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Professional Services Scientific, Architectural And Engineering Technical Activities Architectural And Engineering Activities; Technical Testing And Analysis 71.1 - Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy
2,200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Segula technologies, an engineering group working for all of the major industrial sectors (automotive, aerospace, energy, rail, naval, pharmaceutical and oil & gas) has announced a plan to hire 4500 new employees worldwide including 2200 in France, in 2017. The group will mainly recruit engineers and technicians. Half of the employees who will be recruited in France will be young graduates. Segula is looking for 'project managers, pilot project engineers, design engineers, design technicians, general installation project designers, unit directors and business engineers'. The group operates in 26 countries and has about 10,000 employees worldwide. A previous recruitment announcement of 300 employees was recorded in the ERM database in 2011.
Sources
13 February 2017: autoactu.com
13 February 2017: Segula (press release)
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Segula Technologies, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 90237, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90237.
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