Champion Home Builders Announces Job Fair For Leesville Facility

At July 9 event, company seeks to fill 40 jobs in manufactured and modular housing production

Champion Home Builders, supported by LED FastStart^®, will conduct a job fair on Thursday, July 9, to identify potential employees for hourly positions at its manufacturing facility in Leesville, Louisiana. The job fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the First Assembly of God, located at 1204 S. Fifth St. in Leesville.

The company seeks candidates for the following positions: QA inspectors; cabinetry; millworks; electricians; plumbers; carpenters; HVAC; maintenance; flooring installers; finishing carpentry; siding installers; trim work installers; roof builders; metal roofing installation; framing; drywall installation; parts and warehouse workers; janitors and utility cleanup; carpet and linoleum layers; and drywall finishers, texture applicators and painters.

Champion hopes to fill 40 positions on the day of the event. Qualified candidates are encouraged to attend the job fair with a current résumé.

At the job fair, participants will be required to wear masks and follow social-distancing protocols in keeping with COVID-19 safety guidelines.

In October 2017, Champion announced it would invest $1.3 million to renovate 246,000 square feet in two buildings at Leesville’s Northside Industrial Park. Production of mobile homes began in 2019, with a grand opening for the manufacturing facility in July 2019.

Trade & Industry Development named the Champion Home Builders project in Louisiana one of the Top 15 Community Impact Award-winning projects in the U.S. for the magazine’s 2018 CiCi Awards, which recognize economic development projects with significant community impact and corporate investment.

About Champion
Founded in 1953, Champion is one of the top builders of manufactured and modular buildings in the world, with 28 facilities in North America. The Champion family of builders employs over 5,200 people worldwide and has produced more than 1.7 million factory-built manufactured homes, modular homes and mobile homes. For more information, visit ChampionHomes.com. 

SOURCE: https://www.opportunitylouisiana.com/led-news/news-releases/news/2020/06/26/champion-home-builders-announces-job-fair-for-leesville-facility