Photo by Keith Stewart
Applications engineer Tom Gavin walks down a busy isle at Hydro-Gear Friday, February 6.

February 18, 2015

New hiring practices, training and promotion opportunities

by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com

Like many manufacturers today, Hydro-Gear in Sullivan is finding it difficult to recruit quality workers. But the Sullivan based company has taken a hard look at its own shortcomings and as a result, recently made internal changes to hiring practices, is applying new training and promotional opportunities, and taken a more active seat at the discussion table when it comes to the perception of manufacturing in today’s day and age, all in an effort to show they mean business when it comes to valuing their workforce.
“Manufacturing is a whole lot different today than when I started in manufacturing 30 years ago,” said Joe Scheiner, Priority Quality Issues Leader at Hydro-Gear. “I want people to see that.”
Hydro-Gear’s roots may be traced back to the 1980s when Sauer-Danfoss located in Ames, Iowa began producing a hydraulic transmission that was paired with an axle assembly at the original equipment manufacturer, be it John Deere or Cub Cadet.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.