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Royal Technologies Corp headquarters at 3765 Quincy Street in Hudsonville. (Courtesy photo)

HUDSONVILLE, MI -- Royal Technologies Corporation is holding a job fair on Thursday to fill 35 positions at its Hudsonville facilities.

The highest-paying jobs are maintenance and supervisory positions, which have an average starting pay of $20 an hour. Those positions include:

• Maintenance worker, who has experience repairing industrial machinery such as hydraulic and electric injection molding machines, articulating robots and custom designed assembly equipment.

• Supervisors to lead small teams of workers and have experience troubleshooting injection molding processes and equipment.



• Mold Maker who has at least five years experience in injection mold making and repairs.

The company is also hiring for entry-level production positions, which have a starting wage of $12 an hour.

"We've been very successful in growing our business and we need more technical people to join our team," Wendy Ahearne, Royal Technologies' vice president of human resources, said in a statement. "We have the job fair set up to give people an opportunity to interview on-site and learn more about our organization."



The Jan. 21 job fair runs from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the manufacturer's plant at 2905 Corporate Grove in Hudsonville. The company is also accepting job applications at GoToRoyal.com.

Among Royal Technologies' perks are tuition reimbursement, employee stock ownership, quarterly bonuses and an in-house leadership program to train employees for management positions, according to the firm's recruiting video.



Royal Technologies designs, produces and assembles components found in cars, furniture and consumer products.

The 28-year-old employee stock-owned company has a workforce of nearly 1,200 people, with operations in the Grand Rapids suburb of Hudsonville, Cullman, Ala. and Mission, Tex.

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Shandra Martinez covers business for MLive/The Grand Rapids Press. Email her or follow her on Twitter @shandramartinez.