Good news for those umbrella company workers who live across the border, as Global Energy Group announced new plans to hire an additional 400 staff in 2013.
The group’s expansion plans will see it needing a total of 800 people in Scotland over the next few years. First minister Alex Salmond made the announcement recently, remarking that the ambitious expansion efforts of Scotland’s energy sector would undoubtedly lead to continued growth to the workforce north of the border. Global Energy Group’s Nigg Energy Park will be the site of the expansion over the coming months, with the work leading to renewed demand for both temporary contract workers and permanent jobseekers alike and also aid in reindustrialising the Cromarty Firth, added Mr Salmond.
The oil and gas operations of Global Energy Group will be the primary focus for the new jobs, according to group chairman Roy MacGregor. In addition to those to be made available at Nigg Energy Park, additional positions will also be made for Invergordon Service Base, which is located in close proximity, Mr MacGregor added.
Scotland’s energy industry has been humming along for quite some time in the intervening years since the credit crunch and global economic slowdown. Gas and oil production has been prioritised by the Scottish government, though green technology such as offshore wind farms have also driven economic recovery efforts north of the border, leading to many new jobs for local residents.
