Fluor Expanding Sugar Land Operations, Plans to Hire 800-1,000 New Employees, Posts Job Fair Schedule.IRVING, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to -- Fluor Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FLR FLR Floor FLR Florence, Italy (Airport Code) FLR Flare FLR Florida Lambda Rail FLR Forest Land Reserve FLR Forward-Looking Radar FLR Female Led Relationship FLR Force of Lower Readiness ) has signed a lease for 191,000 square feet at One Sugar Creek Sugar Creek may refer to: Cities and towns:
The new space is located on US Highway 59 near Dairy Ashford. Fluor will continue to occupy 1,000,000 square feet at its operational center at One Fluor Drive in Sugar Land. "It's a great time to work for Fluor," said Tom Zachman, vice president and general manager of operations at Fluor Sugar Land. "We are pleased to be able to expand our operations in the Sugar Land area while utilizing existing office space. The new space is near our current operations center The facility or location on an installation, base, or facility used by the commander to command, control, and coordinate all crisis activities. See also base defense operations center; command center. , and will help us attract and retain the professionals needed to address the growth in our business during 2007 and beyond." Fluor will be hiring professionals for engineering, design, procurement, project controls, project automation, upstream/offshore, construction engineers, contracts, project documentation and data management The hiring boom comes on the heels of a strong 2006 due to contracts with clients in the chemicals, oil and gas industries. "For more than 20 years, Fluor has been one of the largest employees in Fort Bend Fort Bend was a blockhouse built in a large bend of the Brazos River in what is now Fort Bend County, Texas to provide protection against Indian raids. It was erected in November 1822 by several members of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, including William W. County," commented Jeff Wiley, president of the Greater Fort Bend Economic Development Council. "Their decision to expand their presence in Sugar Land is an example of their commitment to the community and their belief that Fort Bend County is Greater Houston's finest address. All the credit goes to Fluor's local executives. They realized long ago that Fort Bend County provides a leading edge environment for both business success and quality of life." To search for or apply to job postings, applicants may go to www.fluor.com/careers to submit their resumes. Additionally Fluor will host a series of job fairs in the Greater Houston Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown is a 10-county metropolitan area defined by the Office of Management and Budget. It is located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas. area. Job Fair Schedule 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, Houston Chronicle Career Fair. Reliant Center, One Reliant Park, Houston, Texas. Positions: engineering, design, procurement, project controls, project automation, upstream/offshore, construction engineers, contracts, project documentation and data management. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 20. Deer Park Craft Center, 1809 Center Street, Deer Park, Texas Deer Park is a city in Harris County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area and is situated in Southeast Texas. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 28,520. History Deer Park was founded in 1892 by Simon West. . Positions: skilled craft and will have one booth for engineering. 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Feb. 17. Sugar Land Office, 1 Fluor Daniel Drive, Sugar Land, Texas. Open House. Positions: engineering, design, procurement, project controls, project automation, upstream/offshore, construction engineers, contracts, project documentation and data management. Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) provides services on a global basis in the fields of engineering Engineering is a collective term to describe the application of scientific theory in the design, creation, and maintenance of technology. According to 1992 NSF data, the largest fields of engineering are Civil, Electrical / Electronic, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering (by number of , procurement, construction, operations, maintenance and project management. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Fluor is a FORTUNE 500 company with revenues of $13.2 billion in 2005. For more information, visit www.fluor.com. (FLRG) |
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