Baltiysky Zavod shipyard, subsidiary of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation, has begun recruitment of engineers and workers for its upcoming shipbuilding projects. In order to implement large state contracts, construction of a nuclear-powered 60-megawatt icebreaker for Atomflot and a diesel-electric 25-megawatt icebreaker for Rosmorport, Baltiysky Zavod plans to increase its workforce by one third.
According to the shipyard’s personnel director Irina Musienko , by the end of 2012 the company will need to recruit 200 employees, and in 2013 – other 450 workers plus 150 engineers and servants. “ Primarily, we need qualified arc welders, assemblers of shipboard systems, crane operators and chippers “.
This is the first large-scale recruitment for the shipyard in the past 13 years. Last time Baltiysky Zavod recruited large number of workers in 1999 to build frigates for Indian Navy.
[mappress] Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, September 18, 2012