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Amazon plans to start hiring for south Bibb distribution center in early 2019

The Amazon complex off Skipper Road should open for business sometime in the first quarter of 2019.

Amazon plans to start hiring staff for its massive distribution center in south Bibb County early in 2019.

That's according to Stephen Adams, acting director of the Macon Bibb County Industrial Authority.

The online retailer has not set an opening date, but earlier said they hoped to open by the first of the year.

The $6 million dollar plant is under construction on Skipper Road and Amazon plans to hire around 500 people to work there.

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The company says employees will pick, pack and ship large-sized items for customers, including household furniture, sporting equipment and gardening tools.

The jobs will include warehouse, management and supervisory positions,

13WMAZ reached out to Amazon's media-relations office for details. They've not responded.

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