Schneider reports rapid hiring, opens 500,000-square-foot Mount Juliet facility and innovation hub

A staff member said Schneider has opened a 500,000-square-foot facility in Mount Juliet and expanded its local workforce from about 50 employees in February to more than 500, according to remarks in the meeting transcript.

The staff member said the site houses three or four product lines and serves as Schneider’s global innovation hub, where products are tested and then distributed to the company’s plants worldwide. “This is their innovation hub for the entire company worldwide. So they're testing products right here, and everything they do goes out to all their plants across the globe,” the staff member said.

The remarks said another 500,000-square-foot facility is being built across the street, with a hoped-for grand opening by the end of the year. The speaker described Schneider’s local work as including “a lot of switch gear, a lot of electrification equipment,” and said the company is hiring “great Tennesseans right here in this community.”

The staff member also said Schneider is working with Oak Ridge and unspecified higher-education institutions on research and development with local engineers. The transcript noted the company’s involvement with local projects including “Titan Stadium” and a new soccer stadium.

The staff member said they plan to return in November for a groundbreaking ceremony across the street and to provide additional updates on the company’s expansion.

No formal votes or policy actions were recorded in the transcript segment. The statements reported here are descriptive of Schneider’s facilities, hiring and local research partnerships as presented in the meeting transcript; specific contract terms, public incentives, or permitting details were not specified in the record.