SKILLED Donegal
tradespeople who emigrated during the recession are
being invited home with the promise of over 100,000
jobs and good salaries over the next four years.
The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has
launched a new construction jobs website aimed at
getting electricians, bricklayers, plumbers,
carpenters and other tradespeople to stay home after
Christmas.
The site is "targeting the diaspora" to fill some
112,000 job vacancies up until 2020 across the
regions.
The CIF said demand for construction skills is
outstripping supply with salary increases of up to
10% expected.
The construction lobby group said an estimated €19
billion worth of projects are in the pipeline for
2017.
The new website features jobs with leading
construction companies.
It is estimated that among those needed are 15,200
electricians; 7, 800 bricklayers; 11,800 plumbers;
30,800 carpenters and joiners; 13,900
plasterers/floor and tilers; 9,400 painters and
decorators; 9,600 managers; 18,100 operatives and
27,600 general labourers.
CIF director general Tom Parlon said: “The
construction industry is growing strongly across all
our sectors and trades. We are asking Irish people
with construction experience who have left Ireland
to consider returning to take up a role in
construction. There is sufficient work in the
pipeline to require about another 112,000 jobs up to
2020 and beyond.
"The Government’s will likely expand the €43billion
Capital Programme in 2017, the Rebuilding Ireland
Strategy envisages an annual output of 25,000 houses
per year by 2020 and the demand for specialist
buildings related to FDI is increasing. So, there is
a basis for people to build strong careers in
construction here in Ireland," he added.
He said that a recent Hays Recruitment Salary guide
shows that salaries here are "approaching those
levels of Canada, Australia and the US for those
with experience particularly in QS, architecture,
building services and increasingly the trades". The
new website can be reached at
www.cifjobs.ie . |
