The manufacturer is combining competitive pay, accessible entry-level roles, on-the-job training, and direct outreach to staff growing data-center cooling production.
Modine is recruiting up to 300 manufacturing workers for its Franklin, Wisconsin, facility as demand grows for cooling equipment used in U.S. data centers. The 153,000-square-foot plant opened in September 2025 and produces Airedale data-center cooling systems.
The company is hiring for first- and second-shift positions, with production assembler wages starting at $23 per hour and an additional $1-per-hour premium for second-shift employees. New hires are eligible for health insurance and other benefits beginning on their first day.
Modine is also lowering a common barrier to manufacturing employment: prior experience. The company says most entry-level positions require no manufacturing background and include on-the-job training. That approach can expand the candidate pool while giving new employees a structured path into industrial production.
Its recruiting strategy extends beyond conventional job postings. Modine held a walk-in event with on-site interviews and is promoting openings through billboards across the Milwaukee area. The company expects hiring to continue over the coming months until the positions are filled.
The effort illustrates an important lesson for electronics and advanced-manufacturing employers. New facilities and equipment create production capacity only when companies can recruit, train, and retain enough people to operate them. Clear starting pay, shift incentives, immediate benefits, accessible entry requirements, and visible local outreach can make manufacturing opportunities easier for candidates to understand and pursue.
As investment in data centers and related infrastructure grows, demand will extend beyond computing hardware to the cooling, power, controls, and other systems that keep those facilities running. Employers that build practical recruiting and training systems now will be better positioned to turn that demand into sustained U.S. manufacturing growth.
Source note
The primary source is Modine’s September 23 hiring announcement. Additional facility context comes from Modine’s original Franklin hiring announcement(Opens in a new tab/window).
