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Utilities Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply 35.13 - Distribution of electricity
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 February 2022
Employment effect (start)
8 March 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
The Enedis group, responsible for the management and development of the electricity network in France, has announced the recruitment of 2,200 employees in 2022. Among them, 1,000 will be on permanent contracts or fixed-term contracts of more than six months and 1,200 on work-study contracts of more than six months The goal is for the group to face strong business growth, around 10% in 2021, and with the prospect of continued growth in the next years. Enedis is looking for electrical engineers, cybersecurity engineers, electrical systems experts, as well as "connection" project managers and "connection" business managers. In addition, the group undelines its desire to attract women in order to continue the feminisation of the workforce. In 2021, women represented 24.65% of the company's employees. The company is organising a 100% digital recruitment forum on March 8 and 9, 2022.
Currently, Enedis employs 38,000 people. Previous business expansion was recorded on the ERM database in 2020, with 115 jobs created (Enedis-2020-FR).
Sources
28 February 2022: ENEDIS (Press release) (www.enedis.fr)
Eurofound (2022), Enedis, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 106395, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106395.
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