Manufacturing jobs in ABQ? (Albuquerque, Rio Rancho: employment, college, floor)
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I am considering a job offer in Albuquerque, but I'm a little concerned about my husband being able to find work if we relocate.
He has 15 years of experience in a skilled manufacturing environment, with glowing references from his employers, but no college degree. I've been doing a little searching online and haven't found much. I really like New Mexico, but if he can't find work it's going to be very difficult for us.
Does anyone have any insight or recommendations? Any help would be very much appreciated.
You didn't mention what job level your husband has had - e.g., management, assembly, quality control, R&D, etc. One place you could look is to search on Job Search | one search. all jobs. Indeed.com or other online job websites, using keyword = manufacturing and locations = Albuquerque, Los Lunas, Belen and Rio Rancho, NM. For example, my son works at the Süd-Chemie plant in Belen, which is currently advertising on Indeed.com for an Operations Manager (see https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_talenttrack/ext_client4/jobDetails.do?functionName=getJobDetail&jobPostId= 3866&localeCode=en-us (broken link)).
Like many places, good jobs aren't plentiful right now in the ABQ area. It's also not a hotbed of manufacturing. But Rio Rancho has a huge Intel plant, Belen has some smaller facilities, ABQ has a number of smaller plants, etc. And the smaller plants I would think may be less focused on requiring a college degree. Just depends on how well your husband's skills match any needs that are out there. With 15 years of skilled experience, I think he would stand a much better chance of getting a position than most folks, who don't have this kind of experience, although he would obviously be competing against possible in-house hires. And out-of-state hires are always harder than getting hired locally.
A big question is whether very many local manufacturing companies are hiring these days. Not sure very many posters on this forum have much insight into that, unless someone knows of a specific situation at an individual company.
He started out running a production line and is currently in a supervisory role, although he is not too proud to go back to the factory floor if that's what is needed. He's been with the same company for 15 years and understands that starting at a new place may mean starting lower on the ladder.
I did come across the Intel plant in my searches, I wonder how hard it is to get in there. That kind of a job would be almost ideal, really.
I would suggest he sign up with an employment agency. A lot of manufacturing employers hire through them these days. That's been pretty much how I've got in with the companies I've worked for over the last decade. A resume would be very helpful as well
Y For example, my son works at the Süd-Chemie plant in Belen, which is currently advertising on Indeed.com for an Operations Manager (see https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_talenttrack/ext_client4/jobDetails.do?functionName=getJobDetail&jobPostId= 3866&localeCode=en-us (broken link)).
I would suggest he sign up with an employment agency. A lot of manufacturing employers hire through them these days. That's been pretty much how I've got in with the companies I've worked for over the last decade. A resume would be very helpful as well
Do you mean a company like Manpower or Kelly Services? I hadn't considered that, thanks.
I work in the semiconductor manufacturing industry an we get new employees strictly from temp agencies. After a 90 day period, if you find that you enjoy working with us and we like you, the company makes a job offer and you are hired. Most of the folks working with me now started with the temp agencies.
General Mills has a plant in Albuquerque. My fiance works there and they seem to treat their people well. I don't know if they're hiring but it's worth a search.
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