Ireland is looking to Spain for 7,500 construction jobs a year

Ireland needs 7,500 additional workers in the construction sector every year. According to real estate forecasts, within The “Housing for All” plan. Designed by the Irish government to 2030, this island of just over five million inhabitants plans to deliver, every year and for the next seven, 33,000 houses. The realization of such an ambitious plan requires investmentbut first of all work force, at a time when the lack of available labor is burdening the sector in a large part of European economies. Ireland wants to respect the deadlines and for this it is looking for experts all over Europe, also in Spain.

Although the jobs that are least in demand are those in the middle between the highly qualified and the less qualified, in the Irish case the range of vacancies covers all links in the labor chain. Construction companies need mechanical, civil, electrical engineers, fitters, energy and sustainability engineers and managers. But also carpenters, electricians, bricklayers, crane drivers, plasterers, scaffolders, pipelayers, fiber/cable installers, HGV and 360 excavator drivers, CNC machines, operators, welders/fabricators, laborers…

The complete list of jobs is in the notification about work day building ireland which will take place tomorrow. As in this type of recruitment sessions, the session of interviews on the line is open to all job seekers who are looking for work in the construction or engineering sector in Ireland. approach is open and free. You only need to register by the very beginning of the interview, through the website www.europeanjobdays.eu, in the special session for Ireland, send your CV and apply for any of the positions listed in the invitation. It will be necessary to take care in the event that any of the convenors is interested in holding a virtual conversation with the participant, who will be joined on the same day of the session, i.e. tomorrow.

Crane drivers, in high demand

The working conditions depend on each position and the professional qualifications of those who apply for them. There is a shortage of sheeters, first class officers, construction managers or crane drivers, but in the latter case it is one of the main occupations in the work and very well paid because it requires preparation that most do not have.

As for the country, Ireland has a high standard of living, but nowhere near as high as in other European economies such as Germany or the Nordic countries. The official minimum wage is 10.50 euros per hour and surpasses those in France or Italy, it is one of the highest wages in Europe, also that of Spain, which is 8.45 euros per hour.

Salaries and conditions offered in this Thursday’s call show some interesting data. From the assortment An electrical engineer is paid between 80,000 and 90,000 euros per year during the five-year contract, until the salary in between 2200 and 2500 euros net per month for a plasterer (position for which 28 vacancies are offered) to work in the port county of Cork, with free accommodation in a house equipped with a TV up to 50 inches diagonal, the ad states. Nor is it necessary except for basic English and a driver’s license, if you have one.

Another one of the vacancies, that of industrial insulatorin the compensation chapter includes a range of 38,511 and 42,770 euros for working hours from two to five years.

A good number of the most basic jobs are paid 20 euros an hour with some additional benefits, although electricians get between 27 and 30 euros. The fee for the draftsman, or equivalent to the quantity, ranges between 40,000 and 70,000 euros; salary similar to that offered by the company for long term work in Cork and Limerick cities for Mechanical Quality Control Engineers.

Position of an industrial worker, he is paid between 38,000 and 40,000 euros at the Kilkenny factory.