Advanced Manufacturing
Advanced Manufacturing Career Path
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Advanced Manufacturing Industry – Earn Up
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Industry News and Updates
St. Augustine metal supplier expands to Midwest
St. Augustine metal supplier expands to Midwest (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) -- St. Augustine-based Vested Metals, a raw material specialty steel and metals supplier announced an expansion recently. It opened a sales and service center in Fort...
Local Datilgator maker plans to start selling millions of units at Walmart
Local Datilgator maker plans to start selling millions of units at Walmart (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) -- In just four years, Jacksonville entrepreneurs Zack and Lauren Glenn of the Glenn Food Company have grown from local makers with...
Is Manufacturing’s Talent Gap Finally Shrinking?
Is Manufacturing’s Talent Gap Finally Shrinking? (Courtesy of Forbes) -- For several years, there has been a stat bouncing around manufacturing circles that’s often used to illuminate our pressing talent shortage. This 2021 study from Deloitte and The...
Holon manufacturing plant civil plans under review
Holon manufacturing plant civil plans under review (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) -- Civil plans for Project Link, which has been identified as a manufacturing facility for autonomous shuttle producer Holon, are under review by the city. The proposed...
Hermeus breaks ground on hypersonic engine test facility
Hermeus breaks ground on hypersonic engine test facility (Courtesy of Aerospace Manufacturing) -- Hermeus announced plans for the new facility at a groundbreaking ceremony at the Cecil Airport site in September. This facility will be the company’s largest and...
Northside manufacturing site sold for $37.95M
Northside manufacturing site sold for $37.95M (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) -- A Pennsylvania-based real estate group paid $37.95 million for the site of ergonomic chair and keyboard manufacturer Loctek’s Jacksonville plant in the Northside, county...
Meet Roben Faircloth, Advanced Manufacturing Industry Manager
Roben Faircloth is the Manufacturing sector manager at CareerSource NEFL.
Roben is a native Floridian, born and raised in Fort Myers, Florida. She graduated from the University of Central Florida with a degree in Organizational Communications. Upon graduation, she taught English in Tokyo, Japan for three years.
Before joining CareerSource, Roben was the Program Manager for the Florida TRADE Grant at Florida State College at Jacksonville working to help students prepare to enter the field of manufacturing and help those employed in manufacturing, improve their skills. Florida State College, CareerSource, and First Coast Manufacturing partnered on this highly successful grant. Prior to working with the TRADE grant, she was an Enrollment Development Coordinator at FSCJ working with area high schools to introduce students to their post-secondary opportunities. She served on advisory boards for many area high schools including Peterson, Englewood, Forrest, and Wolfson.
Contact Roben for information on how your business can benefit from a partnership with CareerSource NEFL.
Interested in an Advanced Manufacturing career and need more information? Contact Roben at rfaircloth@careersourcenefl.com