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200 New Jobs Announced
July 11, 2014
A new manufacturing facility will be built at the city-owned Port of Pensacola, creating up to 200 new jobs, according to an announcement Thursday by Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward.
Offshore Inland, a leader in topside and riding crew repair services, is joining forces with DeepFlex, the world’s only manufacturer of unbonded non-metallic pipe for deepwater applications, to establish a new manufacturing and qualification testing facility at the Port of Pensacola. The facility is expected to be fully operational second half of 2015, producing up to 62 miles of the specialized pipe per year.
A lease agreement approved by the city council in March and executed in May between the city and port customer Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services (OIMO) paved the way for the project.
The OIMO/DeepFlex complex will be comprised of a heavily-renovated existing port warehouse plus new buildings and infrastructure built on up to 31⁄2 acres of undeveloped port land. It will be capable of producing DeepFlex’s complete flexible pipe product range.
The pipe produced at the facility will leave the port as cargo either by truck, rail, barge, cargo ship or direct load to subsea pipe-laying vessels docked at the port.
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9 Responses to “200 New Jobs Announced”
Please….send job opportunities up to the north end, we would welcome them with open arms. You won’t hear anyone boo-hooing up here about it cramping our style!
Maybe this will open the door for more industry in the area. The lack of jobs as compared to the number of people keeps wages low and keeps me in Louisiana and Texas for the majority of the year. There’s the occasional job at home that demands highly skilled Welders and pays close to acceptable wages, but I would like to be able to work around the house and be with my family year round.
Sounds good.
Amen to your comment, Johnny Skullkracker. I have lived here all of my life, and have always had to leave town to find a job that paid decent wages.And its because the retirees who move here are willing to vote against any jobs that might disrupt their little blue heaven, never mind that the natives of the place can’t find work that pays more than minimum wage.
http://offshoreinland.com/?page_id=1558 this is the link to apply for a job
The eye this company has to be located at the port because they install piping systems on ships. Be glad there are companies like this coming to our area, look at all of the industry that passes us by for Mobile. Not all citizens of Pensacola are retired military or lifelong food stamp recipients. Some people would like to work here close to home and make a decent wage.
Jobs, jobs, we need jobs……but not in my backyard. LOL!
>>Do you have any info on where to apply ?
Not yet.
William,
Do you have any info on where to apply ?
Escambia county already has some of the worst air quality in the state. I can only hope that the city has looked very closly at the enviromental impact a manufacturing facility will have on our Historic district and dowtown area. We got rid of one stinky problem already , lets not replace it with another. There are other places in the county that could accommodate a factory.