Dominion Exploration To Double Headquarters Head Count

Dominion Exploration & Production is bringing 50 new jobs to its Lewis County headquarters over the next year. The new positions will be in new finance, accounting, land management and computer technology. The additions will nearly double the number of employees, from 65 to 1115, at the Dominion subsidiary's headquarters in Jane Lew. Statewide, Dominion has about 1,400 employees, including those who work in its natural gas pipeline, storage and distribution businesses.

CAMC To Add 180 New Jobs

Charleston Area Medical Center has announced plans to add 180 new employees to its hospital and health care facilities in Kanawha and Putnam Counties, W.Va. Hospital officials say the employment growth is needed to meet an increase in patients, volumes and services. The hospital now has about 4,800 workers, making it the third-largest private employer in West Virginia. The majority of new employees will work at CAMC General Hospital, where 24 additional intensive-care unit beds will be added on two floors next year. Workers also are needed at CAMC’s hospital in Putnam County and at Memorial Hospital’s new five-floor Robert C. Byrd Ambulatory Building in Kanawha City. The facility is expected to be completed next July.

Massey To Build Regional HQ In Southern West Virginia

Massey Energy plans to build a 51,000-square-foot regional headquarters facility in Boone County, W.Va. The three-story building will consolidate Massey’s existing Charleston and Chapmanville offices and be closer to its mining operations in Southern West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. About 100 employees will work at the new regional headquarters. Massey, headquartered in Richmond, Va., has operations in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia. It is the fourth-largest coal company in the United States based on produced coal revenues.