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Professional Services Scientific, Architectural And Engineering Technical Activities Architectural And Engineering Activities; Technical Testing And Analysis 71 - Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 April 2019
Employment effect (start)
4 April 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
Bureau Veritas, a global leader in testing, inspection and certification, has announced to recruit 1,000 employees in France by the end of 2019. The group mainly recruits technicians and engineers. The positions to be filled concern all the group's businesses, but the profiles of engineers, technicians, diagnosticians, auditors and project managers are particularly sought after in order to support customers in sectors as varied as agriculture, energy, rail, transport and construction. The group employs 75,000 people worldwide. A previous recruitment announcement was recorded in 2017 (1,000 job creations).
Eurofound (2019), Bureau Veritas, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 97522, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97522.
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