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Professional Services Scientific, Architectural And Engineering Technical Activities Architectural And Engineering Activities; Technical Testing And Analysis 71.12 - Engineering activities and related technical consultancy
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 July 2019
Employment effect (start)
21 July 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
American engineering company CH2M has announced that it will create 500 new jobs at its Global Design Centre in Kraków, Poland, up to 2021. About 275 employees will be recruited in 2019, 215 in 2020, and 10 in 2021. The company received a grant of PLN 2.58 million (€598,634) from the Polish government which will allow to develop the design and engineering centre in Kraków. CH2M provides consulting, design, construction and operation services for corporations, state and local governments. It specialises in industrial, waste water management, transport infrastructure, energy and environmental engineering projects.The Kraków centre currently employs nearly 1,000 people.
A previous business expansion took place in February 2019 (200 new jobs); this event was also associated with a governmental grant worth PLN 40million (€9.23million).
Eurofound (2019), CH2M, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 98257, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98257.
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