The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will help PowerTech America recruit 40 manufacturing workers for its facility in West Point. The company manufactures transmissions for automobiles. 

The recruiting event will be held Thursday, Feb. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Callaway Center at West Georgia Technical College, 220 Fort Drive in LaGrange. 

The company is recruiting workers for its assembly, machining, maintenance, quality and administrative departments.   

Due to U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, applicants must be at least 18 years old. Applicants for the production positions must have a high school diploma or a General Education Diploma (GED) and at least one year of manufacturing experience.  

Salaries range from $12.50 to $14.50 an hour, depending on the type of job and experience of the applicant. There is also a job opening for a senior budget officer at an annual salary of $53,851.   

The company will conduct background checks and drug-screening tests on selected applicants. 

Applicants may request a referral to a job by visiting any GDOL career center, or going on-line at www.gdol.ga.gov and clicking On-line Services, then Job Search. Always include the job order number in the search. The available jobs are as follows: production control team member (8252283), CNC operator (8244563), assembly team member (8244767), and senior budget officer (8248391). 

For additional information about the recruitment, contact the GDOL’s LaGrange Career Center at (706) 845-4000.