Recruitment plans announced
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Medb Corcoran, Managing Director at Accenture Labs and Alastair Blair, Country Managing Director of Accenture in Ireland announcing the company’s recent job creation news in the Crawford Art Gallery. Photo: Daragh McSweeney/Provision Daragh Mc Sweeney/ProvisionImage 2 of 2
An Taoiseach Micheál Martin with Martin Corkery, Regional Director Enterprise Ireland, Aishlyn Kerr, Talent Accusition Lead SimoTech, Pat Desmond, CEO SimoTech and Brian Clune, Head of Talent Management SimoTech at SimoTech’s job’s announcement. Photo: Daragh Kane Darragh Kane PhotographyThere was a boost on the jobs front this week as two companies announced their recruitment plans.
Accenture in Ireland announced on Wednesday that it has plans to grow its presence with the creation of 500 new roles over the next three years.
These roles will build on an existing workforce of over 5,000 people at Accenture in Ireland, specialising in areas including technology, cloud, security, strategy, creative and design.
Most of the new roles will be based in the Munster region supporting Accenture’s work in the life sciences sector. The new regional hub will support the growth of Accenture’s existing capability at Enterprise System Partners (ESP), a consulting and manufacturing services provider for the life sciences industry which Accenture acquired in 2019.
ESP is headquartered in Cork and serves clients around the globe. Accenture is also expanding its innovation capability at the Accenture Labs in Dublin and specifically in the area of quantum computing.
An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin said: “This investment to create 500 jobs over the next three years will increase the skills and manufacturing capacity in Ireland’s life sciences industry and provide an important boost to the economy.”
Meanwhile on Tuesday, Carrigaline-based IT company SimoTech announced the creation of 70 new jobs over the next two years in support of biosciences industry growth.
Working with some of the largest biotech and pharma companies in the world, SimoTech employs 85 staff across Ireland, the United States, Puerto Rico, Germany, and Singapore.
The 70 new jobs will all be based in Ireland, including the Carrigaline site where SimoTech has expanded to a new headquarters to facilitate its continued growth.
An Taoiseach Micheál Martin welcomed the announcement calling the company a “shining example” of the type of technical innovation Ireland has to offer.
“I’m delighted to see it expand its global footprint while creating high-skilled jobs at home. Biotech and pharma are crucial sectors for the Irish economy and having home-grown companies of the calibre of SimoTech is essential to that success,” he said.
Pat Desmond, CEO of SimoTech, said: “These new roles are just the first step, as we look at expanding our footprint in the years ahead across Europe, the US, and Asia, while still building from Cork. By embracing smart manufacturing technology, we are now able to provide 24/7 remote services to our clients anywhere in the world.”