In a launch despatched to Rigzone this week by the ScottishPower staff, the corporate stated it has supplied a “job lifeline” to “employees dealing with redundancy at Ineos’ Grangemouth refinery and building big ISG”.
ScottishPower famous within the launch that it’s seeking to recruit 1,000 folks subsequent 12 months, stating that “there’s a transparent expertise cross over” and that it may well “assist discover new careers in its electrical energy networks enterprise because it ramps up funding”.
In September, ScottishPower introduced it was doubling its UK funding to GBP 24 billion ($30.5 billion), with GBP 11 billion ($13.9 billion) to be spent in Scotland, the corporate highlighted within the launch. ScottishPower stated within the launch that it confirmed GBP 5.4 billion ($6.8 billion) price of provide chain contracts with UK and Irish companies final week however added that it additionally “must recruit extra of its personal workforce to get the very important tasks constructed”.
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“The large funding in electrical energy networks isn’t just good for modernizing important Scottish infrastructure however for jobs too,” Sarah McNulty, Folks and Group Director at ScottishPower, stated within the launch.
“That is one in every of our largest ever recruitment applications and one of many largest in Scotland. Employees at each Ineos and ISG can have the wanted expertise we’re on the lookout for and we’ve the roles to match,” McNulty added.
“We’re additionally very happy to have a look at how we assist folks make the transfer into energy networks from oil and gasoline in the event that they’re on the lookout for a profession change so anybody ought to get in contact,” McNulty continued.
“We acknowledge it’s a regarding time for folks whose livelihoods are affected and that’s why we’ve reached out to the HR groups at each corporations to flag our alternatives and assist get them into new roles as shortly as doable,” the ScottishPower consultant went on to state.
Rigzone has contacted Petroineos, ISG, and UK union Unite for touch upon ScottishPower’s launch. On the time of writing, none have responded to Rigzone but.
In a launch despatched to Rigzone again in September, Petroineos “confirmed its intention to stop refinery operations at Grangemouth through the second quarter of 2025”.
In a launch despatched to Rigzone final month, UK union Unite introduced that it had written to UK vitality secretary Ed Miliband “demanding motion on Grangemouth”. The UK Division for Power Safety and Internet Zero (DESNZ) didn’t reply to a earlier Rigzone request for touch upon that launch.
A press release hosted on ISG’s web site highlights that, on September 20, ISG Central Providers Restricted, ISG Inside Providers Group UK Restricted, ISG Match Out Restricted, ISG Engineering Providers Restricted, ISG UK Retail Restricted, ISG Retail Restricted, ISG Building Restricted, and ISG Jackson Restricted entered administration.
“ISG’s UK operations have ceased to commerce with speedy impact. No additional work might be undertaken on present UK contracts, together with for Building, Match Out and Engineering providers,” the assertion notes.
Grangemouth Refinery is without doubt one of the six remaining refineries within the UK and the one refinery in Scotland, Petroineos’ web site notes, highlighting that the location has a refining capability of 150,000 barrels per day. The refinery is linked to the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) for its crude oil consumption from the North Sea and linked to Finnart Ocean Terminal for crude oil import and completed merchandise export, the location states.
ScottishPower is a part of the Iberdrola Group, which the corporate describes as one of many world’s largest built-in utility corporations and a world chief in wind vitality.
“Because the UK’s solely vertically built-in vitality firm, we’re spearheading the UK’s inexperienced vitality transition proper throughout the business,” ScottishPower states in its launch.
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