The Department of Energy and Climate Change is to announce that it will give agreement to two large energy generation projects. Sources suggest that further details will be given tomorrow - how these jobs will come to market is not yet known. It is likely that these jobs will be contract jobs related to the longevity of the projects.
Four new projects with energy company BP, will support 3,000 jobs. The projects will create and sustain jobs over a number of years, from the initial construction and design roles, right through to those decommissioning projects several decades in the future.
The construction industry in the North East of England will buck the trend as the TCP plant in Redcar will rely on hundreds of temporary workers to get it operating again.
Some 1,500 temporary staff (engineers, platers, welders, pipe - fitters, riggers and electricians) will be needed in Teeside. A number of workers have started but the site will need many more temps in the next month.
The effects of the recession and changing times are still effecting the job market in the North East. Tata Steel apparently plans to cut some 1,500 jobs at its Scunthorpe plant and Teesside sites after continued losses for the last two years. Tata’s England based business produces bars, rods and rails for the construction sector.
The use of temporary staff and temporary employees rose more than 10% in March this year compared to the same figures produced in 2010. Some sectors showed an even greater year on year increase in temporary workers. The temporary workforce in construction rose an incredible 47%. The much discussed high street as an indicator to the economy saw a rise of 12%. This is all great news for the temporary job market.
