Burke County Will Add More Than 100 New Jobs With A New Manufacturing Facility
Burke County will be the site of a new Ritz Instrument Transformers facility that will bring an estimated 130 new jobs to the area next year.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said the company, which is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, will invest $28 million in the facility that will be built in the Burke County Industrial Park in Waynesboro. Operations are expected to begin in late 2025.
The site will produce high-voltage instrument transformers from 600 V to 500 kV and solid insulation bus-bar systems. The company currently operates two facilities in Georgia, including a temporary site in Burke County that currently supports 30 jobs. Those positions will be transferred to the new facility once it’s in operation next year. The existing facility is in Lavonia and opened in 2010.
“Like so many other job creators, Ritz knows that Georgia has what it needs to succeed, and we’re proud they’ve chosen the best state for business yet again for this expansion,” said Governor Brian Kemp.
“We’ve worked hard to bring opportunity like this to rural Georgia, and we’re proud this project adds even more jobs to one of those target areas following our face-to-face meeting with Ritz during our travel to Germany in 2023. I look forward to the growing impact Ritz will have on Burke County and the surrounding region in the years to come,” said Kemp.
Ritz’s new facility will be hiring for roles in management, administrative staff, technicians, operators, maintenance, and testers over the next few years. You can learn more about careers with Ritz at ritzusa.com/careers.
“We are excited to call Waynesboro our long-term home. The availability of a well-trained workforce and the support extended by Burke County and the State of Georgia made Waynesboro the obvious choice for Ritz,” said Ritz USA CEO and General Manager Scott Flowers.
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