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VELUX Greenwood LLC

VELUX is the market leader in the manufacturing of skylights for residential and commercial buildings. We create fully customizable daylighting systems for happier, healthier living and working environments. For nearly eight decades, generations of homeowners, architects and builders have trusted our innovative designs and time-tested quality to naturally brighten homes, hospitals, schools, offices, hotels and manufacturing facilities.

Products: VELUX engineers and manufactures a full line of quality structural and unit skylights, continuous vault, and translucent wall systems. Systems are available with a wide range of finish colors, custom sizes, and glazing options including energy efficient, hurricane, photovoltaic and electrochromic.

Markets/customers: Customers include architects, roofers and builders in commercial and residential construction. The VELUX facility in Wells produces new and replacement skylights that are installed throughout North America.

Career/job opportunities: VELUX is seeking dedicated and career-minded individuals to join our organization. As a company, we believe people should constantly develop. That’s why we offer many different career possibilities to match your skills and ambitions in various fields of interest including mechanical engineering, CNC operation, machining and general labor. To view positions and apply, visit veluxusa.com/careers.

Company Benefits: We offer competitive pay and comprehensive benefits that include: Health, dental and vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, life insurance, cancer protection insurance, flexible spending accounts, matched 401(k) retirement plan, education assistance, vacation and sick day programs, 10 paid holidays, service recognition program and much more!

Internship program: VELUX encourages all students looking for engineering internships to contact us for more information.

Community engagement: VELUX has a strong commitment to the communities where our employees and their families live. Local organizations that we have sponsored and supported include the YMCA, York County Community College, United Way, and Junior Achievement, to name a few.

Sustainability: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability are deeply ingrained in the VELUX philosophy. It’s our goal to design and develop products that are not only useful to society but are also responsibly sourced. We continuously seek to minimize our environmental footprint in the way we source, manufacture, and sell our products.

Tyler Scully, 32

School: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Years at company: 2
Position: Senior Manufacturing Engineer

It’s an exciting time to be part of the manufacturing team at VELUX in their newly acquired plant in Maine. The combination of high-powered CNC’s, skilled operators and fabricators with extensive industry knowledge will continue to deliver high quality skylights in this market with limitless potential.

Company Profile

Plant Manager George Walker PHOTO / COURTESY OF STARC SYSTEMS

Contact:
www.veluxusa.com
85 Spencer Drive, Unit A., Wells, ME 04090
800-888-3589

Founded: 1979

Plant Manager: George Walker

Full-time/ FTE employees: 100

Headquarters: Greenwood, S.C.

Additional Company Locations:
Greenwood, S.C.; Sparks, Nev.