Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
The SPIE France group, a European giant in multi-technical services in the fields of energy and communications, has announced the recruitment of 3,000 employees in France by the end of 2022. It will also employ 600 people on work-study contracts.
SPIE France has 400 locations in France and is virtually recruiting in every region. The Ile-de-France region is planning to recruit 466 people, the Occitanie region 522, the PACA region 428, the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region over 400, the Grand Est 319, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 263, Brittany 232, Pays de la Loire 322, Normandy 311, Centre Val de Loire 142, Hauts-de-France 110, and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 85. The group is looking for maintenance technicians, energy efficiency engineers, electricians specialising in low and high voltage, telecoms engineers, network engineers, fitters, site supervisors, fibre optic connectors, cybersecurity technicians, data centre technicians, welders, industrial electricians, and energy network activity managers. All levels of study are targeted, from the vocational baccalaureate to the engineering diploma.
SPIE France currently employs 19,000 people in France.
Previous business expansion is recorded in the ERM database in 2021, with 1,600 jobs created (SPIE France-2021-FR).
Eurofound (2022), Spie France, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 106569, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/106569.
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