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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
170 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 September 2022
Employment effect (start)
8 September 2022
Foreseen end date
8 September 2025
Description
EnerMech is a Scottish company providing specialist integrated mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and integrity services to the international energy and infrastructure sectors. The company has announced it will hire 170 new employees over the next three years for its expansion in Athlone, Ireland. The new jobs are expected to be for specialist engineering roles and it is planned that 60 full-time roles will be filled in the near future.
EnerMech is investing €9.2m into this expansion in Ireland, with support from IDA Ireland.
Currently, EnerMech has 110 full-time employees and 4 Apprentices in Ireland, with facilities across 23 countries around the world including the US, Australia, India, China, Africa and South Africa.
Eurofound (2022), EnerMech, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 107473, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107473.
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