Siemens Energy Inc. plans to hire more than 200 engineers in Charlotte – the latest step toward turning the region into an energy hub, state and local leaders said Thursday.
During a news conference at the Charlotte Chamber, Siemens officials said they'll add 226 jobs over the next five years, with an average annual salary of about $49,100 this year and $66,500 by 2013, plus benefits.
Nice in itself, nicer even when you consider:
Last month, a nuclear power unit of electronics giant Toshiba announced the addition of nearly 200 workers, averaging six-figure salaries, to staff a national project management and engineering center opening in August. More than 30 new nuclear reactors are proposed nationwide, including six in the Carolinas.
Hmmm. So it makes a little more sense why Siemens might be doing this:
Most of the new hires will be engineers, who will design the company's steam turbines and electric generators.
It all kind of fits together, doesn’t it? And North Carolina is a player here, too, eager to bring high paying jobs to its side of the state borders. And the reason:
“The state that gets green right,” she said then, “will own the next 50 years in this country.”
That’s Governor Bev Perdue. To translate into the vulgar: Jackpot!
Governor Purdue.
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