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Construction 42 - Civil engineering 42.1 - Construction of roads and railways 42.12 - Construction of railways and underground railways
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 November 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 July 2012
Description
French construction group Eiffage is to recruit about 400 people for the work site for the upcoming Brittany-Pays de la Loire high speed line (LGV). The company will launch a campaign to recruit 240 engine drivers and 160 form setters and assistants for civil engineering. Construction work is to start in July 2012.
Eiffage had previously announced that it is to create 3800 new jobs in France in 2012. According to the management the new jobs are likely to be created in the Paris region. However no indication was given on the net employment effect, i.e. taking into account the total number of employees that will retire in 2012.
Sources
30 November 2011: La Tribune
21 March 2012: France3
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Eiffage, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 73364, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73364.