A Chinese rail car manufacturer has started hiring for the factory it is building in Springfield, Massachusetts.
CRRC-MA is advertising to fill top executive positions, including a human resources director, at the $95 million factory that will also be the company’s North American headquarters.
The factory is to employ 150 production workers, with starting salaries of at least $65,000 according to Dan D’Alma, head of the Pioneer Valley Building Trades Council.
" That is what our city residents need right now, a middle class income," he said.
The company agreed to build the factory in Springfield after it was awarded a $566 million contract in 2014 to build subway cars for the MBTA.
Production at the factory is expected to start in the fall of 2017.
