Penske hiring at new truck rental facility in Middlesex County

Brad Wadlow, MyCentralJersey.com
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CRANBURY – Transportation services provider Penske Truck Leasing recently opened a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility in the township.

It is the first ground-up build in the firm's South Plainfield district. The last new builds in the New York metro area for Penske happened in tandem in 2006 with the openings of its Parsippany and Bridgeport locations.

Located at 2682 Route 130 North, the facility offers consumer and commercial truck rental, full-service truck leasing and contract truck fleet maintenance.

It is also outfitted with the company's proprietary fully digital and voice-directed preventive maintenance process and Penske digital experience solutions, which help customers leverage Penske technology as well as options related to onboard technology systems.

These include telematics, onboard cameras and ELDs, or electronic logging devices, that are used within commercial trucking to provide an accurate and simple means of keeping hours of service records that drivers and fleet operators are required by law to maintain.

Penske Truck Leasing has recently opened a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility at 2682 Route 130 North in Cranbury.
Penske Truck Leasing has recently opened a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility at 2682 Route 130 North in Cranbury.

“We’ve outgrown the South Brunswick facility by 10-fold in the past 30-years,” said Mike Duquette, New York Metro area vice president for Penske Truck Leasing, in a news release. “When we first opened, the location serviced nearly 200 vehicles out of two truck bays — now, three decades later, we service over 2,000 vehicles out of three truck bays; this new state-of-the-art facility was eminent. The expansion of business occurred due to significant market growth in the region and the unparalleled service provided by Penske technicians and the district team to retain and grow the business.”

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Situated on 9.62 acres, the location is 22,995 square feet. It features five drive-thru bays with 10 service areas. There are also an additional 10 covered service areas hugging the facility, as well as an automated wash bay, and a full-service three lane fuel island.

Penske currently employs more than 40 associates at the new facility and is hiring truck technicians, fueler and wash bay attendants, customer service representatives and drivers locally and nationwide. For a list of open positions in the Cranbury area and at other Penske locations across North America, visit penske.jobs.

Penske Truck Leasing is a Penske Transportation Solutions company headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania. Penske Truck Leasing operates approximately 373,000 vehicles and serves customers from more than 1,300 locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

Product lines include full-service truck leasing, contract maintenance, commercial and consumer truck rentals, used truck sales, transportation and warehousing management and supply chain management solutions.

Brad Wadlow is a staff writer for MyCentralJersey.com. Email: bwadlow@gannettnj.com

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