Only 5% of 2,000 jobs must go to Socorro residents under $275M deal with tech company<\/a><\/p>\nCompany officials said the expanded facility will increase domestic production of custom hardware used in Amazon\u2019s cloud infrastructure and help strengthen the company\u2019s U.S. supply chain.<\/p>\n
Employment at the site is expected to surpass 2,500 workers next year and could ultimately reach 4,000 employees when both buildings are operating at full production for all customers, the announcement said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWiwynn\u2019s new facility further expands this positive impact and shows what\u2019s possible when we work with our manufacturers to strengthen the U.S. supply chain,\u201d Gary Szilagyi, Amazon vice president of Annapurna Labs, said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Wiwynn said it is hiring for positions in manufacturing and industrial engineering, testing and automation, quality engineering, equipment maintenance, supply chain and production operations. Some of the roles pay 30% above the local wage base, according to the release.<\/p>\n
The company said it is working with the University of Texas at El Paso, New Mexico State University, El Paso Community College and Western Technical College to develop its workforce pipeline.<\/p>\n
Wiwynn President and CEO William Lin said the investment will help the company meet demand from U.S. customers while creating career opportunities in the region.<\/p>\n
Amazon said it has invested more than $100 billion in Texas since 2010 and employs 86,000 full- and part-time workers statewide. <\/p>\n
The company also said more than 14,500 Texas employees have participated in its education and skills-training programs since 2019, including its Career Choice program, which prepays tuition for participating employees.<\/p>\n
U.S. officials attending the Socorro event included Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Rick Switzer and Noah Jaffe, assistant secretary for export administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce.<\/p>\n
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