Flex, a global international design, engineering and manufacturing company with a facility near the Columbia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, wants to hire as many as 500 workers.

The jobs include: technicians, inspectors, engineers and shipping clerks.

The jobs will be on a contract basis, but full-time employment is possible based on job performance, according to Kristi Jenkins of Aerotek.

Aerotek is a recruiting service. Aerotek is hosting a job fair from 12 to 6 p.m., Friday (April 5) at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Columbia-Airport, 110 McSwain Drive, West Columbia.

Jenkins said there will be on-site interviews at the job fair Friday, with some offers made on the spot.

Flex, once called Flextronics, is seeking to fill the following positions:

▪ Assemblers

▪ Injection molding supervisors

▪ Maintenance technicians

▪ Quality control inspectors

▪ Shipping/receiving clerks

▪ Process technicians

▪ Setup technicians

▪ Automation technicians

▪ Quality engineers

▪ Automation engineers

▪ Automation managers

▪ Quality supervisors