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Utilities Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply 35.13 - Distribution Of Electricity
2,800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 February 2024
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2024
Foreseen end date
31 December 2024
Description
Enedis, the group responsible for France's electricity network, has disclosed plans to onboard 10,000 new employees by 2027, with an initial intake of 2,800 in this year of 2024. The group plans to increase its workforce by 25% over the next 3 years, with vacancies to be filled in all regions of France. The aim is to cope with the ever-increasing consumption of electricity linked to the environmental transition.
Hiring is largely concentrated in 5 areas of activity:
- electrical network interventions (electricians, maintenance technicians, etc.),
- studies and construction of electrical network works (project managers, project managers, electrical engineers, etc.),
- customer relations,
- electrical network operation and operation (supervisors, troubleshooting, etc.)
- Information technology, digital technology and telecom (IS project managers, Big Data engineers, CYBER analysts, etc.)
To prepare young people for jobs in the electricity network, with the support of the French Ministry of Education, Enedis and its partners in the sector have launched the Energy Transition Network Schools in 2023: 50 high schools already host "electricity network" classes, with a target of 100 high schools for the start of the 2024-2025 school year.
Currently, Enedis employs 40,000 people. Previous business expansion was recorded on the ERM database in 2022, with 1,000 jobs created Enedis 2022 - FR and 2020, with 115 jobs created Enedis 2022 - FR.
Eurofound (2024), Enedis, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 201120, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201120.
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