Flour adding 100 jobs in SC for military contract

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Flour adding 100 jobs in SC for military contract

Story Published: Jul 9, 2009 at 10:06 AM EST

Story Updated: Jul 9, 2009 at 10:06 AM EST

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP)- Flour Corp. plans to add more than 100 jobs in South Carolina under a new contract to build and operate military bases in Afghanistan.

The Greenville News reported Thursday the contract with the U.S.
Army could be worth more than $7 billion over the next five years.

Flour already employs about 2,500 people in Greenville. Its contract calls for the management of power, food service and transportation at 62 bases in Afghanistan, as well as building and managing another dozen bases.

Bob Jones is the senior vice president for operations in Greenville. He says the number of Greenville employees working on the contract will increase from about 165 to about 300.

Jones says the new positions are in project control and management, finance, procurement, estimating, subcontracting and human resources.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

 


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