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Buc-ee’s begins hiring process for new South MS store. Check out jobs & salaries posted

South Mississippi residents and visitors eagerly await the opening of the Buc-ee’s on I-10 in Harrison County, especially those hoping to get a job at the new travel center.

The walls on the store aren’t up yet, but those qualified for a management position can now go online and submit their resumes.

Newly posted on Indeed plus Zip Recruiter and other job websites are several upper level positions at the new store, which is listed on the job openings as Pass Christian. Among the positions are:

Grocery manager

Manager team lead

Manager in training

Gift/merchandise manager and assistant manager

Night manager

Assistant general manager

Human relations field representative

Bookkeeper

Janitorial/cleaning & maintenance manager

The listings don’t say when the successful candidates will start work.

Courtesy of Buc-ee's

This is just the beginning of the hiring at the new Buc-ee’s. The company announced it will bring at least 200 full-time jobs and typically holds a job fair for hourly positions about three months before a new travel center opens.

Just as Buc-ee’s is known for its clean bathrooms, its brisket, beef jerky and Beaver Nuggets, the Texas-based chain is known for starting pay that is well above minimum wage plus generous benefits.

The pay scale is posted at all the travel centers, and starts at $18 an hour for cashiers, cleaning and warehouse staff, and stockers.

A sign at a Buc-ee’s travel center in Texas lists the wages the company pays its staff, plus benefits. Buc-ee’s is beginning to hire for management positions for its new store coming to South Mississippi.
A sign at a Buc-ee’s travel center in Texas lists the wages the company pays its staff, plus benefits. Buc-ee’s is beginning to hire for management positions for its new store coming to South Mississippi. Tim Thorsen Sun Herald

The crews that keep the restrooms so shiny clean start at $20 an hour. Food service and car wash staff start at $21 an hour and team leaders start at $20-$23 an hour.

Managers’ pay ranges from $25 an hour for a department manager to more than $200,000 a year for the general manager. Night staff get a $2 an hour additional pay. Part-time positions generally are available.

In addition, employees receive three weeks of paid vacation the first year, and they can take the time, the money or roll it over until the next year.

Other benefits are medical and dental and a 401k match.

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This story was originally published June 25, 2024 at 3:32 PM.

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Mary Perez
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Mary has won numerous awards for her business and casino articles for the Sun Herald. She also writes about Biloxi, jobs and the new restaurants and development coming to the Coast. She is a fourth-generation journalist. 
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