Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Dublin, Cork
Sector
Wholesale / Retail
Retail trade
Non-specialised retail sale
47.12 - Other non-specialised retail sale

1,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
27 July 2020
Employment effect (start)
27 July 2020
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022

Description

Amazon plans to create 1,000 new jobs in Ireland over the next two years.

The new jobs will be across a variety of engineering roles (software development, network development, systems development, optical deployment, database, Dev Ops, support, mechanical and electrical) as well as data centre technicians, solutions architects, security specialists, big data specialists, technical and non-technical programme managers and account managers. 

The new jobs will be based at Amazon sites in Cork and Dublin. It will bring Amazon's total staff number in Ireland to 5,000.

Amazon is also planning to open a new 170,000 square foot campus in Charlemont Square, Dublin, by 2022.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2020), Amazon, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 101339, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101339.