Sunday was the last day for San Antonio-area job seekers to apply for assembly-line positions at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas’ $800 million Tundra truck plant, the local Fort-Worth Star-Telegram newspaper reported.
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Toyota began accepting applications by phone and online on February 27. It closed the hiring window at the end of Sunday and won’t accept any more applications for assembly positions at the plant.
“We’ve been pleased with the turnout,” spokesman Aaron Seaman told the paper. “Everything has gone very smoothly.”
The Star-Telegram said Toyota’s plant – the only auto-production facility in South Texas – will open in autumn 2006, ultimately employing 2,000 people – some 1,800 on the assembly line.
Assembly-line positions at the plant reportedly have starting salaries of $US15.25 an hour and increase to $15.75 once the company adds a second shift – the pay can increase to a maximum of $21 an hour over three years.
Toyota officials wouldn’t tell the Star-Telegram how many people have applied, but added that the response has been in line with their expectations.
The paper noted that, at other US Toyota plant openings, as many as 100,000 people sought assembly positions.
Toyota reportedly will make its first assembly line hires this summer and will fill the rest of the positions over a year.
