FMD CEO George Whittier: “We hope this facility will help fill the pipeline for the defense industrial base with a diverse and enthusiastic group of service technicians who possess the skills to perform jobs that are in demand today, as well as jobs that we’ll need in the future.”
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), an Arcline Investment Management portfolio firm, celebrated the grand opening of its latest Training and Service Center Campus in Chesapeake, Va. situated at 733 Curtis Saunders Court on May 17.
First introduced in July final 12 months, the state-of-the-art, 45,000-square-foot facility is positioned to supply totally built-in service and know-how options to the most important focus of Navy, Military Sealift Command, and Coast Guard fleets within the U.S.
“Fairbanks Morse Defense continues to lean into the U.S. defense market by locating this training and service facility where Navy, Military Sealift Command, and Coast Guard forces can effectively access its capabilities and participate in hands-on development activities working shoulder to shoulder with their FMD industry partners,” stated FMD CEO George Whittier, on the ribbon reducing ceremony. “We hope this facility will help fill the pipeline for the defense industrial base with a diverse and enthusiastic group of service technicians who possess the skills to perform jobs that are in demand today, as well as jobs that we’ll need in the future.”
Whittier and different firm executives had been joined for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, facility tour, and different actions to commemorate the event by dignitaries who included Brenda Roberts of Congresswoman Jen Kiggins’s workplace (Virginia Second District); U.S .Navy Vice Admiral Bill Houston, Commander of the Submarine Forces; Eric Matthies, incoming OPC Program Manager for the U.S/ Coast Guard; Jordan Watkins of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership; Ben White with the Chesapeake Economic Development Department; and a number of City of Chesapeake Councilmembers.
“Fairbanks Morse Defense has made it clear that they are going ‘all-in’ by making a significant investment in this training and service center in Chesapeake,” stated Steven Wright, Director of Chesapeake Economic Development. “We’re ready to welcome and support the FMD service team and the numerous technicians who will benefit from advanced training on critical equipment and look forward to supporting FMD’s future growth in our community.”
The Training and Service Center campus will carry roughly 50 new jobs to Chesapeake. It will even function a hub for coaching present and future engineers that may contribute to the mission success of American maritime protection operations.
FMD’s Chesapeake Training and Service Center consists of the next:
- 13,000 sq. toes of coaching heart store house, together with 4 totally dressed workstations that includes 4 totally different FMD engines for college students to tug aside and reassemble, along with devoted coaching accessible on all FMD merchandise.
- 20,000 sq. toes of service heart house, offering native and responsive full-service capabilities that embody gear overhauls and repairs in addition to unit trade options for fast turnaround.
- 6,000 sq. toes for coaching heart workplaces, school rooms, break rooms, and convention house.
- 6,000 sq. toes for service heart workplaces, a tech library, a service heart classroom, and break rooms.
The web site can be considerably expanded, permitting FMD and its household of manufacturers to make the most of extra house over time.
