By KRISTEN SONNE
The large and spacious white and blue building on the hillside in Lehi is coming alive.
Engineering and architecture jobs are available at Micron Technology in Lehi, according to Utah Job Service in Provo.
Julie Nash, spokesperson for Micron in Boise, Idaho, said the plant is not operating yet, and the positions are part of the slow-moving process Micron is taking to open for business.
'Basically the facility is still in a closed state and there are no plans to change that until the market (microchip) tells us it's time, improves and remains stable,' Nash said. 'Right now we are looking at current projects and we have contractors working on those. The process of hiring employees is an ongoing process since we started moving forward.'
Nash said right now the plant in Lehi has 60 to 70 employees working there; however, she said, they 'are not moving forward on the internal' part of the plant.
Some of the tasks new employees will do are maintenance, security, updating blueprints and continuing to prepare for when they want to move in, Nash said.
A receptionist at Utah Job Service said the positions were available to prepare for equipment to come in.
Mayor Bill Gibbs of Lehi said Micron has told him they are just 'cleaning up.' He said Micron does not tell him what is going on with their Lehi operation.
'People are telling me there are more cars parked up there,' Gibbs said.
Gibbs said the city of Lehi is the beneficiary of the Micron plant because they are the banker for Lehi's infrastructure and the city is much farther ahead because of them.
An enlarged sewer system, water pipe capacity and more streets are some of the contributions Micron has made to the city.
The Lehi Micron plant closed last spring when they ran out of money as the microchip market plummeted.