BEAVERCREEK — An engineering company that helps connect veterans to jobs after service is investing two million dollars into its Dayton office to grow job opportunities in the area.
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KBR is a company that works with the government and commercial businesses to solve all sorts of engineering problems. Their million-dollar digital engineering lab is located along I-675.
Although it looks like a typical computer lab with screens and keyboards, the lab tests all sorts of different aerospace simulations.
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KBR’s Digital Engineering Functional Lead Greg Best showed News Center 7’s Xavier Hershovitz the different models KBR uses when designing a self-flying aircraft.
“We can go through 100 design questions and design adjustments in the space of a couple of days,” Best said.
Vice President of KBR’s Air Force Division Reggie Hamilton said their company is helping put Dayton on the map by solving problems in aerospace from all across the country in the Miami Valley.
KBR is making a more than two-million-dollar investment in growing its Dayton office.
“I would have never thought I would end my career in Dayton. I’m from North Carolina originally, but we got here. It’s a great place to live,” Hamilton said.
Hamilton is an Air Force veteran who was stationed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base before he transitioned to KBR.
In the last 13 years, Hamilton has seen over 600 jobs created here. In the next two years, the company plans to grow to 800.
“We just stayed here and put roots down and that’s one of the enticements we have for folks coming from over the base,” Hamilton said.
With the expansion in available positions, KBR aims to keep people in Dayton and connect them with their passion, like Best did.
“I love airplanes. I always knew that I wanted to do something relative to aviation. So, this a dream job,” Best said.
Vice President of KBR’s Air Force Division Reggie Hamilton said their company is helping put Dayton on the map by solving problems in aerospace from across the country in the Miami Valley.
“I would have never thought I would end my career in Dayton. I’m from North Carolina originally, but we got here. It’s a great place to live,” Hamilton said.
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