Costco Hiring for Positions; No Opening Date Officially Announced

While a large sign at the work site of the soon-to-be new Costco at 7940 Richmond Highway reads "Opening Spring 2013," like a lot of construction projects, the muddy, fenced location for the new mega-store looks as if it's going to take a little longer.

How long? Patch was told Monday by a Pentagon City Costco employee that the date for the opening is August 8, but Patch could not confirm that date with the corporate headquarters in Washington state.

In the meantime, the new Costco-to-be looks to be hiring, according to its Web site, which features a large list of job openings for the Richmond Highway location. 

The membership warehouse club is looking to hire everything from cake decorators to forklift drivers to meat cutters to tire sales assistants. (Be aware, the company also has a note on its jobs Web site that reads — "Please Note: These jobs may not be open, but are representative of jobs at a Costco location.")

You can find the complete list of job openings for the new Costco here. Costco employs about 173,000 full-time and part-time employees. A Costco that recently opened in Maryland hired nearly 500 employees. A list of Costco employee benefits can be found here. 

At the Maryland store's grand opening earlier this month in Wheaton, customers could enter to win $500 and $250 Costco gift cards and free memberships. Costco memberships range from $55 to $110 per year. Find information here on Costco membership rules.

Last fall, when a Costco opened its doors in DC, none other than Vice President Joe Biden showed up, purchasing a flat-screen TV, children's books, an apple pie and a Duraflame log, according to the Huffington Post.

No word on who might show up at the Richmond Highway grand opening. Or when exactly it will take place. Stay tuned.