The Southwest LRT Project is ready to hire more professional and technical staff now that local funding is secured and the environmental review process is complete. They need 71 employees with backgrounds in engineering, construction management, project controls, safety, quality assurance/quality control, Finance and administration. Interested applicants can come to the careerfair to talk with current employees in the project of office located in St. Louis Park, which today includes 45 staff and 86 consultants. In addition to the 71 employees needed this fall and early next year, Metro Transit will hire more professional and technical employees for the METRO Blue Line Extension’s construction, set to begin in 2018, and for Southwest LRT operations after passenger service begins in 2021.