Here at Toyota Tennessee, we build engine blocks - the "heart" of an engine - for Toyota’s best-selling vehicles like the Camry and Tundra. Located in Jackson, the plant’s 300-strong workforce uses recycled aluminum to build thousands of engine blocks, transmission cases and housings every day.
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FROM AUTOMATED LOOM TO AUTOMOBILES
From a young age, Toyota’s founder, Sakichi Toyoda, held a strong ambition to improve life for others. Watching his mother weave textiles, he saw the opportunity to mechanize the process for efficiency and to ease the burden on the worker. In 1896, Sakichi invented Japan’s first power loom and continued to innovate the technology and process by inventing the non-stop Type G shuttle loom in 1924.
TOYOTA GROWS IN THE U.S.
Meanwhile, in 1912 Jesse R. Bodine founded the Bodine Pattern Company. The St. Louis, Missouri-based company manufactured patterns for customers like Dorris and Moon Motor Cars and became known as a quality aluminum casting facility.
As Toyota began expanding its manufacturing presence in the U.S., it needed a trusted partner to build high- quality aluminum parts. A new chapter for Bodine started in 1990 when the company was acquired by Toyota Motor Corporation.
TOYOTA TENNESSEE IS A TOP 10 COMPANY FOR DIVERSITY
Our team comes from all walks of life. Our products are only as good as the people who make them. And our employees are among the brightest and most highly-skilled in the world. We respect them for their talent, commitment to safety and quality, and dedication to continuous improvement.
We are adding to our growing team. If you are interested in a manufacturing career at a world-class company with excellent benefits:
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ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IS WHAT WE DO
Toyota employees use high-tech manufacturing systems to help produce some of the most technologically advanced vehicles on the road today. With Toyota’s New Global Architecture, we’re making ever-better vehicles through smarter, more flexible manufacturing and innovation in powertrains and chassis.
WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH TECHNOLOGY
Throughout our plant, we have Automated Guided Vehicles or AGVs delivering parts right as they’re needed. They are programmed to follow a magnetic strip in the floor and automatically stop when something obstructs their path. Many other robots help with tasks such as repairing casting dies to stacking engine blocks on to pallets.
Toyota Tennessee is leading the charge in additive manufacturing. By using a hybrid 3D printer and machining center, the team can repair casting dies faster and make the process more cost-effective.
LET’S MAKE A BETTER PLANET
In October 2015, Toyota announced the global Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050. At Toyota Tennessee, that means supporting our environmental focus areas: REDUCTION OF CARBON, WATER CONSERVATION, REDUCING MATERIAL WASTE and SUPPORTING BIODIVERSITY.
We also work hard to educate our employees and share our environmental know-how with others.
WHAT TOYOTA IS DOING TO REDUCE CARBON
Can a car company be a vehicle for change? We think so. We have replaced fluorescent bulbs with LED lighting in the plant and limited unnecessary operation of equipment when not in use. These actions reduced the carbon footprint by hundreds of metric tons of CO2 annually.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO REDUCE CARBON, TOO
Make your carbon footprint a little smaller. Turn off a light, change out a bulb and make your next vehicle a hybrid.
WHAT TOYOTA IS DOING TO CONSERVE WATER
Here at Toyota Tennessee, we use recycled water for many of our manufacturing processes. We reuse thousands of gallons of water each day, cleaning it in our on-site wastewater processing plant and using it again in our process. Rainwater is also collected onsite to reduce water usage throughout the facility.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO CONSERVE WATER, TOO
Turn off a faucet, and if you water your plants or lawn, make it early in the day.
HOW TOYOTA REDUCES WASTE
Toyota is always looking for ways to reduce waste, from the largest manufacturing site to the smallest office. At Toyota Tennessee, that means converting to compostable food containers and working to eliminate single- use plastics in our cafeterias. We pride ourselves for maintaining zero waste diversion to landfills.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO REDUCE WASTE, TOO
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Reusable water bottles and grocery bags every time!
HOW TOYOTA SUPPORTS BIODIVERSITY
Toyota’s biodiversity efforts support the unique balance of plants, animals and ecosystems. Toyota Tennessee was certified by the Wildlife Habitat Council in 2015 for planting native wildflowers and 100 Yoshino and fruit-bearing cherry trees on the campus. These trees and flowers help support migrant and resident songbirds and a host of pollinators. The Tennessee team also supports local initiatives such as Keep Jackson Beautiful, in its effort to maintain city parks including the Liberty Gardens and Arboretum.
HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY, TOO
Make your yard pollinator-friendly. Plant native plants and trees, especially species that attract butterflies and bees.
BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE, TOGETHER
With Respect for People as a pillar of the Toyota Way, our employees are always striving to build a more inclusive environment of mutual respect and trust. And guided by their passion and pride, they are a catalyst for growth not only within Toyota but throughout the community.
IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITIES
Utilizing their time, resources and expertise our team is actively engaged in charitable causes across our community, from improving local parks, supporting workforce readiness initiatives, helping alleviate food insecurity, or addressing the mobility challenges of the youngest in our community – our partnerships are central to improving the places we call home.
MOBILITY FOR ALL
At Toyota, we believe when people are free to move anything is possible. Our teams of engineers and designers are relentlessly focused on not only making our vehicles safer and more accessible, but, also, developing the future mobility products that will ensure everyone has the freedom to move, engage, and explore.
TOYOTA IS THE MOBILITY PARTNER OF THE 2020 OLYMPICS
Toyota will furnish an array of advanced, battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and personal mobility products to the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. The Accessible People Mover (APM) and self-driving ePalette to make it easier to move between venues. Personal mobility products like Standing-type and Sitting-type Walking Area BEVs will make it easier for people of all abilities to move within venues. And robots that move on behalf of people like the Human Support Robot (HSR) and T-TR1 Telepresence Robot expand the very notion of what mobility means for the Games.
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