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Wichita manufacturing company hiring for 100 as plant hits ‘full swing’

A Coleman Co. employee works on assembling beverage coolers.
A Coleman Co. employee works on assembling beverage coolers. File photo

The Coleman Company is looking to fill about 100 open manufacturing jobs in Wichita, according to a company spokesperson.

Newell Brands, which owns the Coleman products, operates a plant at 3600 N. Hydraulic in north Wichita. The open, full time positions primarily fall under the assembly, blow mold and injection mold jobs. The company is also advertising a few white-collar positions.

“The plant is in full swing,” Aziree Pemberton, Newell Brands spokesperson, said in an email.

Wages start at $16 an hour. Other benefits include two weeks of paid vacation, one week of paid time off and 11 paid holidays. The company offers health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, as well as a 401(k) plan. There are opportunities to advance and an exclusive on-site company store, the spokesperson said.

Coleman Company is looking to fill the positions as soon as possible. All shifts are available, and there is an extra $1 an hour in pay for those who work second and third shifts.

Posted positions as of Monday morning include:

  • Inventory servicer, first shift
  • Warehouse associate, second shift
  • Warehouse associate II, first shift
  • Blowmold operator, first and second shifts
  • Assembler, third shift
  • Maintenance II, first shift
  • Allocation analyst
  • Leader, information technology business applications

Visit www.careers.newellbrands.com/us/en and scroll to the bottom of the page to learn more about open positions in Wichita and to apply online.

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Megan Stringer
The Wichita Eagle
Megan Stringer reports for The Wichita Eagle, where she focuses on issues facing the working class, labor and employment. She joined The Eagle in June 2020 as a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. Previously, Stringer covered business and economic development for the USA Today Network-Wisconsin, where her award-winning stories touched on everything from retail to manufacturing and health care.
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