FedEx Ground seeks to hire 150 for Kirkwood facility for holiday season

KIRKWOOD, N.Y. — FedEx Ground is looking to hire 150 people to staff its new state-of-the-art automated facility at 265 Industrial Park Drive in Kirkwood.

The 470,000-square-foot automated facility can process up to 22,000 packages per hour with specialized and dedicated handling of both small and large packages.

FedEx is looking to add 150 people leading up to the holidays to handle the package rush. Many of those will have opportunities to remain with the company beyond the holidays. The positions are a mix of full- and part-time package handlers with potential growth opportunities over time. Candidates must be at least 18 years of age.

“This strategically located facility in Kirkwood incorporates innovative technology and the latest automation and material-handling systems to optimize the capacity, speed, efficiency, and safety of our operations,” Scott Garton, vice president of regional operations for FedEx Ground, said in a press release. “We are excited that customers throughout the Binghamton area will benefit from this investment, and we look forward to providing opportunities to the local workforce and surrounding community.”

The positions offer day, night, and weekend shifts; benefits, after a minimum threshold of service, including holiday pay, medical/dental/vision coverage, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, and the Education for Life program for debt-free higher education; and employee discounts on cell phone service, groceries, car purchases, and more.

The Kirkwood facility is one of more than 160 fully automated stations operated by FedEx Ground, the ground delivery subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX). The company employs nearly 200,000 people at 700 sortation and distribution facilities and has 100,000 vehicles operated by 6,100 locally owned service provider businesses.