A couple of thousand jobs are coming to the town of Gates.
That according to Town Supervisor Mark Assini who says he's learned the healthcare company Maximus plans to put a call center at the Rochester Tech Park.
Assini says this call center will be up and running very soon.
“They plan on bringing over 2,000 jobs into the facility at Building 5, and those jobs are going to be filled starting August 1st. This is not a down-the-road, two thousand jobs estimate, these requisitions have to be filled now.”
Assini says he understands that a variety of jobs will be filled including accounting and administration as well as the general call center positions. He expects there will be a job fair soon to help fill those jobs.
A Maximus official issued this statement:
"This is part of an expansion plan for the Company’s existing customer contact center operations. MAXIMUS has been an integral part of the Greater Rochester area for several decades. Rochester has a rich pool of talent and we are hiring locally for a range of positions. Individuals who may be interested in employment with MAXIMUS can visit maximus.com/careers and search by location for Rochester, New York.
Maximus also has an operation in Pittsford.
