KENTUCKY
IT’S GO TIME
We’re go for launch! That means BIG changes to the wages and benefits for present and future battery builders. We are excited to announce new wages and benefits, including an increase in company retirement match and more paid holidays, for hourly positions.
PRODUCTION OPERATORS
$23.50*-27/hr
*$21/hr for the first 90 days
NIGHT SHIFT - ASSOC. MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS
$27-30/hr
NIGHT SHIFT - MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS
$32-38/hr
QUALITY OPERATOR
$23.50*-27/hr
*$21/hr for the first 90 days
ALL KENTUCKY OPENINGS
Hiring for salary positions is ongoing. Apply today!
Located in Glendale, Kentucky ON 1.5K acres/2.3 sq miles, the two plants can produce more than 80 gigawatt hours. There are 5,000 available jobs (2,500 per location) in the state of Kentucky. Site work began spring 2022. Battery production to begin in 2025.
Battery Manufacturing
BlueOval SK will make lithium ion batteries to power future Ford and Lincoln brand electric vehicles. We will do this by utilizing battery technology developed by our parent company SK On over the past two decades. Our BlueOval SK employees can feel proud about the product they make, knowing that it is one of the safest, most reliable electric batteries on the road.
Ford and SK On will create 11,000 new jobs and invest over $11 billion to build a manufacturing plant and a battery plant in Tennessee and two battery plants in Kentucky.
The batteries made at BlueOval SK will be made to power future Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles.
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Ford and SK Innovation has a 50/50 partnership and will invest over $11 billion across both locations.
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Yes, we legally established BlueOvalSK in mid-July, which will produce Lithium Ion batteries at BlueOval City, Tennessee and BlueOval SK Battery Park, Kentucky.
We filed an 8-K on July 13, 2022.
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We conducted a rigorous site selection process which considered site size, shovel ready, their business environment, government incentives, workforce and the availability of renewable energy.