UnitedHealthcare is expanding

UnitedHealthcare’s Chico Operations Center has announced plans to hire 115 additional workers by the end of the year.

The call center, which fields roughly 2.5 million calls annually, has been operating in Chico since 1998, according to a UnitedHealthcare press release. Local community leaders, including Chico Mayor Ann Schwab, Butte County Supervisor Larry Wahl and Assemblyman Dan Logue, were invited to speak at a reception on Tuesday, July 3, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony planned outside of the company’s offices on 20th Street. The new employees will join a local workforce already nearly 400 strong.

UnitedHealthcare is an operating division of UnitedHealth Group, which is the largest managed health-care company in the nation, with a network of 684,125 physicians and 5,536 hospitals. Go to http://careers.unitedhealthgroup.com for hiring information.