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Bombardier's Service Center Hiring Continues
By: Kerry Lynch
Caption: The service and support network already hired 200 employees earlier this year and is seeking more technicians as facilities approach capacity.
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Bombardier Business Aircraft’s service center and support network is keeping the "help wanted" sign out, as its facilities are filling to capacity with work. The company is participating in an Aviation Day in Denver tomorrow with the hopes of recruiting for multiple positions, including avionics technicians and customer response team technicians. The event will be held in the United Airlines Tech Ops Facility at Denver International Airport.

In the U.S., Bombardier maintains service centers in Dallas; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Hartford, Connecticut; Tucson, Arizona; and Wichita. These are part of a worldwide network of nine facilities and 16 customer response team mobile units. The network has been experiencing growth, with business up 20 percent in 2016 and that trend continuing into this year.

Derek Penn, general manager of the Wichita Service Center, noted that his center has been at near capacity, if not “completely full.” This follows an expansion at the site in 2015 to accommodate the larger Bombardier business jets in addition to Learjets. That center continues to spool up staffing, running around the clock.

Earlier this year, Bombardier Business Aircraft’s service center and support network had already added close to 200 employees to keep up with the increased demand.