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.
Enedis, the group responsible for France's electricity network, has disclosed plans to onboard 10,000 new employees by 2027, with an initial intake of 2,800 in this year of 2024. The group plans to increase its workforce by 25% over the next 3 years, with vacancies to be filled in all regions of France. The aim is to cope with the ever-increasing consumption of electricity linked to the environmental transition.
Hiring is largely concentrated in 5 areas of activity: - electrical network interventions (electricians, maintenance technicians, etc.), - studies and construction of electrical network works (project managers, project managers, electrical engineers, etc.), - customer relations, - electrical network operation and operation (supervisors, troubleshooting, etc.) - Information technology, digital technology and telecom (IS project managers, Big Data engineers, CYBER analysts, etc.)
To prepare young people for jobs in the electricity network, with the support of the French Ministry of Education, Enedis and its partners in the sector have launched the Energy Transition Network Schools in 2023: 50 high schools already host "electricity network" classes, with a target of 100 high schools for the start of the 2024-2025 school year.
Currently, Enedis employs 40,000 people. Previous business expansion was recorded on the ERM database in 2022, with 1,000 jobs created Enedis 2022 - FR and 2020, with 115 jobs created Enedis 2022 - FR.
Update (01/2025): Finally, in 2024, Enedis hired 3,595 new employees.
Eurofound (2024), Enedis, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 201120, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/201120.
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