Cordele, Georgia – A quiet industrial site on South Midway Road is getting a second life, and Crisp County is getting a major job promise with it.
Gov. Brian Kemp announced this week that Yancey Engineered Solutions, a Georgia-based engineering and manufacturing company, will invest $5.7 million in a new manufacturing facility in Cordele. The project is expected to create 300 new jobs over the next several years, giving the community a fresh manufacturing boost and bringing new activity to the former Big Tex facility at 502 South Midway Road.
“Yancey provides solutions and services that keep Georgia moving, supporting everything from small businesses to large manufacturers across every industry,” Kemp said.
“This new facility will not only provide direct opportunity for hardworking Georgians in Crisp County, but it will help drive further growth statewide.”
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Founded in 2004, Yancey Engineered Solutions makes power generation packaging systems and operates as a division of Yancey Bros. Company, Georgia’s authorized Caterpillar dealer. For Cordele, the announcement is more than a new company sign on an old building. It means welders, quality control technicians, assembly workers, drivers, and other future employees may soon find opportunity close to home.
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Yancey plans to refurbish the former Big Tex manufacturing facility, a move local leaders described as especially meaningful because of the possibility that some former Big Tex employees could return to work there.
“Cordele is very excited by Yancey’s decision to redevelop the Big Tex facility and to hopefully rehire many of the former employees of Big Tex,” said Cordele Mayor and Crisp County-Cordele Industrial Development Authority Vice-Chair Wesley Rainey.
“This project is a great development for Cordele.”
Yancey’s ties to the area are not new. CEO Trey Googe said Yancey Bros. has served Cordele and Crisp County for decades through Caterpillar earthmoving equipment, parts, and service.
“We are excited to be able to add new teammates from the Cordele/Crisp community and to manufacture products here that help fill a need in a growing and important market we serve,” Googe said.
James R. Dowdy III, chairman of the Crisp County Board of Commissioners and the Cordele-Crisp Industrial Development Authority, said the decision shows local economic development work is producing results.
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The Georgia Department of Economic Development worked on the competitive project with the Cordele-Crisp Industrial Development Authority, Crisp County Power Commission, and Georgia Quick Start. Commissioner Pat Wilson called the expansion “a new chapter of growth” for both Cordele-Crisp County and Yancey.
People interested in future openings can learn more at www.yanceybros.com/careers.
