Minnesota Steel's Mesabi Nugget Plant and Polymet Mining Corp.'s proposed metal mines are expected to require 1300 new full time employees. A VP from Cirrus spoke to my mechanics of materials class last Friday and said they would soon be hiring 40 new engineers. Already today, there are 75 of you, who I have taught, who are working as engineers in this region. I expect this number to double in less than 3 years.
If you don't already live up here, but think you might want to, you will have lots of upcoming opportunities. That is good news. Better news is that supply and demand are in your favor and salaries are already climbing. Even better news is that the people I know who work in these industries are quite happy with their work environment. They like their work and they like their colleagues as well as how their companies treat them.
TBL-It is a great time to be an engineer in NE MN!
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Excting times for sure, but what do the locals think about Polymet?Will the EIS be favorable or will it shut down the future of Polymet? Polymet is going to add 400 plus jobs. What do you think, as I don't live in Minnesota.
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