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To: Dianna
Georgetown Kentucky has a huge Toyota plant. We aren't a right to work state and have a dem governor, but it might be an option for you.

Thank you.

I found their web site. Looks like a good place to work with lots of motivated and intelligent people working there...



In the story below - copied from the web site - I see that she got her degree from the Pennsylvania College of Technology and is now working at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky (TMMK), so she obviously moved from Pennsylvania to Kentucky to work there.

TEMA PE Specialist Highlighted in Documentary

Toyota Team Member Jennifer Brinkley-Cruz

GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (June 23, 2008) —A Toyota team member from Georgetown is being showcased in a public television program. Jennifer Brinkley-Cruz will be a featured vignette in the “Degrees That Work” television series, a co-production of Pennsylvania College of Technology, her alma-mater.

The series is designed to build awareness of careers that may not be familiar to the public but offer ample job opportunities and are projected to see employment growth.

Brinkley-Cruz, a native of Pennsylvania, earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology in 2005  and oversees automated welding cells at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky (TMMK). The show follows Brinkley-Cruz working on the plant floor and explains other jobs related to the field of welding.

Shot over two days in October and scheduled to air at the end of June, Brinkley-Cruz recalled that the shoot was time consuming, but notes all the planning was worth it once she viewed the end result. “The show really highlighted the benefits of seeking a career in welding,” she explained. “Obviously welding is not considered a female-dominated field and I am glad I could serve as an example for other girls to say, “hey that just might be something I am interested in pursuing”.

Brinkley-Cruz works in the Toyota plant’s Body Weld Unit, where 700 robots are responsible for 97 percent of the welds applied to each vehicle. She oversees 40 robotic welding cells, specifying which robots will be used for a task and how the cell should operate. “I would say this is a dream job for me,” she says, “I am very grateful that I picked such an amazing career field as welding.”

“The show also promotes the fact that Toyota employs a diverse workforce of which I am very proud to be a part,” Brinkley-Cruz added.

The episode is available for viewing now online at www.pct.edu/degreesthatwork/welding.htm.

TMMK is located in Georgetown, Ky., and is Toyota’s largest manufacturing facility in North America employing about 7,000 team members. TMMK has the capacity to produce 500,000 vehicles and engines annually. Its products include the Camry, Camry Hybrid, Avalon and Solara as well as V6 and 4-cylinder engines and engine components.


69 posted on 11/23/2008 8:29:32 AM PST by Screaming_Gerbil (The light at the end of the tunnel could be an oncoming train...)
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To: Screaming_Gerbil
My husband and I went there recently on a school field trip. It was pretty neat.

Good luck with your job search!

142 posted on 11/23/2008 7:31:18 PM PST by Dianna
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