After five weeks of halt between mid-March and the end of April, work on the largest road construction site in France has resumed some 20 km from Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin). "We were relatively unaffected by the coronavirus epidemic, so we are resuming our hiring schedule," says Jean-Luc Fournier, communication director of Vinci Autoroutes. The operator has launched the recruitment phase of around twenty agents for the future Ittenheim operating center, central base of the Grand Contournement west of Strasbourg, a 24 km highway delivered at the end of 2021.
"We are looking for young people, if possible from the region and we will sign them all on permanent contracts", specifies Antoine Goubert, the head of the nerve center. Proof that the “BTP is doing well in the Grand Est. This is a sector in which the rate of return of workers to the field has already risen to 70% in our region since the deconfinement phase. Consequence: the projects are linked together, ”says Valérie Debord, vice-president (LR) of the Grand Est region. Like the building industry, the elected official also noted "the good health of the industrial sector, in particular the food industry which benefited from the return to" home-made "during confinement".
Technicians for wind power
An observation shared by Philippe Heimburger, general manager of “Grand'Mère” pasta. With 30% more production since mid-March, the Alsatian boss had to hire a "night team of 12 new employees" to meet demand at the Marlenheim plant (Bas-Rhin). A health crisis which also confirms that "our inhabitants want an acceleration of the ecological transition in the Great East", according to Valérie Debord.
A major player in wind energy worldwide, the Spanish group Siemens Gamesa will hire 40 people in the region by the end of the year. "We are looking for technicians and apprentices to ensure the maintenance of our 400 masts mainly in the Marne", specifies Filippo Cimitan, the French president of the manufacturer of wind turbines.
“More and more candidates want to join players in the renewable energy sector. They will be filled because hirings will continue in the Grand Est by the end of the year, ”promises Julien Meneboeuf, chief of staff of the Robert Walters Recruitment office in the Grand Est. An expert who also notes "the thrill of recruitments observed within the health sector historically established in Alsace".
600 to 800 nannies for the start of the school year
While Biosynex, a manufacturer in the Lower Rhine for Covid-19 screening tests, announces that it is looking for 100 employees at its Illkirch-Graffenstaden site, the vice-president of the Grand Est region is witnessing a resurgence of “needs to find nurses and doctors in the Lorraine and Alsace teaching hospitals, particularly affected by the epidemic ”.
Caregivers who used Family Sphere services during the health crisis. The first private childcare network is already anticipating the next school year in September and the upcoming moves to rural areas by recruiting between “600 and 800 nannies in the Grand Est during this month of June”, announces Bruno Chrisostome , the general manager of Family Sphere.