Georgia Transformer Corporation: Built by Families, Powered by Generations

At Georgia Transformer Corporation (GTC), family values run deep, and not just in spirit. As the largest manufacturer of power transformers in North America, GTC’s Rincon facility plays a critical role in delivering reliable energy solutions across the country. But beyond its technical capabilities, the company has become a home for multi-generational families – families where parents and their children work together -- whose careers are rooted in opportunity, pride, and shared purpose.

These families are proof that GTC’s commitment to workforce development and internal growth pays dividends, not only in production output, but in loyalty, retention, and culture. Many employees have found GTC to be a place worth building a future. Among them are two local families, the Joneses and the Stricklands, who share how working together at GTC has shaped their lives, careers, and connections both on and off the floor.

Stronger Together, On and Off the Floor

For the Jones family, GTC has become a shared foundation of professional growth. Callie Jones has been with the company for nearly 13 years, having held a variety of roles across departments before settling into her current position as a payroll supervisor. Over time, her two daughters, Amanda Jarrell and Brandi Jones, have followed her lead, each carving out their own careers in the facility.

“When I got in here, I established my teams. They’re tight-knit,” Callie shared. “It’s the comradery that the teams build. If you think about it, you spend most of your time with the people you work with, so the teamwork and relationships you build is what keeps me here.”

Amanda, the youngest, joined seven and a half years ago. “When I first started here, I didn’t have any experience warehouse related. When I came in, I wasn’t expecting it to be a whole career, but it’s turned into that and I’m really thankful to be able to work myself up to where I am now,” she said.

She’s since advanced from a warehouse handler to receiving lead, expediter, and now serves as a materials process auditor for the corporate office. “There have been very great managers and co-workers who have taught me things about the company and work ethic that I learned along the way to get to where I am.”

Brandi joined the company five years ago. “I started in assembly in external. Once I learned that aspect of it, I moved over to shipping, where I’m now the packer and I pack parts that ship out accessory crates to the job site,” she said. “I love the people I work with and I enjoy my job. That’s what makes me continue to come in every day ever since.”

Working alongside family is more than just convenient, it’s meaningful. “It is neat to be able to just walk around the corner and see my mom at work and just talk to her and make sure her day is going well,” Brandi said. “She’s definitely showed me that hard work pays off in life, and just being able to see that every day has made me work a lot harder in what I do.”

Callie agrees. “For me, as a mother, it’s very prideful for someone to come up to me and say, ‘Hey I saw your daughter out on the floor and she’s doing a great job. She has pride in what she’s doing. You should be proud,’” she shared. “It does make mama very proud.”

Building Futures by Hand

Dallas Strickland, a cell lead in the connections department, has been with GTC  for 15 years and has since seen both of his sons, Johnathan and Wayne Wise, join him at the plant.

“This was a great opportunity to work here because it’s close to home and good pay,” Dallas said. “I like staying here because I like the work. It’s steady work. They let you do all the overtime you want. They have good people working here.”

Johnathan, a group lead in the tanking department, was intrigued by the work after hearing about it from his stepfather. “Dallas told me about this job. It was something that I never heard about,” he said. “Before this plant came here, if you asked one of us about building transformers, we would’ve thought about the car robots.” Like many outside the industry, he hadn’t realized that transformers are large, complex electrical devices that regulate voltage and safely deliver power across long distances. Transformers are essential to everything from homes and hospitals to factories and data centers. Today, he plays a key role in helping assemble the massive units that make modern life possible.

His time at GTC  has brought not only a career but personal connections. “I made a friend here at this job and found out we live in the same neighborhood. We never would’ve met outside this job and I met his sister, who is now my girlfriend.”

Wayne, a cell lead in the insulation department, joined GTC after high school. “It was one of my first official jobs,” he said. “I joined because it's a good location and it's an interesting job.”

Though he left the company at one point, Wayne chose to return, a decision that speaks to GTC’s environment and opportunities. “I left then came back,” he said, offering a simple but powerful testimony to the company’s impact.

Much of the family’s mechanical skillset was built long before stepping onto the GTC  floor. “I got both my boys involved in Boy Scouts. We always had projects going on,” Dallas explained. “Johnathan was on the band saw at 7 years old and Wayne was 12. We did all kinds of building. We made a lot of stuff for Boy Scouts for 9 years. That’s where they got all the carpentry skills that we use for building transformers. They know how to work every kind of tool there is and they’re good at it, because I had them work on projects since they were young.” Now, years later, those early skills have come full circle, refined on the GTC floor and put to use every day as the family builds some of the most critical equipment in the power industry.

A Legacy in the Making

At Georgia Transformer Corporation, careers are not only launched, they’re sustained and shared across generations. For families like the Joneses and the Stricklands, the plant is more than a workplace. It’s a source of stability, pride, and upward mobility.

Through reliable work, hands-on training, competitive benefits, and a team culture that values mentorship and internal growth, GTC continues to shape the future of American manufacturing. For families like the Joneses and the Stricklands, that future isn’t just promising, it’s personal.

Georgia Transformer Corp.
(912) 754-5300
2789 Highway 21 S, Rincon, GA 31326