Amazon Begins Hiring In Oak Creek

OAK CREEK, WI — Amazon is now starting to hire 1,500 people for its distribution center in Oak Creek.

“Amazon is currently hiring for management positions at our new Oak Creek fulfillment center, and we will be hiring for associates and specialists soon,” said Kirsten Wenker, an Amazon spokesperson in a JSOnline report.

Officials in Oak Creek finalized a deal in November 2018 to bring the $200 million Amazon fulfillment center to the city with the promise of 1,500 new full-time jobs by the end of 2021.

People interested in applying for jobs at the Oak Creek Amazon site can text "Amazon" to 77088. People can also text MKENOW to learn about new openings at the site, or the company's website for new positions.

In the agreement between the City and Amazon.com Services, Inc., Amazon committed to investing $100 million in property improvements and $100 million of personal property installed in the facility. In addition, Amazon guaranteed to create a minimum of 1,500 full-time jobs with annual gross wages of $40 million by the end of 2021.

The four-story, 2.6 million square foot structure is in the final stages of construction in the Ryan Business Park in the City of Oak Creek, adjacent to the I-94/Ryan Road interchange.

Officials said the Amazon site is being developed and owned by an affiliate of Hillwood Development, LLC, and leased to Amazon. The City of Oak Creek established a new tax increment district for the business park earlier in 2018.

One Million Packages A Day

As the massive structure is nearing completion in Oak Creek, the scope of the facility and the tax incentives that were used to lure the company here instead of to Michigan or Ohio were published.

According to data obtained by the Business Journal, the Wisconsin Economic Development Council gave Amazon $7.5 million incentive package divided into $1 million in incentives to create the 1,500 jobs in Oak Creek, with $6.5 million in tax credits offered for building the facility. Those jobs would pay $33,495 annually.

Data obtained by the publication also stated that the facility would ship 1 million packages each day.