Jones Engineering Group today announced that the company has created 50 new jobs at its new manufacturing and research plant in Carlow and will grow employment to 150 in the next 18 months.
The jobs have been created in engineering, design, procurement, logistics, fabrication and transportation. The 83,000 sq ft Carlow facility manufactures prefabricated and modular units for export to countries across Europe and represents an investment of some €7 million by Jones Engineering.
Jones Engineering Group is Ireland’s largest services firm in the Irish domestic market and has a large presence in the Middle East where it has offices in Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Mainland European office is located in Utrecht.
The Group also has offices in Dublin, Cork and London. Nearly 50% of its revenues are generated overseas and its main area of activity is in large scale infrastructure projects in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, IT and data centre industries. The Group reported turnover of €443 million in 2018 (2017: €317m) and profit after tax and amortisation of goodwill of €30 million.
Commenting on the expansion, Chief Executive at Jones Engineering Group, Jim Curley said, "This current year has seen Jones Engineering Group secure a number of significant projects and we anticipate that turnover for the current year will be in the region of €650 million. This growth has allowed us to employ an additional 400 people across our group operations and we continue to reinvest in the group so that we are positioned to take advantage of new opportunities as they arise. Our investment in our new manufacturing facility in Carlow is one example of that investment in our future."
Source: www.businessworld.ie
