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WALLER COUNTY, Texas (Covering Katy News) — Tesla is actively hiring for its $200 million manufacturing facility in Brookshire.

The company has 40 positions posted on its website, including senior manufacturing engineer, welder, technical writer and various management roles. Link for jobs.

"I want to thank Tesla for investing in Waller County and Brookshire," said Vince Yokom, the Waller County Economic Development Partnership executive director. "This will be a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for their Megapack product. It is a powerful battery unit that provides energy storage and support to help stabilize the grid and prevent outages."

Ramiro Bautista, project manager for the city of Brookshire's economic development department, told the Houston Business Journal that Tesla will hold a job fair the week of Nov. 10.

Covering Katy News was first to report in March that Tesla was locating its Megapack battery manufacturing facility in Brookshire after Waller County Commissioners Court and the Brookshire City Council approved tax abatement agreements.

The Waller County Commissioners Court approved the tax abatement agreement on Wednesday, March 5, followed by the Brookshire City Council's approval on Thursday, March 6.

Tesla has committed to employing at least 375 people at the facility in the Empire West Business Park, 100 Empire Blvd., by the end of 2026, according to the company's tax abatement agreement with Waller County Commissioners Court. That figure increases to at least 750 by the end of 2027 and at least 1,500 by the end of 2028. Tesla must maintain at least 1,500 employees through the remainder of the 10-year abatement period, which begins Jan. 1, 2026.

The Austin-based electric vehicle manufacturer expects to pay more than $1 billion in employee salaries over the 10-year period.

The Empire West industrial park is located on Woods Road between Highway 90 and Interstate 10, a short distance from Katy.

During a March commissioners court meeting, a Tesla representative said the company plans to replicate its Lathrop, California, facility, which manufactures utility-scale batteries called Megapacks. The California facility produces 10,000 Megapacks annually, equal to 40 gigawatt hours of energy storage.

Tesla Megapacks are used to store electricity for large renewable energy projects which are not consistent producers of power. Solar does not produce energy at night when it's dark, and wind energy does not produce electricity when the wind isn't blowing and the turbines aren't spinning. Tesla's Megapacks store power for use during times when renewable energy sources aren't generating electricity.

Tesla will lease two buildings in Empire West Business Park, which is being developed by Dallas-based Stream Realty Partners. The company leased the 1.04 million-square-foot Building 9 in 2022, though a third party was occupying the building as of March.

Under the tax abatement agreement, Tesla will spend $44 million on improvements to Building 9, located at 111 Empire Blvd., and approximately $150 million on manufacturing equipment including automated robotic welding cells, robotic assembly stations, automatic conveyors and gantry trains.

Tesla also plans to lease Building 10, which has not yet been constructed. The 616,463-square-foot building will be located at 103 Empire Blvd. Stream will spend $31.5 million on improvements to Building 10, while Tesla plans to spend approximately $5 million on warehouse equipment.

Tesla will receive tax abatements of 60% on the value of the improvements and buildings from both Waller County and the city of Brookshire.

"This is another excellent example of our spec building program, which has been used by Waller County since 2010 to attract new investment to the area," Yokom said. "Brookshire also implemented a similar program for Stream Realty to expand Empire West."

Stream Realty built the so-called "spec" building at its Empire West business park with no tenant on speculation that it would attract jobs and economic development. Stream will also oversee the construction of the new 600,000-square-foot distribution facility with some manufacturing capabilities. When completed, Tesla will occupy both buildings.

The deal has been developing for months, but Tesla has held the lease on the building since October 2021 where third-party logistics company DB Schenker handled Tesla parts. Schenker will be moving out, and Tesla will be moving into that building which will be used to manufacture Tesla's Megapacks.

This expansion follows Tesla's headquarters relocation from California to Texas in December 2021, after opening its 4 million-plus-square-foot Gigafactory in Austin.

The Brookshire area has attracted several clean energy manufacturing operations recently. TMEIC Corp. Americas broke ground this year on its third manufacturing facility in Brookshire, a 267,000-square-foot plant on a 20-acre site that will produce uninterruptible-power supplies and medium-voltage drives.

Turkey-based solar manufacturer Elin Energy moved into a 225,000-square-foot facility in Twinwood Business Park, and international water pump manufacturer Grundfos is more than doubling its production capacity in Brookshire. Indian solar panel manufacturer Waaree also has a presence in Waller County near Brookshire.

"This was a great partnership effort between Waller County and the city of Brookshire. I want to thank Joe Esch, who represented Brookshire and currently oversees the city's economic development program. He was instrumental in making the deal a success," Yokom said.

Tesla has officially begun hiring for its new $200 million Megafactory in Brookshire, Texas, a manufacturing hub expected to employ 1,500 people by 2028. The facility, which will build Tesla’s grid-scale Megapack batteries, is part of the company’s growing energy storage footprint.

Tesla’s hiring efforts for the Texas Megafactory are hinted at by the job openings currently active on the company’s Careers website.

Tesla’s Texas Megafactory

Tesla’s Brookshire site is expected to produce 10,000 Megapacks annually, equal to 40 gigawatt hours of energy storage, similar to the Lathrop Megafactory in California. Tesla’s Careers website currently lists over 30 job openings for the site, from engineers, welders, and project managers. Each of the openings is listed for Brookshire, Texas.

The company has leased two buildings in Empire West Business Park, with over $194 million in combined property and equipment investment. Tesla’s agreement with Waller County includes a 60% property tax abatement, contingent on meeting employment benchmarks: 375 jobs by 2026, 750 by 2027, and 1,500 by 2028, as noted in a report from the Houston Business Journal. Tesla is required to employ at least 1,500 workers in the facility through the rest of the 10-year abatement period.

Tesla’s clean energy boom

City officials have stated that Tesla’s arrival marks a turning point for the Texas city, as it highlights a shift from logistics to advanced clean energy manufacturing. Ramiro Bautista from Brookshire’s economic development office, highlighted this in a comment to the Journal.

“(Tesla) has great-paying jobs. Not just that, but the advanced manufacturing (and) clean energy is coming to the area,” he said. “So it’s not just your normal logistics manufacturing. This is advanced manufacturing coming to this area, and this brings a different type of job and investment into the local economy.”

BROOKSHIRE, Texas - Tesla Inc. has begun hiring for its new $200 million Megafactory under development near the Houston area. The Megafactory in Brookshire, Texas, located in Waller County, marks a major milestone in Tesla’s expansion into Texas-based clean energy manufacturing.

$200 Million Texas investment

What we know:

The Austin-based company listed more than 40 open positions for the new location this month, including manufacturing engineers, welders and managers, according to Tesla’s website.

The Brookshire facility, about 35 miles west of Houston, is modeled after Tesla’s Megafactory in Lathrop, California, where the company produces its large-scale "Megapack" batteries used for grid energy storage.

Tesla’s new campus in the Empire West Business Park will include two large buildings and an investment of more than $200 million in construction, automation and robotics equipment, according to Waller County commissioners earlier this year.

Tesla creating 1,500 new Texas jobs

By the numbers:

The project is expected to employ at least 375 people by the end of 2026, 750 by 2027 and 1,500 by 2028, according to a social media post from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Over a 10-year period starting January 2026, the company projects paying more than $1 billion in employee salaries.

Musk amplified news of the hiring push on social media this week, reposting updates that highlighted the Brookshire factory as the automaker’s "third Megafactory" alongside existing plants in California and Shanghai.

One post described the site as part of Tesla’s effort to expand its "Megapack empire," noting that the company is now producing more than 80 gigawatt hours annually.

What's next:

Construction on Tesla’s Brookshire site is ongoing, with production targeted to begin in late 2026.

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - An East Texas based company made a major advancement in Longview today.

The Brookshire Grocery Company held its grand opening of the FRESH grocery store off of Highway 259.

The new FRESH joins Tyler and Rockwall County as the third location in Texas.

Shoppers said they’ve been waiting to see the store for quite some time.

“I was super excited because I shop in the one in Tyler so now I don’t have to go to Tyler anymore. I can actually just go right down the road,” Jessica Heim, who has lived in Longview for three months, said.

“I think a lot of us have been to the store in Tyler, and so I think we’ve all anticipated and impatiently waiting for the store to up,” Atley Alston, who was born and raised in Longview, said.

Construction began about 14 months ago before finishing last Friday.

The building is 66,000 square feet, which is 10,000 square feet larger than the store in Tyler.

Jerry LeClair with the Tyler based Brookshire Grocery Company says it’s their most expensive store to date. The project costed over $20 million.

“The community has been so, so behind this store. We’re just getting great support,” LeClair said.

The Brookshire Grocery Company hired over 250 employees for the new location.

The store showcased its brick oven for cooking pizza, a bult-in Starbucks, an outdoor patio for live music, and a playground for kids. There’s also 12 gas pumps in the front parking lot of the store.

“It’s like more expanding than what we had growing up, and now that we’re seniors, they’re opening more stuff which is great,” Kailie Hamblen, a senior at Longview High School said.

“We’ve waited for months. We’ve heard about it I guess about a year ago, and we were tickled to death that it opened up,” Thad Foster, who lives in Hallsville, said.

The store expects to open two Tesla charging stations within the next week.

Tesla is ramping up hiring for its newest U.S. manufacturing hub — a $200 million Megafactory under construction in Brookshire, Texas. Ahead of the official opening, the company is hosting a job fair this week to fill dozens of open positions. The new site will produce Tesla’s utility-scale Megapack batteries, further expanding the company’s energy storage footprint in the U.S.

Tesla has had as many as 41 positions listed on its careers page this month for the Brookshire facility, ranging from senior manufacturing engineers and welders to technical writers and production managers.

Ramiro Bautista, project manager for the City of Brookshire’s economic development department, confirmed with the Houston Business Journal that the company is holding a job fair this week to accelerate local recruitment.

The Brookshire plant will mirror Tesla’s Megafactory in Lathrop, California, and Shanghai, China, each of which produce up to 10,000 Megapacks annually—enough for 40 gigawatt hours of energy storage. The batteries are designed for large-scale renewable energy projects, helping to stabilize power grids and store electricity when solar and wind generation dip.

Under a tax abatement agreement with Waller County Commissioners Court, Tesla has committed to employing at least 375 workers at the Brookshire site by the end of 2026, growing that number to 750 by the end of 2027 and 1,500 by the end of 2028. The company must maintain that employment level through 2036 as part of a 10-year abatement period.

The new facility is located in Empire West Business Park, where Tesla leases two massive buildings totaling more than 1.6 million square feet. The company plans to invest about $44 million in building improvements and another $150 million in advanced manufacturing equipment — including robotic welding cells, automated conveyors, and assembly lines. A second, 616,000-square-foot structure will serve as a warehouse and distribution hub once completed.

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