Boeing SC to offer 200 engineers voluntary layoff

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Boeing South Carolina plans to cut an undisclosed number of engineering positions through a voluntary layoff program — a first for the company’s North Charleston Dreamliner operations.

Two-hundred engineers have been selected to receive a voluntary layoff offer, though Boeing said it does not plan to lay off that amount.

The Boeing Co. said last month it plans to eliminate about 4,000 jobs in its commercial airplane business sometime this summer amid fierce competition from Airbus and others in the aerospace industry.

Although Boeing officials originally said Boeing South Carolina’s 787 Dreamliner operations would likely not be impacted, some cuts are expected over the next month.

The 200 selected employees will be notified today, company officials said. They will then have 30 days to decide whether to accept, as well as a five-day buffer during which they can change their minds.