New Walmart creating 300 jobs in Egg Harbor Twp.

Eric Strauss//April 25, 2017

Walmart is hiring about 300 workers for a new retail store in Egg Harbor Township, it announced Tuesday.Walmart is hiring about 300 workers for a new retail store in Egg Harbor Township, it announced Tuesday.

The Arkansas-based retail giant said in a statement that it has opened a temporary hiring center at 3100 Hingston Ave. in the Merrill Lynch and AMI Medical complex to handle interested applicants from the Atlantic County region. Those seeking positions can visit the center from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday, or click here for an online application.

The store will open in the summer, Walmart said, with most new hires beginning in June to prepare for the grand opening.

“We are excited to meet applicants and build a team to serve our friends and neighbors in the Egg Harbor Township community,” Russell Mackel, the store manager, said in a prepared statement.

Mackel said he is looking for both full- and part-time employees.

Walmart said it has more than 20,000 associates in New Jersey.