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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.11 - Building of ships and floating structures
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
31 May 2022
Employment effect (start)
31 May 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
French major shipyard Les Chantiers de l'Atlantique has announced the recruitment of 400 employees at its naval site Saint-Nazaire by the end of the year. It has already recruited 150 employees since the beginning of the year. The main positions to be filled concern skilled workers (metal carpenters, boilermakers, locksmiths, welders, pipe fitters, naval mechanics, electricians), electricians and electrical engineers, draughtsmen, designers, technicians and engineers in the design office, works managers and supervisors. Maintenance and testing profiles, naval mechanics and scheduling and planning technicians are also sought.
Chantiers de l'Atlantique employs 3,350 people and had a turnover of €1.788 billion in 2021.
Eurofound (2022), Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 106963, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106963.
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