A temporary hiring center for the new Fulshear Walmart Supercenter opened May 21 at 23222 Kingsland Blvd., Katy. The new store is hiring approximately 300 full and part-time positions that will start in August to prepare the store for its grand opening Aug. 29.

Interested applicants can access the Katy center seven days a week from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday or can apply online at http://careers.walmart.com.

“We are excited to open our doors to the Fulshear community later this year and look forward to hiring hundreds of associates from the surrounding community,” store manager Sherry Eberle said in a press release. “We like to consider our store a part of the community we serve, and bringing new jobs to the people who live here is just one part of the positive impact we are excited to make in Fulshear.”

Walmart offers full benefits for health plans, 401(k) plans matching contributions up to 6 percent of pay, cash bonuses based on store performance and expanded its parental and maternity leave policies to six weeks of paid leave and 10 weeks of paid leave, respectively.

The new store is located in the Katy/Fulshear area at the northeast corner of FM 1463 and FM 1093.