ENVIRONMENTAL services firm Veolia is recruiting for 60 positions, including a number in the north, to join its 700-strong team across Ireland.
More than half are new roles being created on the back of strong business growth as its clients, among them the largest industrial firms in across the island, seek expert solutions to achieve carbon reduction targets.
The jobs span from graduate to senior level, and Veolia is now actively recruiting for all 60 positions.
Veolia provides a comprehensive range of energy, waste and water solutions to large global and domestic businesses across the life science, IT, healthcare and food and beverage sectors in Ireland.
In the north, it has a 75-strong team treating a fifth of the region's sewerage and wastewater, and 100 per cent of the sludge created by the wastewater treatment process.
It operates the strategically important plant at Ballynacor, adjacent to Lough Neagh, which services most of the Portadown, Craigavon and Lurgan areas, which cleans 140,000 people’s wastewater (up to 70 million litres) every day.
Veolia also operates wastewater plants in Armagh, Ballyrickard, North Down and Richhill on behalf of NI Water, as well as the sludge incinerator at Duncrue Street in Belfast.
Over the past year, Veolia has seen a 75 per cent increase in enquiries from clients into how they can implement carbon reduction strategies across their processes, with many clients looking towards longer projects to deliver monetary and carbon savings, often up to 10 or 15 years.
To meet this increase in demand for its environmental services, Veolia is creating the new roles across offices in Dublin, Cork, Kilkenny and Belfast.
Donna Marie Masterson, head of HR at Veolia Ireland, said: “We’ve seen a major shift in our clients’ mindsets as they look to reduce their carbon footprint and improve their environmental performance. It is timely, given Northern Ireland’s push to reduce carbon emissions.
“As we move towards a more circular economy, we’re looking for new recruits from entry level, including apprentices and graduates, to senior level interested in working at the forefront of innovative environmental solutions for businesses and industry.”
