New truck dealership brings dozens of jobs to Santa Maria
SANTA MARIA, Calif. - A new truck dealership is open in Santa Maria.
The Central Coast Truck Center located at 1400 West Stowell Road opened on Tuesday.
This 39-thousand square foot truck dealership in Santa Maria is quickly filling up.
"We have brand new trucks, used trucks, vocational trucks, highway trucks and more," said general manager Gary Ruskauff at Central Coast Truck Center.
The dealership already has crews hard at work
"We repair trucks ... we repair motorhomes ... we do it all here," said Ruskauff.
As long as it’s diesel powered, Ruskauff said their team can take care of it.
"We’ve been in business for over 90 years ... I’m currently fourth generation ... it all started with my great grandfather back in 1930," said vice president and controller Tiffany Howard at Central Coast Truck Center.
This long-time family owned business is now looking to hires dozens of employees in all departments from factory technicians to sales.
"We do a lot of our own training in-house and train our technician …. We’re also looking for more office personnel and administration people," said Ruskauff.
"This will provide support to the trucking and ag industries … now there’s a place to go for truck owners and operators to get there truck serviced," said director of community development Chuen Ng of the City of Santa Maria.
"I’m just hoping that we can contribute to the trucking industry, and be here to support the community," said Howard.
Managers hope to hire 75 employees, factory-trained technicians, parts people, and sales.
They say the business will bring new technologies into the area, more alternate fuel vehicles, and electric fuel vehicles.
The dealership will be the largest of its kind in the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties region.
It will also help extend the reach of the company to a wide geographic area around much of California.
The company is based out of Fresno and is currently operating in eight
locations with some 600 employees.