In this edition of local business news: H&K Group Inc. looks to fill job vacancies, and will conduct a job fair March 15. Lehigh Valley Health Network plans to open its 4th neighborhood hospital in 2026.
H&K Group Inc. Hosts Saturday Job Fair in Bernville PA
BERNVILLE PA – Notices for a job fair scheduled March 15 (2025; Saturday) by H&K Group Inc. in Bernville, Berks County, indicate the company is looking to hire for a variety of openings.
“Positions (will be) available in all of (its) Pennsylvania operating regions,” H&K reports. Applicants must register online, schedule an interview appointment, and complete an application for a posted position. An e-mail address is required for registering, it adds. All applicants must also provide state-issued identification.
The job fair will be held from 8-11 a.m. at offices of the Landis C. Deck & Sons Division of H&K, 316 New Schaefferstown Rd., Bernville. The company, on a webpage, says opportunities for same-day interviews are “filling up fast.” It encouraged those interested to register as soon as possible. Same-day job offers and pre-employment drug testing also may be available.
Those seeking employment as commercial drivers or heavy equipment operators may undergo skills testing onsite. Driver applicants must provide their commercial driver’s license/photo identification, and a current medical card.
H&K, in its job fair notice, says it offers “great pay, competitive benefits, 100%-paid healthcare premium coverage, 401(k) matching, unlimited potential, and on-the-job training opportunities.” The company adds it is an equal opportunity employer.
“All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran,” the company states. “H&K Group Inc. and its affiliates encourage females and minorities to apply.”
Those with questions about the job fair or related matters are asked to call 610-222-4099, or send an e-mail to HR@hkgroup.com.
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Neighborhood LVHN Hospital, Like Gilbertsville’s, Planned in Hellertown
HELLERTOWN PA – A fourth neighborhood hospital planned by the Lehigh Valley Health Network in Hellertown, Northampton County, will in some ways resemble one the network opened in Gilbertsville during June 2024, it reports.
The network, part of Jefferson Health, expects to open a 90,000-square foot facility on Main Street in Hellertown sometime in mid-2026, it says in an e-mail distributed Tuesday (March 4, 2025). It will be constructed in partnership with Peron Development and the J.G. Petrucci Company, the e-mail adds.
Neighborhood hospitals are licensed and accredited acute care facilities, with a full-service emergency room (ER), the network explains. They are open 24 hours a day, year-round. The Hellertown hospital – like its counterparts in Macungie, Gilbertsville and Tannersville (now under construction) – will offer 11 emergency room beds.
It also will be equipped with 10 in-patient beds for people requiring overnight stays or additional monitoring and testing, the release says. In Hellertown, the hospital will occupy the first floor, and medical offices will cover two upper floors. Medical offices on the Gilbertsville campus occupy a separate building, called the “Health Center at Gilbertsville.”
About 80 percent of hospital ER patients are treated and released the same day, the network says. That makes “neighborhood hospitals a great fit, and a way to reduce ER pressure” on larger facilities.
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