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Transportation / Storage Land, Water And Air Transportation Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines 49.1 - Passenger Rail Transport, Interurban
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 March 2024
Employment effect (start)
20 May 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
RENFE, the Spanish state-owned railway company, has announced a new public employment offer for the 2024 financial year, planning to hire 600 new entry-level train drivers in the company, though a selection procedure to be held on 13 April 2024 in Madrid.
Most of the new drivers (595) will be assigned to state-wide traffic service, while the remaining five will cover cross-border traffic with France. This employment offer includes 33 commercial entry operator job positions, 24 maintenance and manufacture (field of adjuster-mounter) entry operator job positions and, finally, 14 maintenance and manufacture (field of electricity-electronics) entry operator job positions.
Eurofound (2024), RENFE, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 200963, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200963.
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