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Professional Services Scientific, Architectural And Engineering Technical Activities Architectural And Engineering Activities; Technical Testing And Analysis 71.20 - Technical testing and analysis
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 May 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
The technical control office specialised in the construction sector, Alpes Contrôles, has announced to recruit 100 engineers in 2017, after a first wave of recruitment of 50 engineers in 2016. The company has increased its scope of activities (control for touristic establishments, certification for organic food, buildings technical surveys) and it wants to extend its activities to the Parisian region, the West and the North-West of France where Alpes Contrôles foreseen to open 8 new agencies in 2017.
Sources
17 May 2017: Le Dauphiné
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Bureau Alpes Contrôles, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 91012, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91012.
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