Thyssen Krupp Job Fair Dec. 9
ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless USA will hold a job fair from 4 to 7 p.m Tuesday at Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium in Robertsdale.
There are permanent professional positions and hourly operator and maintenance technician positions available. Temporary construction jobs with the suppliers to the new facility in Mobile are also available.
The event is an open-house format, free of charge, and personnel will be on hand to discuss job openings, requirements and training opportunities.
Online application is required for most positions, and limited assistance will be offered for those without Internet access.
For hourly operator and maintenance technician positions, visit www.jobs.aidt.edu/steel. For professional salaried positions, visit www.thyssenkruppnewusplant.com. |
Jurgen Thumann |
Top industrialist joins ThyssenKrupp supervisory board
Jürgen Thumann, president of Germany’s main industrial umbrella organisation, Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI), has been appointed to the supervisory board of ThyssenKrupp group.
Prior to assuming his position with BDI in 2004, Thumann was president of Germany’s steel processors’ federation, WSM, for six years. His own company, Heitkamp & Thumann group, produces automotive components, such as seat parts and piston pumps, he told Steel Business Briefing at a recent WSM members’ day. He will retire from the BDI presidency at the end of this year, and has already joined the ThyssenKrupp board as of November 16. |
Chamber to host ThyssenKrupp Business to Business Briefing - November 13
On Thursday, Nov. 13, the Mobile Area Chamber will host a second ThyssenKrupp Business to Business Briefing at the Mobile Civic Center.
Both ThyssenKrupp Steel USA LLC and ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA LLC will have representatives present a project overview of the purchasing needs for the plants in north Mobile Included in this presentation will be immediate and future needs in the areas of supplies, services and logistics. They will review timelines and the procedure to register as a vendor.
There will be two general project overview presentations, each followed by breakout sessions for participants to learn more about these opportunities from the ThyssenKrupp representatives. Attendees may choose to attend the morning or afternoon overview, and any of the breakout sessions.
Agenda (subject to change)
Morning
8:00 a.m. Registration
8:30 – 9:15 a.m. General Overview
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Breakout Session
10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Breakout Session
Afternoon
1:30 p.m. Registration
2:00 – 2:45 p.m. General Overview
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Breakout Session
The event is free however parking at the Civic Center will be $5.00. Registration is required through the Chamber’s Web site at www.mobilechamber.com. Click on Calendar of Events and follow the event.
Sponsors for the event include Coldwell Banker Charles Hayes, Colonial Bank, Dauphin Realty, Grainger Industrial Supply, Gulf Supply Co., McAleer’s Office Furniture, Meyer Real Estate, MH3 Printing & Ad Specialties, Midtown Mortgage, Richardson Stevedoring & Logistics, Technical Specialties Inc., UO Group Construction Services, Wade Office Equipment, Ward International Trucks Inc., Wiltew LLC and the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TK Update How to Register for TK Contracts
1. To register your company to provide services or goods for the ThyssenKruppSteel USA plant construction and production phases visit: ThyssenKrupp Strategic Sourcing Site http://sourcing.thyssenkrupp.info
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2. Follow the link on the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce website: www.mobilechamber.com |
Many of ThyssenKrupp’s 300 contracts still available
By Dave Perry
”As of June 11, we have awarded about 13% of the total 300 purely construction-related projects to date, states, Scott Posey, director of communications for ThyssenKrupp Steel USA. “All things being equal in terms of a businesses’ ability to do the work relative to the size of the construction project and to complete it in keeping with our tight schedule at a competitive cost, we want to award as many construction-related contracts as possible to Mobile area and Alabama businesses, not just during this temporary phase of the project, but going forward over the long-term operational life of the facility as well.” Posey expects the company to award approximately three contracts in the next 30 days to Mobile companies.
John Boston, TK Procurement Director briefs contractors and suppliers on the $4.7 billion project. |
This is good news to the business seekers who attended a briefing held in May. Representatives from ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless Steel USA provided valuable information to businesses that are interested in being potential suppliers and contractors to the international steel making giant.
In May representatives from potential suppliers crowded into the Mobile Civic Center to attend a preview on the process to be used to select suppliers for services and goods. John Boston, TK procurement director, provided an overview of the ThyssenKrupp Steel USA and Stainless Steel USA corporate structures and subsidiaries. “We want to provide an overview and give everyone a sense of where we are with projects and the business opportunities that will be available,“ said Boston.
John Boston, procurement director for ThyssenKruppSteel USA explains to prospective contractors how construction will be proceed at the new steel plant located in Calvert, Alabama.
Photo Dave Perry
The procurement method has been designated a fast track process, which means the contracts will be awarded quickly to those suppliers that can deliver an acceptable bid, meet required criteria and specifications, and can provide the service or goods promptly. Boston explained that design, bid, and build would be the format used to get the work completed. He cautions that even though the process is set for those that can react and work quickly; safety will remain paramount for each job awarded.
The construction project has been divided into sixteen areas; each led by a construction coordinator that will work with a team of multiple prime contractors and sub-contractors.
Posey says that contracts will be available after the construction phases have been completed and encourages companies to keep in mind that the construction phase will end in the first quarter of 2010 when the plant is commissioned and begins operations. “While there are currently short-term opportunities to work with us during the construction phase, there will be perhaps even more, long-term opportunities in the areas of out sourcing, services and supplies that will tend to geographically and logistically favor local businesses when we become operational,” Posey said.
How to do business with TK
The first step to do business with TK is to register and complete the questionnaire and registration process. ThyssenKrupp will use that data to send out bid notices. Companies interested in bidding on projects may access the Strategic Sourcing registration page via the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce website or through the ThyssenKrupp Strategic Sourcing site.
At the Strategic Sourcing site there is a tutorial that is recommended. The sixteen-minute video tutorial provides essential information on how to register and submit quotes for a specific Request for Quote (RFQ) or Auction. Other functions include viewing the current status of an RFQ and administrative access.
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