BNSF opens economic development office in Billings to address Montana growth.- Currently hiring 250 workers in Montana

BNSF is currently hiring 250 workers in Montana to fill existing and new positions. http://www.bnsf.com/careers/

Responding to growth in Montana’s oil, coal and agriculture economies, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad http://www.bnsf.com/ on Tuesday opened an economic development office in Billings.

Since 2009, demand for new or expanding rail facilities in Montana has doubled, and with Bakken oil development expected to increase in the state, an economic-development office was warranted, said Vann Cunningham, BNSF assistant vice president of economic development.

"It just makes a lot of sense for us, given the economic development here, to put someone on the ground," Cunningham said. "The closer you are to an economic-development project, the better the project goes."

By Tom Lutey

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