Andy Mackin, Mackin Group CEO and Fiona Donnelly, Mackin Group COO announcing the creation of 120 jobs. Photo: Darragh Kane

Jobs boost at two companies

Two companies this week announced that they have plans to add to their workforce.

Mackin Group announced on Tuesday the creation of 120 jobs over the next 18 months. 45 of these roles will be based at its Cork headquarters and Dublin office, with the remainder of roles to be generated at the company’s offices in Singapore and Shanghai as well as in North America and the UK.

Andy Mackin, CEO of Mackin, said: “Over the past few years we have seen substantial growth across both sides of our business. In Ireland alone, we have almost doubled in size every year for the last three years.

“During the pandemic, we saw an increase in demand for both talent management and environmental health and safety services. How and where we work has changed fundamentally, with the long-term impact on the talent pool and the return to the physical office yet to be fully realised. Mackin is uniquely placed to respond to these demands, guiding our customers both in Ireland and overseas.”

Mackin Talent provides custom talent management solutions for companies across sectors such as IT, financial and healthcare while Mackin EHS offers a range of environmental health and safety consultancy and training services.

Meanwhile on Monday, Electric Skyline confirmed that it is expanding its business in Cork in response to securing the Cork City Council Public Lighting Maintenance Contract.

Electric Skyline will add an additional 25,000 public lights in Cork city to its current portfolio of 80,000 with other local authority clients throughout Ireland.

Electric Skyline expects to create 30 jobs over the next 24 months to support the company’s expansion into Munster. It has recently opened a regional office in Glanmire.

Electric Skyline has secured the Cork City Council Public Lighting Maintenance Contract.