Daimler to Add Third Shift, 600 Workers at N.C. Truck Plant
Daimler Trucks North America plans to “sharply increase production and employment levels” at its Mount Holly, North Carolina, truck manufacturing plant over the next three months.
The plant makes Freightliner M2 business class medium-duty diesel and natural gas-powered trucks as well as Freightliner’s line of heavy-duty 108SD and 114SD trucks for severe-duty vocational markets.
Mount Holly, which currently has about 1,700 employees, will add a third shift and plans to fill an additional 580 manufacturing and 25 related supervisory, engineering and administrative positions by mid-July, the OEM said.
“Our vehicle manufacturing network is highly scalable, and together with our component suppliers, we are fully prepared to handle current and projected new truck order levels,” Chief Operating Officer Roger Nielsen said.
The new hires will be in addition to the more than 2,300 positions filled in the company’s truck and parts facilities last year, Daimler said.
