It’s like watching a child taking its first steps,” are thewords that come to mind when Gordon Reed is asked how he feelsabout seeing UPS Canada’s largest package sorting and deliveryfacility up and running. As the director for special projects inUPS’s industrial engineering department, Gordon has spent a lot ofwork and long hours getting the massive, 850,000 square footfacility in Caledon, Ontario online. “This project is close to myheart and our whole team is so proud that we could get thisfacility operational in time when it is most needed.”
The new hub has begun operations in anticipation for theannual increase in volume that will start around Cyber Week andcontinue through January 2021. Part of a $500 million Canadainvestment plan announced in 2018, the facility features advancedscanning and sortation technology, integrated with data-driventools to increase efficiency and reliability for UPS’s customers inone of the fastest growing provinces in Canada.
“This year has not been without its challenges and we want tomake sure we do our part to reduce the stress of the comingholidays as much as possible for all Canadians,” said DominicPorporino, president of UPS Canada. “We anticipate a recordbreaking holiday season, but this new hub – our flagship facility –and the dedicated people that operate it, are ready to serveCanadians when they need it the most. It is a testament to ourcompany’s purpose of keeping the world moving forward by deliveringwhat matters.”
To further help successfully deliver the holidays this year,UPS expects to hire over 100,000 seasonal employees globally. InCanada, more than 5,000 new employees will be hired to provideadditional support. Full and part-time positions will be filled andmany past seasonal hires have landed permanent jobs at UPS.
Earlier this year, UPS also opened a 180,000 square footexpansion at its Montreal facility and, in November 2018, thecompany unveiled a new facility in Kanata, Ontario and has expandedits package centres in Brampton and London, Ontario and Edmonton,Alberta.
