Portland Oregon Jobs Created by TIGER Funding
A new round of federal funding will help create Portland Oregon jobs in construction, design and engineering.
Mayor Sam Adams recently announced that the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation and Portland Development Commission have been awarded a federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant worth $23,203,988.
The funding will be used to support transportation the Portland Innovation Quadrant. The city's unique application faced off against 14,000 applications worth more than $60 billion for the $1.5 billion available throughout the country.
Los Angeles Engineering Jobs, Many Other Positions from High-Speed Rail
A nationwide effort to build high-speed rail lines in various states will help create Los Angeles engineering jobs and construction jobs, as well as hundreds of thousands of temporary and permanent positions throughout the state.
Officials recently announced that California will receive $2.34 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for high-speed rail projects. That is the highest amount of funding any state received from the $8 billion to be spread throughout the nation, although it is lower than the $4.7 billion the state asked for.
However, it will cost a total of $42 billion for California to build the 800 miles of train tracks, causing some critics to question whether the cost will be worth the end result. But state officials think the plan will help promote electric transportation, reduce emissions, cut down on traffic and create jobs.
Orlando Engineering Jobs Expand
One high-tech company's expansion is helping to create Orlando engineering jobs.
Engineering & Computer Simulations, Inc. recently announced its plans to expand its local operation, workforce and facilities at the Central Florida Research Park. The company has already added nine jobs to its engineering and technical staff this year, and plans to add several more positions during the near future.
According to an article by the Orlando Sentinel, the company also expanded its operations into a building adjacent to its headquarters, which will house ECS's art and creative team. The company's need to expand comes from a strong increase in business and demand for its computer-based interactive training systems for the armed forces and Department of Energy.
Phoenix Engineering Jobs from Biomedical Campus Expansion
A new round of funding will help to create Phoenix engineering jobs and many other positions.
Officials recently announced that $15 million has been awarded to the Phoenix Biomedical Campus from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. That funding will be used to build laboratory support facilities, creating an immediate 250 engineering, construction and design jobs.
The National Institutes of Health awarded the funding to expand the University of Arizona College of Medicine, which operates in partnership with Arizona State University, and is located on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.
Outplacement Services Offered to Laid-Off Workers of Local Engineering Firm
The economy and conclusion of projects has forced one local engineering firm to cut jobs.
Burns & McDonnell, a Kansas City-based engineering firm, recently announced that it has laid off 25 employees, or about 8.4 percent of its workforce. All of those jobs were cut from the company's process and industrial group. An additional 20 employees were transferred to openings in other groups.
The majority of the employees who lost their jobs were dedicated to projects for oil, gas and petrochemical clients. Although the process and industrial group has doubled in size during the last nine years, the completion of many projects and the economic recession caused a need for layoffs.
Engineering Jobs Pittsburgh Expanded by Seegrid
One company is helping to increase the number of engineering jobs Pittsburgh has to offer.
Seegrid Corporation recently announced its plans to expand and move the company's headquarters from Pittsburgh to a facility near Pittsburgh International Airport. The expansion, which will create jobs during 2010 and in the future, is meant to better prepare the company for an increase in demand and orders.
Seegrid robots are used to perform put-away and long-haul tasks in warehouses, as well as parts delivery and end-of-line product movement in manufacturing facilities. The company's new facility will include its design and engineering, sales, assembly and implementation divisions.
Denver Engineer Jobs Created by Sierra Nevada Corp.
One Nevada-based aerospace company is planning to create Denver engineer jobs at the company's Colorado operations.
Sierra Nevada Corporation recently announced its plans to create an additional 200 jobs in Colorado at the company's facility in Centennial, which is located just outside Denver. The added jobs are the result of the company's efforts to expand and increase capital investment.
The company also is taking advantage of the Job Growth Incentive fund, a new state tax law designed to encourage business expansion. That law provides a credit on payroll taxes for each new job companies create, which is applied each year and is equivalent to 3.8 percent of the employee's salary.
Tucson Engineering Jobs Training
Several entities are working together to prepare students for future Tucson engineering jobs.
Science Foundation Arizona recently awarded a competitive Math or Science Achievement Grant funded by the Arizona State Board of Education to a partnership between the Tucson Unified School District and the University of Arizona College of Engineering.
Such grants will be used to implement a new program meant to increase the number of engineering graduates throughout Arizona. The overall concept uses an innovative approach involving high schools and higher education institutions as partners in order to increase the pipeline of qualified engineers in the state.
Texas Engineering Jobs Training Nets $1 Million
A new round of funding will help prepare students for future Texas engineering jobs.
The Texas Workforce Commission recently announced that it will invest $1 million to expand statewide student participation in robotics education programs. The training will prepare youths to work in an increasingly competitive global economy by promoting programs that integrate science, technology, engineering and math into classrooms.
"Exposing more young Texans to science, technology, engineering and math, and continuing to emphasize these core subjects in our schools, will help accelerate the pace of our high-tech education in Texas," Gov. Rick Perry said. "This investment will strengthen our state's future workforce and contribute to making Texas even more competitive."
Engineer Job Postings Decline
Those looking for science and engineer jobs (Click here) didn't have any more opportunities to find available positions online last month.
The Conference Board recently reported that the number of online employment ads for scientists and engineers continued to decline during October, but some of the losses were offset by declining numbers of job seekers.
Ads for life, physical and social scientists decreased by 1,100 to 69,200, while opportunities for engineers and architects declined by 900 to 113,300. On the other hand, ads for computer scientists and mathematicians increased by 7,200 to 409,000.