Arabtec Holding, the UAE-based engineering and construction group of companies, has revealed plans for a large-scale campaign to create thousands of jobs for the youth population of the UAE, GCC and wider Middle East and North Africa region.
The recruitment campaign will begin in the UAE, targeting ambitious youth who are ‘eager to contribute to their country’s development by joining Arabtec’s various teams and at the same time gain invaluable experience from the unique mix of international expertise involved in Arabtec’s projects’ said the company in a statement.
“Emiratisation has always been at the core of our corporate strategy. We perceive it as a duty, a commitment, and part of our responsibility towards this great nation. We have developed a fully-fledged strategy geared at attracting local talents to our fast growing business. Paramount attention is given to developing attractive packages for UAE Nationals and enabling them to gain real time experience from our international teams,” said Hasan Abdullah Ismaik, managing director and CEO of Arabtec.
The campaign will be driven through intensive advertisement on the local media, he added. It coincides with a surge in growth of Arabtec business, the biggest in its history, Ismaik said.
He added that with the company’s backlog at ‘historic levels’, continued geographical expansion and a diversification drive into new higher-margin sectors such as oil and gas, power, and infrastructure, Arabtec’s workforce has grown to ‘unprecedented levels’, with some 3,000 new recruits in 2013 alone.
“We have a wide range of openings, from junior positions all the way to senior executive management. Our offices are open and we welcome all those who are eager and ambitious to build their future with us,” Ismaik reiterated.
The next phase of the campaign will include Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Sultanate of Oman. It will eventually expand to Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and other Arab Countries where Arabtec has business.
“It’s one of our strategic objectives to contribute to the socio-economic development of the Arab World and create thousands of jobs for the national youth in these countries, enabling them to participate in building their homelands,” Ismaik concluded.