Cork engineering company BCD is to create 40 new jobs

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A Cork engineering company is to create 40 new jobs in its design and manufacturing divisions.

The jobs at Charleville engineering company BCD are the result of a new multi-million euro vaccine plant project in the Asian market.

The north Cork company celebrated 30 years in business this year and currently employs 190 staff.

The jobs will be a mix of engineering and trades roles in the company’s design and manufacturing divisions. The announcement comes after recent pharmaceutical and biotechnology project wins in the Irish, UK and Belgium markets.

CEO Sean McGowan said the roles will be a mix of high value engineering positions working in the company’s process design areas, as well as a number of skilled crafts roles, including the recruitment of a number of apprentices across a variety of trades.

He said that it was a great boost for the company and the north Cork area, bringing the company’s head count to 230 employees.

“We continue to enjoy strong working relationships with some of the largest Irish players in the market that provide the backbone to our business,” said McGowan, who revealed the company is in advanced negotiations on a number of large Irish and European projects in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.

Despite the good news, the CEO highlighted how the scarcity of available engineers in Ireland may force the company to look overseas to fill a number of the roles.

“These new contract wins will create high value roles for the area however, the industry as a whole is encountering problems in filling these types of positions. There is a widespread problem caused by emigration resulting in indigenous engineering companies like ourselves struggling to fill the roles due to an industry engineering skills shortage.”

Sean McGowan, CEO

Joe Robbins

(Director) BBS (Hons), MBPICS – Shannon Office

Joe Robbins is co-founder of CareerWise Recruitment. A graduate of the University of Limerick (Degree in Business Studies, 1985), Joe worked in the UK for five years where he specialised in materials management, production management and plant management for a number of companies.

He returned to Ireland in 1992 to become Operations Manager for a Cork-based start-up, FMC Automotive Division which was subsequently taken over by Snap-on Equipment. Joe managed the business re-location of this company to Shannon in 1997 before setting up CareerWise Recruitment in 1999.

He is a committee member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Mid-West region, and a former Director and Vice President of the Shannon Chamber of Commerce. Joe is former Chairperson of the Sixmilebridge Camogie Club and current Chairperson of the Clare County Camogie Board.

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