State Utility Committee Chairman Wayne DeAngelo To Host 3^rd Annual Utility Job & Career Fair

A Dozen Entities to be on-hand to Discuss Career Opportunities

            (HAMILTON) – In commemoration of Careers in Utilities Week, Assemblyman Wayne P. DeAngelo today announced the 3^rd Annual Utility Job and Career Fair in partnership with the New Jersey Utilities Association (NJUA), the statewide association for investor-owned utilities.   The free event is open to all members of the public seeking to connect with the state’s leading companies in the water, energy and telecommunications industries.

DeAngelo, who serves as chairman of the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee, noted that with the baby boomer generation gearing up for retirement, nearly 55 percent of the electric and natural gas public utility workforce across the country may need to be regenerated in the next ten years.

“The demand on our critical utility infrastructure in a state as populated as New Jersey is immense. That is why we need to ensure we have the best trained and educated individuals employed by leading companies that can build, modernize and maintain it not just at the demand levels of today, but also in years to come,” said DeAngelo.  “There are a wide-range of career opportunities in this industry critical to our state’s economy.   The talented individuals that we see this year at the job fair are a prime example of the workers that companies look to employ to meet the demands of the public they serve.”

The 3^rd Annual Utility Job and Career Fair will be held on Monday, November 13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Conference Center at Mercer, located at Mercer County Community College 1200 Old Trenton Road in West Windsor.

Each year, more than 100 job seekers the Utility Job and Career Fair.  Representatives from more than a dozen energy, gas, water, and other utility companies accept resumes, answer questions and provide information about a wide-range of career opportunities and related educational programs

Participating NJUA member companies include PSE&G, Atlantic City Electric, New Jersey American Water, Elizabethtown Gas, South Jersey Industries, SUEZ, Jersey Central Power & Light, New Jersey Resources, and Orange & Rockland Utilities.  Additional participating companies are Direct Energy, Competitive Power Ventures, and DONG Energy and several others invited.

Representatives of the New Jersey County College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development and the Mercer County One Stop Career Center also will be on-hand to talk about programs to help job seekers.

For more information, please contact Assemblyman DeAngelo’s office at asmdeangelo@njleg.org or (609) 631-7501.