior year, most have 3+ job offers before graduation.
These are technician jobs, not engineering jobs - outsourced maintenance services. The company that is starting up this endeavor is a machine builder/integrator so they well understand what the availability of technicians with the required skills in the Ft. Wayne area is. They will probably pull from Indy, Toledo and surrounding areas as well.
A work-ready kid with a two year degree from a good community college program which includes fluid power, electrical control, and mechanical engineering technology will get hired quickly and after a couple of years experience they will be ready for a job like this. This company has identified a good niche to go after, as skilled maintenance techs retire and the apprenticsehip programs that used to provide trained replacements no longer exist.
Yep, these are more blue collar than white collar jobs. The level of the blue collar job is coming up again.
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